Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 498 · Decided 11 August 2010
Triveni Engineering & INDUST. LTD. v. Jaswant Singh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 498 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 822
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6523/2010
- Decided
- 11 August 2010
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act Section 11, 13A; Industrial Employment Act
Headnote
Standing Orders: Clause 'W' - Jurisdiction and power of Labour Commissioner to decide on applicability and interpretation of Standing Orders - HELD: The inquiry before the Labour Commissioner is of a summary nature and while exercising 0 such power, he cannot decide and examine to an issue as to whether the person concerned is a workman or not - It is a matter to be de,cided by a competent court as it relates primarily to facts and circumstances of the case and is not ancillary to that of the applicability and E interpretation of the Standing Orders - The order of
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