Supreme Court of India

Anjana Mittal v. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

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Reported as [2019] 10 S.C.R. 353
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 30 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court has rightly held that the termination of the appellant in terms of Regulation 24 of the 1975 Regulations, treating the appellant as a temporary employee, was not justified in law and thus could not be sustained, as she had been in employment for over eleven years.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Labour Laws: Termination of ser vice – In terms of Regulation 24 of T erms and Conditions of Appointment and Service Regulations, 1975 (Service Regulations of r espondent- Corporation) – On the gr ound of her continued absence – Initially the employee/workman r esorted to Writ jurisdiction for challenging the termination or der – Petition having been dismissed on the gr ound of maintainability , raised the dispute befor e Labour Cour t – Labour Cour t held the termination as illegal and dir ected reinstatement with full back wages – In writ petition, order of the Labour Cour t was upheld so

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