Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 381 · Decided 3 July 2006
Surendranagar DISTT. Panchayat and ANR. v. Gangaben Laljibhai and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 381 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 89
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6383/2005
- Decided
- 3 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 25
Headnote
B Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-Section 25 F-Continuous working for 240 days by workman in a year preceding his termination-Burden of proof­ He/d: Burden of proof lies on the workman-Workman has to adduce evidence C also to discharge his burden apart from examining himself-On facts, burden not illegal on the basis that the burden of proof lies on the employer, set aside. Reference was made before the Labour Court whether the alleged termination of the services of the respondents-workmen was valid. Labour D Court proceeded on the basis that the burden of proving that the workman has
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