Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 550 · Decided 27 September 2004
Executive Engineer ZP ENGG. DIVN. and ANR. v. Digambara Rao
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 550 · [2004] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 716
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1164/2002
- Decided
- 27 September 2004
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
Labour Laws : Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Res judicata-Principles-Applicability of-To an industrial adjudication-Workmen filed a writ petition before the High Court claiming for regularization of their services and also for a direction not to discontinue their services, which was dismissed- the Labour Court challenging their termination­ Maintainability of-Held: It is well settled that the general principle of res judicata ·applies to an industrial adjudication-The prayer in the writ application had a direct nexus with the orders of termination of services of the said
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