Supreme Court of India

Caparo Engineering India Ltd. v. Ummed Singh Lodhi and Anr.

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Bench M. R. Shah and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 26 October 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, we see no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment and award passed by the learned Labour Court confirmed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: s.9A – Transfer order – Amounting to illegal change under s.9A – Respondent-workmen employed in the Dewas factory of appellant as labourer – Order of transfer to Chopanki, which is 900 Kms away from Dewas – On transfer, after training, workmen were to work as supervisor – Industrial dispute – Labour court found that the workmen-nine in number were transferred from Dewas with intention to reduce the number of persons employed at Dewas and such an act was covered by Clause 11 of Schedule 4 of the I. .

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