Supreme Court Dismisses Workmen's Appeal Against Award Rejecting Dearness Allowance Hike Due to Electricity Board's Lack of Financial Capacity. Capacity to Pay Held Relevant as Demands Exceeded Minimum Wage; Board's Statutory Development Functions and Inherited Deficit Considered in Assessing Financial Ability.
19 Dec 1968The case arose from an industrial dispute between 466 workmen of the Gujarat Electricity Board, Baroda, represented by the Saurashtra Vidyut Kamdar Sa...
