Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 111 · Decided 18 April 1972
T. Devadasan v. M/S. Gordon Woodroffe & CO. (Madras) Private LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 111 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 213
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1421/1968
- Decided
- 18 April 1972
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Workmen's Compensation Act Section 41(2)
Headnote
Workmen's Compensation Act-S.41 (2)-Scope of-Whether the em· ployee in question was a person employed within the meaning of the Madras Shops and Establishments Act 1947. The appellant was appointed by Respondent No. 1, a Madras Company, which was the holding compa&y of another, the Pallavaram company. After 2 years, the holding company revised the terms of engagement ol the appellant relating to basic salary, D.A. and Bonus, all other terms of service remalning unaltered. The appellant was given training in the Madras Company for 2 months and later, he was asked to go
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