Supreme Court of India

M/s. Sriram Industrial Enterprises Ltd. v. Mahak Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 3 S.C.R. 783
Bench Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and Al Tamas Kabir JJ.
Decided 8 March 2007
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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that a decision in this matter will depend on the understanding of the expression "continuous service" as used in Section 6 N read with Section 2 (g) of the U.P. Act as against its usage in Section 25 B (2) (a) (ii) of the Central Act.

Judgment, page 12

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U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-ss. 2(g) and 6-N-Workmen with 4 years service-Retrenched-Dispute-Workmen filing documents showing their continuous service-Sought production of Attendance Register and other documents from Management-Production of extract of attendance record of one year immediately preceding the retrenchment showing non-completion of 240 days in that year-Non-production of other documents-Award by the Tribunal against the workmen-Writ Petition-Award set aside drawing adverse presumption against the management for non-production of documents in its possession, holding that

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