Supreme Court of India

Lokmatnewspapers Pvt. Ltd. v. Shankar Prasad

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Reported as [1999] 3 S.C.R. 907

Bench S.B. Majmudar and S.S.M. Quadri JJ.

Decided 19 July 1999

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From the headnote

Labour Law: Industrial Disputes Act., 1947 : Sections 12(4) 20(2)(b), 33(1) and 33(J)(b)-Conciliation proceedings-Discharge of workman-During pendency of-Without permission from Conciliation Officer-Conciliation proceedings failed and investigation closed at 4.35 p.m.-Management discharged workman under S.25- immediately at 5 p.m. on the very same day without permission from Conciliation Officer-Validity-Held, Conciliation proceedings continue even after closure of investigation under S. 12(4)-Such proceedings are deemed to be closed when the failure report under S. 12(4) reaches the

Authorities it was built on

1986 Umaji Keshao Meshram & Ors. v. Radhikabai W/o Anandrao Banapurkar & Anr. cited by 15
1963 State of Rajasthan and Anr v. Sripal Jain cited by 6
1952 Workers of the Industry Colliery, Dhanbad v. Management of the Industry Colliery cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2019 Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (jal) through its Director v. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation India Ltd. relied on
2015 Sh Jogendrasinhji Vijaysinghji v. State of Gujarat & Ors. relied on
2023 K. C. Ninan v. Kerala State Electricity Board & Ors. referred to
2017 Ram Kishan Fauji v. State of Haryana and Ors. referred to
2026 M/s Tarini Prasad Mohanty v. M/s Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Ltd. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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