Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 219 · Decided 15 September 1976
Hindustan Steel LTD. v. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Orissa and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 219 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 586
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1580/1970
- Decided
- 15 September 1976
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, A.C. GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 25F
Headnote
c D E F Industrial Dispute~ A.ct 1947-Sec. 2(00)-Mea11i111 of rtfrtnchmtllt--Ctm l•rmination of urvice by efflux of time covered by th~ ex,reMion r•trenchment. The respondenta were employed as Head Time Keepers for a period of 3 yea.re. Pursuant to an alleged policy to streamline the wherever possible, the appellant chose not to renevr the contracts of service of the Head Time Keepers. There was no order terminating their ser­ vices. According to the appellant the termination was auto:natic on the expiry of the contractual period of service. The respondents raised an
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