Supreme Court of India

Bharat Bhawan Trust v. Bharat Bhawan Artists Association and Anr.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 27
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and Shivaraj V. Patil JJ.
Decided 22 August 2001

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: "Where a worker or a group of workers labour to produce goods or services and these goods or services are for the business of another, that other is in fact the employer".

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Labour Laws; Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 : Section 2(s)- "Workman "-Who is--An artist engaged in an institution for promotion of art and culture-Not indulged in any manual, unskilled or technical, operational or clerical work-Held, cannot be termed as "workman'.'-Bharat Bhawan Nyas Adhiniyam, 1982. c Section 20)-"Industry"-Scope of-Requirements of Section 20) of the Act and the tests laid down by Supreme Court in Bangalore Water Supply's case must be satisfied-Trust engaged in promotion of art and culture-Held, whether it is as an industry need not be finally decided in the instant case­

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