Supreme Court of India

Physical Research Laboratory v. K.G. Sharma

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Bench K. Ramaswamy J.
Decided 8 April 1997

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Labour Law: Industlial Disputes Act, 1947: Section 2(j). "Industry''-Bangalore Water Supply Case-Principles laid down in-Held : Not exhaustive-Circumstances under which the principles were laid down, explained. c Research Institutions--Run by Government-Physical Research Laboratory--Held : Not an 'industry' because it was purely a research or- ganisation-lt was more an institution discharging governmental functions and a domestic enterprise than a commercial enterprise, though it was canying on the activity of research with the }1e/p of its employees.

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