Supreme Court of India

Amar Chakravarty & Ors. v. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

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Reported as [2010] 13 S.C.R. 1142
Bench D.K. Jain and H.L. Dattu JJ.
Decided 29 November 2010

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeals are allowed; the impugned judgments are set aside and the Labour Court is directed to dispose of the references expeditiously.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - s. 10(1)(c) - Termination of service - /legations of misconduct - Non-holding of domestic enquiry- .urden of proof - Held: Onus to prove that it was not possible to conduct the enquiry and the termination was justified on the ground of misconduct by the employee, lies on the management by adducing evidence to justify its action - Workmen can adduce evidence in rebuttal - Thus, order passed by labour court as upheld by the High Court, shifting the burden to prove whether the termination of the services of the workmen is justified, is on the workmen, is erroneous

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