Supreme Court of India

State Bank of India v. Ram Chandra Dubey and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 569
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and S.N. Variava JJ.
Decided 14 November 2000

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court ought not to have presumed that the award of the Labour Court for. grant of back wages is implied in the relief of reinstatement or that E the award of reinstatement itself conferred right for claim of back wages.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

labour laws: Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-Section 33C (2)-Proceeding under­ Scope of-Reference made by the Government to decide whether termination of certain workmen was justified-Labour Court made an award for reinstatement without expressing its opinion as regards back wages-Petition under Section 33C(2) filed by workmen for back wages-Allowed by the Labour Court-Upheld by High Court-Held, the relief of back wages must be deemed to have been denied for what is claimed and not granted necessarily gets denied in a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding-Further, benefit sought to be enforced

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