Supreme Court of India

Management of Kairbetta Estate, Kotagiri v. Raj Amanickam and Others.

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Reported as [1960] 3 S.C.R. 371
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 24 March 1960

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the lock-out in the present case was not a lay-off, and as such the res- pondents are not entitled to claim any lay-off compensa- tion from the appellant.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

I ndu.strial Dispute- Lay-off compensation-Closure of division due to disturbances by workers-Lock-out-Subsequent reopening of division-Claim for lay-off compensation-Lock-out and lay-off, Distinction-Industrial Disputes Act, z947-(I4 of z947), ss. 2(l), 2 (kkk), 25C, 25E(iii), 33C. The appellant's manager was violently attacked by its workmen as a result of which he sustained serious injuries. The workers in the lower division also threatened the appellant's staff working in that division that they would murder them if they worked there. The appellant was therefore compelled to notify that

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