Supreme Court of India

Sri Mahabir Prosad Choudhary v. M/s. Octavius Tea and Industries Ltd. and Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1022
Bench Ashok Bhushan and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 4 December 2018

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In view of the foregoing discussions, we do not find any error in the judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 14

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West Bengal Industrial Disputes Rules, 1958: rr. 20B(5) and 21 – Industrial dispute – Non-appearanc e of the company-employer – Written Statement was filed by th e workman without serving a copy thereof to the Company – Tribu nal passed ex parte award in favour of the workman – Application of th e company to recall ex parte award – Tribunal found that award was passed in violation of principles of natural justic e and in non- compliance of rr. 20B(5) and 21 – However, rejected the appl ication on the ground that the Tribunal had become functus officio as the application was filed after 30

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