High Court of Bombay examines challenge to Industrial Court order that dismissed revision applications against Labour Court’s dismissal of complaints alleging unfair labour practices under Schedule IV of MRTU & PULP Act. The lower courts held that complaints were not maintainable under Item 1 of Schedule IV, being more appropriately under Item 6, and that termination of services was by efflux of time under contract, not retrenchment requiring compliance with Section 25F of Industrial Disputes Act.
26 Oct 2016The dispute arose from complaints filed by sixteen women packers employed on temporary basis by a pharmaceutical company since 1985. They alleged that...
