Supreme Court of India
Ved Prakash Gupta v. Delton Cable India (p) Ltd.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that. the finding of the Labour Courfthat the appellant is not a workman within the meaning ofs. 2(s) of the Act is perverse and could not be supported.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Industrial Disputes .Act. 1947 S. 2(s)-Definition of Workman-Scope of Covers.an employee whose substanriQl duty is of a securit)I inspector _at the gate of factO'.Y premises. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-S. 2(ra)"-Dejinition of unfair labour practice Scope of-Dimissal on flimsy gr/Jund-Wh;ther amounts to vict!mjzation or unfair labour pr:actlce by management. c Natural Justice-Principle ... of-Enquiry officer nat summoning necessary witnesses-Whether findings of enquiry ojfiCer pen>erse. The appellant, an.e1nployee_ of the respondent, was charg-:d for abusins,, some feHOw worker oi officer
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Collector Singh v. L.M.L. Ltd., Kanpur
- 2024 M/s Bharti Airtel Limited v. A.S. Raghavendra
- 2025 M/s Sonali Power Equipments Pvt. Ltd. v. Chairman, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mumbai & Ors.
- 2023 Cce, Aurangabad v. M/s Videocon Industries Ltd. Thr. its Director
- 2015 M/s. Secure Meters Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs, New Delhi
- 1994 H.R. Adyanthaya v. Sandoz (india) Ltd.
- 1985 Arkal Govind Raj Rao v. Ciba Geigy of India Ltd., Bombay
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 5 mentioned
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