Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 568 · Decided 1 October 2004
U.P. State Electricity Board v. Shri Shiv Mohan Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 568 · [2004] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 953
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2429/2003
- Decided
- 1 October 2004
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, S.B. SINHA, A.K. MATHUR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
Apprentices Act, 1961: Sections 18, 2(r), 2(aa), 2(aaa), 6, 7, 20, 21 and 22-Contract of apprenticeship-Appointment of, apprentice trainee-Nature and character of-Held: Apprentice trainee enters into contract to serve for fixed period on fixed stipend-Apprentice is a trainee and his position will training­ Obligation of employer-Held: Employer is only under an obligation to impart training and pay stipend and not to accept the apprentice as his employee and confer the status of workman-There is no relationship of master and servant or employer and employee. Sections
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