Supreme Court of India

The State of Mysore v. The Workers of Gold Mines

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Reported as [1959] 1 S.C.R. 895
Bench Vivian Bose J.
Decided 22 May 1958

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Industrial Dispute-Gold mining industry--Claim of bonus by employees-Available surplus, Calculation of-Applicability of Full Bench Formula-Duty of Industrial Tribunal. This was an appeal against.an award of bonus to the work­ men of the Mysore gold mining industries, then under company management. covenant in the lease executed in favour of the companies permitted them to create a reserve fund to meet depreciation and development expenditure by contributing 15% of the revenue expenditure to it and deduct the same in calcu­ lating the net surplus. The covenant imposed no obligation on the

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