Supreme Court of India

India General Navigation and Railway Co. Ltd. v. Their Workmen

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Reported as [1960] 2 S.C.R. 1
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 14 October 1959

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Industrial Dispute-Illegal strike in public utility service­ Lock out-Dismissal of workmen-Legality-Function of Industriat Tribunal-Measure of punishment-Award, finality of-Power of Supreme Court-Industrial Disputes Act, r947 (I4 of r947), ss. IJ, r7A, 22, 24(3)-Constitution of India, Art. r36. It was a contradiction in terms to say that a strike in a public utility service, which was clearly illegal, could also be justified. The law does not contemplate such a position nor is it warranted by any distinction made by the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It should be clearly understood by workmen

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