Supreme Court of India

PAKIRBHAI FUIABHAI SOINNKI v. PRESIDING 0l717ICER & ANR.

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Decided 8 May 1986

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the punishment of dismissal imposed in this case on the appellant appears to-be excessive but our decision however is not based on this ground.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Sub-section (3) of 8.33 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 provides that no employer shall, during the pendency of any proceeding in respect of an industrial dispute, take action against any protected workman concerned (a) by altering, to his prejudice the conditions of service applicable to him immediately before the commencement of such proceedings, or (b) by discharging or punishing, whether by dismissal or otherwise, such protected workman, save with the express permission in writing of the authority before which the proceeding is pending.

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