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India General Navigation and Railway Co. Ltd. Vs. Their Workmen [1959] INSC 122 (14 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 14 Oct 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 122 SC

Constitution of India
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
IPC Section 143. Punishment
IPC Section 188. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant

Headnote :

It is contradictory to assert that a strike in a public utility service, which is evidently illegal, can also be justified. The law does not support such a stance, nor is it backed by any provisions in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Workers who engage in such a strike must recognize that they ca...

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The Dunlop Rubber Co. (India) Ltd. Vs. Workmen & Ors [1959] INSC 123 (16 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 16 Oct 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 123 SC

Headnote :

The appellant company operated on an all-India basis, with the majority of its business conducted in Calcutta. Disputes arose among its clerical and non-clerical staff in Bombay regarding gratuity and retirement age. They argued that the gratuity scale for both categories of staff, as per the compan...

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Messrs. Brahmachari Research Institute Vs. Its Workmen [1959] INSC 124 (16 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 16 Oct 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 124 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Headnote :

The laid-off workers of the appellant company, who received compensation as stipulated in Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, asserted their right to additional gratuity under the gratuity scheme implemented by the appellant company, which was modified by the industrial tribunal\'s awa...

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The Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. Vs. The Workmen & ANR [1959] INSC 125 (16 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 16 Nov 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 125 SC

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Headnote :

Section 25F(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 states: \"No workman employed in any industry who has been in continuous service for at least one year under an employer shall be retrenched by that employer until ... (b) the workman has received, at the time of retrenchment, compensation equivale...

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N. R. Ghose Alias Nikhil Ranjan Ghose Vs. The State of West Bengal [1959] INSC 126 (27 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 27 Oct 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 126 SC

CrPC Section 403. Option of court to hear parties
CrPC Section 439. Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail
IPC Section 409. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent

Kedar Nath Bajoria Vs. The State of West Bengal [1953] INSC 46 (22 May 1953)

Headnote :

A complaint was lodged against the appellant and one Bose with the Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Darjeeling. The case was assigned to Mr. Dutta Gupta, a Special Judge in Alipur, under the W.B. Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act of 1949. On July 11, 1951, Mr. Dutta Gupta acquitted the appella...

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K. Satwant Singh Vs. The State of Punjab [1959] INSC 127 (28 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 28 Oct 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 127 SC

CrPC Section 197. Prosecution of Judges and public servants
CrPC Section 239. When accused shall be discharged
Government of India Act, 1935
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
IPC Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
IPC Section 63. Amount of fine

Ronald Wood Mathams Vs. State of West Bengal [1954] INSC 51 (22 April 1954)

Headnote :

The appellant, previously a contractor in Burma, responded to an advertisement from the evacuee Government of Burma in August 1942, which sought claims from contractors for construction and repair work. He submitted claims totaling several lacs of rupees. The Government of Burma forwarded these clai...

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Union of India Vs. Amar Singh [1959] INSC 128 (28 October 1959)

Judgement Date : 28 Oct 1959

Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 128 SC

Indian Contract Act, 1872
Section 148. Bailment, bailor and bailee defined.
Section 151. Care to be taken by bailee
Section 161. Bailee’s responsibility when goods are not duly returned
Section 194. Relation between principal and person duly appointed by agent to act in business of agency
Section 71. Responsibility of finder of goods

Headnote :

The respondent arranged for the shipment of certain goods on September 4, 1947, with the N. W. Railway from Quebec in Pakistan to New Delhi.The wagon carrying the goods arrived at the Indian border station of Khem Karan on November 1, 1947, properly sealed and labeled for New Delhi.It reached New De...

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