Supreme Court of India
Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay v. The B.E.S.T. Workers Union
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the provisions contained in section 78 ( 1) (D) (i) are not mandatory but only directory.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946, s. 78(l)(d) (i)-Scope of. The appellant, the Mu:nicipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, csta· blisbed the Jlombay Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking for the purpose of providing and operating motor transport and supplying elec· tricity to the consumers in the city of Bombay. Workman Shri Naik, empk>yed as Assistant Fitter in the Transporta· tio.n Engineering Department at the Appellant's Workshop and another employee employed under the Appellant as a mechanic were found by the S. I. of Police with gunny bags in their hands and each bag contained 22
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