Supreme Court of India

The Indian Oxygen & Acetylene Co., Private Ltd., Bombay v. Its Workmen & Another

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1002
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 5 May 1959

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the respon- dents have failed to show: that any of the conclusions reached by the tribunal in making its calculations under its alternative finding are wrong.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Industrial Dispute-Bonus-Full Bench formullt, if can be disregarded-Rehabilitation, claim for-Average life, calculation of -Method of Weighted Average-Exhmtsted Assets-Whether can be taken into account. The workmen claimed bonus for the years r952-53 and r953-54. The employers contended that on a proper working ./ ( (2) S. .R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS 1003 out of the Full Bench formula there was no available surplus x959 and so no bonus was payable. The Tribunal held that the for- mula was not binding on it and on genuine considerations of The Indian Oxygen social justice it rejected the claim

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