Steel Authority Of India Ltd. & Ors. ... vs National Union Water Front Workers & Ors on 30 August, 2001
3. According to the appellant, the Labour Court had held that the
outsourcing agreement between the Director of Medical Education and
METC is a sham and nominal one and such a finding has been rendered by
the Labour Court after adjudication. That being so, the learned Single
Judge erred in setting aside the award. Further, it is contended by the
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appellant that her recruitment was for the purpose of the respondent and
only on being satisfied with the qualification and the quality of work
discharged, she was retained for 7 years. It is also submitted that having
utilised the services of the appellant for 7 years, her termination on the
ground that the outsourcing agreement between the Director of Medical
Education and METC came to an end, is arbitrary and unsustainable and the
Labour Court was right in passing an award ordering reinstatement with
backwages and continuity of service, which ought not to have been
interfered with by the learned Single Judge. The learned counsel for the
appellant has also referred to the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in
Steel Authority of India Limited V. National Union Waterfront Workers
(2001 (7) SCC Pg.1)