Supreme Court of India

The Chief Soil Conservator Punjab and Ors. v. Gurmail Singh

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Reported as [2009] 8 S.C.R. 564
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 8 May 2009

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Labour laws: c Reinstatement of terminated workman - Onus to prove completion of 240 days in the 12 months preceding the date of termination - Held: Is on the workman - Labour Court and High Court erred in holding that the onus was on employer and in reinstating the workman with 50% of back wages for want of evidence - Courts below also did not discuss as to why employer be not treated as industry - Considering the passage of time, and peculiar facts of the case, employer is directed to pay Rs. 60, 000 to workmen in full and final settlement of his claim - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

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