Supreme Court of India

Mukesh K. Tripathi v. Sr. Divisional Manager, Lic and Ors.

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Bench N. Santosh Hegde, S.B. Sinha and A.K. Mathur JJ.

Decided 6 September 2004

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforementioned, we are of the opinion that no case has been made out for interference with the impugned judgment. There is no merit in these appeals which are dismissed accordingly. No costs.

Judgment, 144 (concluding paragraph)

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-Section 2(s) and 25F-Apprentice Act, 1961-Sections 2(k) and 18-Apprentice Development Officer of Life Insurance Corporation of India-Held: He was not a workman as he did not establish that he performed skilled, unskilled, manual, technical or operational duties; mere fact that his duties were neither managerial nor supervisory was insufficient-It was more so as he could not organise or develop business of Corporation without becoming a full-fledged officer of the Corporation-His termination during apprenticeship without notice in terms of conditions of appointment found to be valid-Life Insurance Corporation of India (Apprentice Development Officers) Recruitment Scheme, 1980.

Authorities it was built on

2004 Ramesh Mehta v. Sanwal Chand Singhvi and Ors. cited by 13
1994 H.R. Adyanthaya v. Sandoz (india) Ltd. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2020 Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc. relied on
2013 Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited and Others v. Harkesh Chand and Others relied on
2024 Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India & Others referred to
2019 Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Sr. Sec. School & Anr. v. Vasu Sena & Anr. referred to
2018 Naveen Kumar V. Vijay Kumar and Ors. v. Vijay Kumar and Ors. referred to
2015 Chauharya Tripathi & Ors. v. L.L.C. of India & Ors. referred to
2014 Hdfc Bank Ltd. v. Kumari Reshmaand Ors. referred to
2006 M/s. Pandey & Co. Builders Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Bihar and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 5 referred to · 1 mentioned

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