Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 258 · Decided 27 September 1968
Workmen of the Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Company Limited, Guntur v. Management of the Indian Leaf Tobacco Development CO. LTD., Guntur
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 258 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 282
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 556/1966
- Decided
- 27 September 1968
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
Industrial Dispute-Closure of branches or depots-No closure of business itself-Whether managerial activity, oot referable to industrial B tribuna/,,__Rights of workmen in closed depots. C The respondent was carrying on the business of tobacco. In 1962, it was maintaining 21 depots where the principal work was handling tobacco and the work of purchasing was done on a small scale. In 1963, it gave notice that 8 out of the 21 depots would be closed down. An industrial dispute was raised by the workmen and the demands df the
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