Supreme Court of India

Nashik Workers Union v. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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Reported as [2016] 1 S.C.R. 973
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 26 February 2016

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What the Court ordered

We hold that HAL 1 (supra) still holds good and lays down the correct law and we are bound by it as its foundation flows from Heavy Engineering Muzcloor Union (supra) which has been approved in SAIL (supra) with some divergence as has been stated in Tata Memorial Hospital Workers Union (supra).

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - s. 2(a) - Appropriate government - Complaint under the 1971 Act by the appellant­ Workers Union against the respondent-Company (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) for reinstatement of the trainees with continuity of services and back wages - Appropriate government to refer the said dispute - Division Bench of the High Court held that the appropriate government for the purpose of the 1947 Act is the Central Government in relation to the Company, thus, the complaints filed by the Union against the company were not maintainable - Held: Appropriate Government in

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