Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 399 · Decided 5 July 2006
M/S. Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals LTD. v. Devki Devi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 399 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 279
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2992/2003
- Decided
- 5 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 116; Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
B Labour Laws: Job contract-Several workers of a public sector company died in harness-Company gave job work to their widows/dependants i.e. Respondents C on contract basis-Language of contract clear and unambiguous-No material to conclude that compassionate appointment had been given since be considered as workmen-Cessation of their work pursuant to subsequent termination of the contracts by Company in view of financial stringency did D not amount to retrenchment-UP. Industrial Disputes Act. 1947-Section 6N and Sections 2(p) and 18(1) rlw Rule 58 of the Industrial Disputes (Central)
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