Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 160 · Decided 21 March 2001
Workmen Represented BY Akhil Bhartiya Koyla Kamgar Union v. Employers in Relation to the Management of Industry Colliery of M/S Bharat Coking Coal LTD and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 160 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 553
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4964/1999
- Decided
- 21 March 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 : Sections 9 and 17. Workmen-Retrenchment of-Right to re-employment-Workmen of a c colliery laid off and retrenched-Subsequently, Colliery taken over and nation- alised-But the new management refused to Tribunal held that new management was not justified in refusing to employ the workmen and that the workmen had preference when fresh appointments were made-However, the High Court quashed the Tribunal's award-Correctness D of-Held: S. 9 of the Nationalisation Act does not cast an
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