Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 19 · Decided 7 January 2019
Deputy Executive Engineer v. Kuberbhai Kanjibhai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 19 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 63
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5810/2009
- Decided
- 7 January 2019
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, INDU MALHOTRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 11A
Headnote
Labour Laws - Re-instatement - Termination of daily wager - After 15 years of termination, he raised a dispute - Labour court awarded reinstatement of respondent-worker in State services but without awarding back wages to him - High Court dismissed State's writ On appeal, held: The case of the respondent squarely fell in the category discussed in Bharat Sanchar Nigam wherein the Supreme Court held that no useful purpose would be served in re-instating a daily wager and he can be given monetary compensation by the Court itself inasmuch as, if he is
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