Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 523 · Decided 18 August 2006
U.P.S.R.T.C. v. Mitthu Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 523 · [2006] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 672
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3536/2006
- Decided
- 18 August 2006
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Labour Laws: Re-instatement of terminated workman-Back wages-Entitlement to- C Held: Court/Tribunal has discretionary power to grant back wages keeping in view factual scenario and principles of justice, equality and good conscience-;Entitlement of a workman to get re-instatement does not occasions-Also his services D were never found satisfactory-In such circumstances, Courts below erred in granting back wages. Respondent, working as bus driver with Appellant-corporation, allegedly refused to stop the bus on three different occasions inspite of signal by the checking squad.
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