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Supreme Court Holds Retrenchment Invalid and Allows Workmen's Appeal in Industrial Disputes Act Case. Transferor's Post-Transfer Retrenchment of Eight Workmen Could Not Stand as Transferee Failed to Comply with Sections 25F and 25G of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The dispute arose between the workmen of Subong Tea Estate and the management of the estate, represented by respondent No.1, M/s. Macneill & Barry Ltd., the outgoing management or vendor, and responde...

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Supreme Court Upholds Bank's Termination Approval in Industrial Dispute; Three Months' Pay Under Sastry Award Satisfies One Month's Wages Requirement. Approval Application Under Section 33(2)(b) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Must Be Decided on Merits After Compliance Held Sufficient....

The Supreme Court of India considered an appeal by special leave filed by State Bank of India against an order of the Central Government Labour Court at Delhi. The litigation arose from the terminatio...

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Supreme Court Upholds Workman's Claim for Special Allowance and Pay Fixation Under Section 33C(2) of Industrial Disputes Act. Section 19(6) and Sastry Award Continue to Bind as Contract Even After Award Ceased to Be in Force; Accountant Held to Be Workman Based on Clerical Duties....

The dispute arose from an application under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 filed by A.R. Chacko, a clerk in South Indian Bank Ltd., after his promotion to the post of Accountant a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Industrial Tribunal Award Granting Cash Allowance in Lieu of Tiffin and Limiting Re-employment of Retired Workmen. Implied Condition of Service for Tiffin Found Based on Longstanding Practice and Comparable Concerns, and Re-employment at Reduced Salary Held Unpermissible Under Industrial Law....

The dispute arose between Mcleod and Company Ltd., a tea company, and its workmen over two demands: cash allowance in lieu of tiffin arrangements and discontinuance of re-employment of retired persons...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellants in Industrial Dispute Over Lay-off Compensation. The Court Rejected Employer's Claim of Common Law Right to Lay Off for Financial Reasons, Holding Section 25C of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Only Covers Lay-off as Defined in Section 2(kkk)....

The dispute arose out of a 45-day lay-off declared in February 1959 by the management of eleven tea estates situated in the Cachar District of Assam. The workmen of these estates, represented by the a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Officer's Jurisdiction to Impose Revised Penalty for Concealment of Income Under Section 28 of Income-tax Act, 1922. Second Penalty Order of Rs 68,501 Valid After First Penalty Cancelled; Concealed Profit of Rs 1,25,520 Not Disclosed in Original Return....

The appeal arose from a reference made by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal to the High Court of Bombay under the Income-tax Act, 1922. The appellant, a firm carrying on business at Surat with a branc...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeals in Service Termination Case; Non-Compliance with Statutory Procedure Renders Terminations Invalid. Termination of Field Officers Without Show-Cause Notice Violated Clause 10 of Life Insurance Corporation Field Officers Order, 1957 and Section 11(2) of Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956....

The Supreme Court heard a group of fifteen appeals filed by the Life Insurance Corporation of India challenging the judgments of the Calcutta High Court which had quashed termination orders of several...

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Supreme Court Upholds Income-tax Assessment Against Member of Dissolved Association Under Section 44 of Income Tax Act, 1922. Assessment of association after dissolution valid when notice served on one member, and all members jointly and severally liable despite no individual notice....

The dispute concerned the validity of an income tax assessment on a dissolved association of persons and the liability of one of its members who had not been served with the assessment notice. Three i...