Supreme Court of India

Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Workman, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 73

Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.

Decided 16 November 2006

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we are of the opinion that the orders of the Labour Court as well as the High Court were wholly unjustified and cannot be sustained for the reasons already mentioned above.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Labour Laws: Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Sections JO and 11. c Industrial dispute-Reference-Daily rate employees-Regularization of-- Public Sector Undertaking, running on hug losses, appointed ten employees as causal workers on daily rate basis-These employees were appointed as casual workers on daily rate basis for the reason that they were dependants of employees dying in harness-Such appointments were made by the company due to the persistent and prolonged agitation by the trade union since the company wanted to maintain industrial harmony, although there was no rule/policy for such

Authorities it was built on

1996 Bansilal Farms Etc. v. Umarani Bose and Ors. cited by 39
1996 Dr. Surinder Singh Jamwal and Anr. v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2022 State of Uttarakhand v. Sudhir Budakoti relied on
2019 Union of India v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. relied on
2019 State of Bihar & Ors. v. The Bihar Secondary Teachers Struggle Committee, Munger & Ors. referred to
2012 Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to

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