Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 390 · Decided 8 April 1997
Physical Research Laboratory v. K.G. Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 390 · [1997] 3 S.C.R. 733
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2663/1997
- Decided
- 8 April 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
Labour Law: Industlial Disputes Act, 1947: Section 2(j). "Industry''-Bangalore Water Supply Case-Principles laid down in-Held : Not exhaustive-Circumstances under which the principles were laid down, explained. A B c Research Institutions--Run by Government-Physical Research Laboratory--Held discharging governmental functions and a domestic enterprise than a commercial enterprise, though it was canying on the activity of research with the }1e/p of its employees. Section 2(s)-'Workman'........Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) employees-Held : Not 'workmen' because PRL not an
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