Glaxo Laboratories vs The Presiding Officer, Labour Court ... on 6 October, 1983
In the Glaxo Laboratories' case, (supra) a section of the workers resorted to an illegal strike, on the very day on which a lock out had been lifted pending negotiations between the Management and workmen. The Management then obtained an order from a Civil Court restraining the workmen from indulging in unfair and illegal activities. On a later day some of the loyal workmen travelling between the city and the factory were manhandled "during the journey in the bus at different places." The relevant Standing Order, Clause 22 (x) brought within it any act subversive of the discipline committed within the premises of the establishment or in the vicinity thereof. The factual finding was that the manhandling was not within the factory permises. It remained to be examined whether the incident was within the vicinity of the factory premises. On the facts, it was held to be otherwise. That, and that only, is the ratio of the decision.