Supreme Court of India

Workmen Represented by Akhil Bhartiya Koyla Kamgar Union v. Employers in Relation to the Management of Industry Colliery of M/s Bharat Coking Coal Ltd and Ors

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Reported as [2001] 2 S.C.R. 553
Bench S. Rajendrababu and S.N. Variava JJ.
Decided 21 March 2001

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Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 : Sections 9 and 17. Workmen-Retrenchment of-Right to re-employment-Workmen of a c colliery laid off and retrenched-Subsequently, Colliery taken over and nation- alised-But the new management refused to employ the workmen-Industrial Tribunal held that new management was not justified in refusing to employ the workmen and that the workmen had preference when fresh appointments were made-However, the High Court quashed the Tribunal's award-Correctness of-Held: S. 9 of the Nationalisation Act does not cast an obligation to give pllferential

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