Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 5 · Decided 4 January 2016
Private Limited v. The Workmen of Narendra & Company
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 5 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 597
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 14/2016
- Decided
- 4 January 2016
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Labour Laws - Retrenchment - Labour Court directed reinstatement with 50% back wages from January 1995 till January 1999 - Single Judge of High Court upheld the award of reinstatement, but limited the award of back wages to January 1995 in view of closure of the industry of January 1995 - In intra-court appeal, Division Bench held that due to closure of industry reinstatement was not possible - However, since it was not proved that the industry was not functional after January 1995, the workmen were held entitled to back wages till January I 999 - On appeal,
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