Supreme Court of India

Mukand Ltd. v. Mukand Staff and Officers Association

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 951

Bench Y.K. Sabharwal and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.

Decided 10 March 2004

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What the Court ordered

In the result, Civil Appeal No. 560 l of 200 I filed by Mukand Ltd. is allowed and Civil Appeal Nos. 7340- 7341 of 2001 filed by Mukand Staff and Officers Association are dismissed.

Judgment, page 46

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, I947-Sections JO, 2(s) and 2(k)-Industrial Dispute-Reference to Tribunal-Scope of-Whether can cover non-workmen also-Reference of dispute between the Company and Staff Association to the Tribunal-Staff Association comprising also of non-workmen-Tribunal making award in favour of non-workmen too-Held, not permissible. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-Section 2(k)-Any person-Meaning of Workmen espousing cause of non-workmen-Permissibility of-Workmen and non-workmen working in the same grade-Industrial dispute between the Company and Assocjation of workmen and

Authorities it was built on

1963 Syed Yakoob v. K.S. Radhakrishnan & Others cited by 34
1955 Tirath Singh v. Bachittar Singh and Others cited by 20
2001 Ouseph Mathai and Ors. v. M. Abdul Khadir cited by 11
1952 Ebrahim Aboobakar and Another v. Custodian General of Evacuee Property. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2019 General Manager, Electrical Rengali Hydro Electric Project, Orissa and Others v. Sri Giridhari Sahu and Others relied on
2024 The Vvf Ltd. Employees Union v. M/s. Vvf India Limited & Anr. referred to
2022 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. The President, Oil Field Employees Association & Ors. referred to
2015 Oshiar Prasad and Others v. The Employers in Relation to Management of Sudamdih Coal Washery of M/s Bccl, Dhanbad, Jharkhand referred to

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