Supreme Court of India

U.P. State Brassware Corpn. Ltd. and Anr. v. Udai Narain Pandey

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 609

Bench S.B. Sinha J.

Decided 8 December 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that interest of justice would G be subserved if the back wages payable to the Respondent for the period 1.4.1987 to 26.3.1993 is confined to 25% of the total back wages payable during the said period.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Labour Law: U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: c Section 6-N-Retrenchment of workman-Reinstatement of-Award of back wages-Principles-Workman appointed on daily wages for a fixed tenure-Services of the said workman terminated on expiry of his tenure Industrial undertaking closed down-Labour Court directed reinstatement with back wages since the workmen rendered240 days of continuous service during the previous year-High Court affirmed the decision-Correctness of-Held: No precise formula can be laid down as to under what circumstances payment of entire back wages should be

Authorities it was built on

2005 General Manager, Haryana Roadways v. Rudhan Singh cited by 16
2003 M.P. State Electricity Board v. Smt. Jarina Bee cited by 13
2003 S.M. Nilajkar and Ors. v. Telecom District Manager, Karnataka cited by 13
1984 Jitendra Singh Rathor v. Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Ltd. & Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2018 The Management of Regional Chief Engineer P.H.E.D. Ranchi v. Their Workmen Rep. by District Secretary relied on
2012 Rashmi Rekha Thatoi & Anr. v. State of Orissa & Ors. relied on
2009 Ashok Kumar Sharma v. Oberoi Flight Services relied on
2021 Abhishek Kumar Singh v. G. Pattanaik & Ors. referred to
2018 M. L. Singla v. Punjab National Bank and Anr. referred to
2018 State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur v. Shri Phool Chand(dead) through Lrs. referred to
2013 Deepali Gundu Surwase v. Kranti Junior Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya (d.ed.) and Others referred to
2012 Vismay Digambar Thakare v. Ramchandra Samaj Sewa Samiti and Ors. mentioned
2021 North Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Dr. Ram Naresh Sharma & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 distinguished · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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