Supreme Court of India

National Kamgar Union v. Kran Rader Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 1 S.C.R. 74
Bench R. K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 5 January 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we also hold that respondent No.1 had employed 99 workers in their manufacturing Unit at the time of declaring the closure of the Unit in 1990.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947– Chapter VB – s.25K – Applicability of – Closur e of manufacturing unit by factor y owner – Issuance of closur e notice by the owner – Complaint by appellant- Union against the factor y owner – Industrial Cour t held the closur e illegal since 1 15 workers wer e found working at the r elevant time and s.25K was not complied with while effecting the closur e of the unit – However , High Cour t held that 99 workers wer e found working in the Unit at the r elevant time, thus, compliance of s.25K while declaring the closur e not r equired – Interfer ence with – Held:

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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