Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 858 · Decided 16 November 2006

M.D., Karnataka Handloom DEV. CORPN. LTD. v. Sri Mahadeva Laxman Raval

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2006 INSC 858 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 60
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 3251/2005
Decided
16 November 2006
Bench
AR. LAKSHMANAN, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Industrial Disputes Act Section 2(00), 25F

Headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-ss.2(00) & 25F-Appointmentfor specific period on specified honorarium-Termination of services on expiry of such C specific period-Held, does not amount to retrenchment-Since appointment was only on contract basis. Respondent was engaged under a time bound specific on a specified honorarium. D The question which arose for consideration in the present appeal is whether Respondent was not a worker for purposes ofS.25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 194.7 but was employed on contract basis for a specific period and hence cannot be said to have been retrenched

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