Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 864 · Decided 10 December 2021
Pradeep S/O Rajkumar Jain v. Manganese Ore (India) Limited & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 864 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 592
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7607/2021
- Decided
- 10 December 2021
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12
Headnote
Labour Laws - Reinstatement - Backwages - On facts, by the impugned order, the High Court ordered reinstatement of appellant (who was earlier terminated from service) but denied him the benefit of backwages - Denial - If justified - Held: When the question arises as to whether the backwages is to be given and as to what is to be the extent of backwages, these are matters which will depend on the facts of the case - In a case where it is found that the employee was not at all at fault
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