Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 469 · Decided 2 May 1997
The Executive Engineer v. K. Somasetty and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 469 · [1997] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 46
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3637/1997
- Decided
- 2 May 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 10
Headnote
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 : C Ss.2(j), l~'Industry''-Daily wage employee engaged in a project taken by State Government-On closure of project employee discharged-Employee approaching Labour Court for continuity of his employment-Claim al­ lowed-High Court upheld the order of Labour the circumstances, State is not an 'industly' under the Act-Even otherwise, since the project has been D closed, the employee has no right to the post as he had been appointed on daily wages-<Jrder of reinstatement enforced under the threat of contempt is subject to the final order in
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