Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 186 · Decided 4 May 1990
Punjab Land Development and Reclamation Corporation LTD., Chandigarh ETC. v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Chandigarh ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 186 · [1990] 3 S.C.R. 111
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3241/1981
- Decided
- 4 May 1990
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, B.C. RAY, M.H. KANIA, K.N. SAIKIA, S.C. AGRAWAL (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 141; Industrial Disputes Act Section 2(00)
Headnote
Industrial Disputes Act 1947: Section 2(00)-"Retrenchment"-lnterpretation of-Whether termination by the employer of the services of a workman by employer for any reason whatsoever or termination by the employer of the ~- ·services of a workman whatsoever otherwise than as a punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary action-Whether to be understood in its narrow, natural and contextual meaning or in its wider literal meaning. Precedent-Ratio decidendi of the earlier decision-How to ascertain-Major premise, minor premise and decision in
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