Supreme Court of India
K.i.shephered v. Union of India.
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We are of the view that the time limited by statute provides scope for an opportunity to be extended to the intended excluded employees before the scheme is finalised so that a hearing commensurate to the situation is afforded before a section of the employees is thrown out of employment.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
The Hindustan Commercial Bank, the Bank of Cochin Ltd. and Lakshmi Commercial Bank were amalgamated with Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, State Bank of India respectively in terms of separate schemes drawn under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, and pursuant thereto 125 employees of these banks were excluded from employment, and their services were not taken over by the respective transferee banks. Some of these excluded employees filed writ petitions before the High Court which granted partial relief, but on appeal by the transferee Bank the Writ Petitions were dismissed by the Division…
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