Supreme Court of India

Harjinder Singh v. Punjab State Warehousing Corporation

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Reported as [2010] 1 S.C.R. 591
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 5 January 2010
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What the Court ordered

We hold that the learned Single Judge of the High Court committed serious jurisdictional error and unjustifiably interfered with the award of reinstatement passed by the Labour Court with compensation D of Rs.87,582/- by entertaining a wholly unfounded plea that the appellant was appointed in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution and the regulations.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226 and Articles 38, 39(a) to (e), 43 and 43- read c with the Preamble - Writ jurisdiction - High Court substituting the award of reinstatement passed by Labour Court, by directing compensation to workman - HELD: High Court committed serious jurisdictional error by unjustifiably interfering with the well reasoned award passed by Labour 0 Court, on the premise that initial appointment of workman was illegal and unconstitutional, particularly, when no such plea was raised before Labour Court - While exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 and/or 227 in

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