Supreme Court of India

Bhuvnesh Kumar Dwivedi v. M/s Hindalco Industries Ltd.

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Reported as [2014] 12 S.C.R. 1080
Bench Gyan Sudha Misra and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 25 April 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the termination of service of the appeltant was illegal and void ab initio.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Labour Laws - Interference with order of Labour Court I Industrial tribunal - Jurisdiction of High Court - Held: High Court can interfere with an order of the Tribunal only on the procedural level and in cases, where decision of the lower courts was arrived at in gross violation of the legal principles - High Court shall interfere with factual aspect placed before the Labour Courts only when it is convinced that the Labour Court has made patent mistakes in admitting evidence illegally or have made grave errors in law in coming to the conclusion on facts - Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts.

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