Supreme Court of India

Punjab Land Development and Reclamation Corporation Ltd., Chandigarh Etc. v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Chandigarh Etc.

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Reported as [1990] 3 S.C.R. 111

Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji, B.C. Ray, M.H. Kania, K.N. Saikia and S.C. Agarwal JJ.

Decided 4 May 1990

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned in the notice is not covered by any of the clauses (a), (b) and (c) of s. 2(oo) which defines retrenchment and it is by now well settled that where the termination of service does not fall within any of the excluded categories, the termination would be ipso facto retrenchment.

Judgment, page 35

Authorities it was built on

1988 Hindustan Thompson Associates Ltd. v. Mrs. Maya Inderson Israni & Ors. cited by 21
1956 Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v. A. D. Divikar cited by 14
1956 Pipraich Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Pipraich Sugar Mills Mazdoor Union. cited by 11
1962 Anakapalla Co-operative Agricultural and Industrial Society Limited v. Workmen cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2020 Dr. Shah Faesal and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr. relied on
2018 Commissioner of Customs (import), Mumbai v. M/s. Dilip Kumar and Company & Ors. relied on
2014 Balwant Rai Saluja &anr. Etc. Etc. v. Air Indialtd. & Ors. relied on
2021 K.V. Anil Mithra & Anr. v. Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit & Anr. followed
2014 Sudarshan Rajpoot v. U.P. State Road Transport Corporation followed
2024 M/s Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rambha Devi & Ors. referred to
2024 Union of India & Ors. v. Rajeev Bansal referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2018 Rajasthan Cylinders and Containers Limited v. Union of India and Another referred to
2016 Lanco Anpara Power Limited v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2015 Chauharya Tripathi & Ors. v. L.L.C. of India & Ors. referred to
2013 K.S. Panduranga v. State of Karnataka referred to
2012 Bharat Aluminium Co. v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Service, Inc. referred to
2012 Rattiram & Ors. v. State of M. P. through Inspector of Police referred to
2011 Devinder Singh v. Municipal Council, Sanaur referred to
2011 Abhay Singh Chautala v. C.b.i mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 followed · 10 referred to · 1 mentioned

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