Supreme Court of India

Pradeep S/o Rajkumar Jain v. Manganese Ore (india) Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 592
Bench K.M. Joseph and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 10 December 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the interest of justice would be sufficien tly served if we direct the appellant be paid a total sum of Rs.80 lakhs as the backwages for the entire period for which the termination operat ed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Labour Laws – Reinstatement – Backwages – On facts, by the impugned order, the High Court ordered reinstat ement of appellant (who was earlier terminated from service) but deni ed him the benefit of backwages – Denial of backwages to ap pellant – If justified – Held: When the question arises as to wh ether the backwages is to be given and as to what is to be th e extent of backwages, these are matters which will depend on the facts of the case – In a case where it is found that the employee was not at all at fault and yet, he was visited with illegal termination or t ermination which is

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