Supreme Court of India

Ch. Joseph v. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation & Other

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 320
Bench J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar JJ.
Decided 31 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we find that 1986 settlement does not explicitly abrogate or nullify Clause 14 of the 1979 settlement.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration i) Whether the retirement of the appellant on medical grounds due to colour blindness, without offering alternative employment, is legally sustainable in light of applicable service regulations and binding settlements; ii) whether Clause 14 of the Memorandum of Settlement dated 17.12.1979, executed u/s.12(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, remains valid, binding, and enforceable despite the subsequent 1986 settlement and internal administrative circulars; iii) whether the respondents complied with their duty to make a bona fide assessment of alternative

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