Supreme Court of India

Workmen of English Electric Company of India Ltd., Madras v. Presiding Officer & Anr.

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Reported as [1990] 1 S.C.R. 13
Bench Ranganath Misra, P.B. Sawant and K. Ramaswamy JJ.
Decided 11 January 1990

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in the facts 11nd circumstances appearing on the record it was not appropriate for th1e Divsion Bench to dismiss the claim of the workmen altogether.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes ACt, 1947: Section 10( 1)( d)-Non-employ­ ment of workmen-Justification of-Findings of facts-Quantum of evidence or appreciation thereof-Whether High Court could interfere under writ jurisdiction. Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Findings of facts­ Quantum of evidence or appreciation thereof-Whether could be interfered. Under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the State Government referred to the Industrial Tribunal the question whether the non· employment of certain workmen in the appellant-Company was justified, and if not what was the relief to which they were

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