Supreme Court of India

Hindustan General Electrical Corporation Ltd. v. Visw Anath Prasad and Another

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Reported as [1972] 1 S.C.R. 266
Decided 17 August 1971

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the order of the High A -Court remitting the matter back to the Labour Court was .not justified.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes .4ct (14 of 1947), ss. 33 and 33A-Dismissal of emp/oyee-Pendency of Conciliation proceeding-Effect on dis­ missal. The appellant-management served on the respondent a charge sheet to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for his misconduct in lodging a false complaint to the police against some of the officers of the appellant, and, after inquiry, dismissed him. The industrial dispute regarding the dismissal of this workman and some others was referred to the Labour Court which upheld the orders of dismissal. The Labour Court also rejected the

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