Supreme Court of India

Uttaranchal Forest Development Corpn. and Anr. v. Jabar Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 852
Bench Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and T Arun Chatterjee JJ.
Decided 12 December 2006

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the provisions of Section 25- N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 are attracted_ and non-compliance of the said section makes retrenchment order illegal and non est.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Labour Laws: UP. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Sections 25-L and 25-N. c Industrial establishment-Workmen-Retrenchment-Workmen were engaged by Forest Corporation on daily-wage basis for the measurement of wood, protection of timber at the logging site and depots of the Corporation­ As there was no work, the services of the said workmen were retrenched in accordance with S. 6-N-The Labour Court held that the retrenchment order was legal and valid-It further held that the provisions of S. 25-N of the Industrial Disputes Act were not attracted as the Forest Corporation was not an industrial

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