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1 - 10 of 19 (0.62 seconds)Range Forest Officer vs S.T. Hadimani on 15 February, 2002
"So far as the question of onus regarding
working for more than 240 days is concerned,
as observed by this Court in Range Forest
Officer v. S.T. Hadimani (2002 (3) SCC 25) the
onus is on the workman."
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Municipal Corporation, Faridabad vs Siri Niwas on 6 September, 2004
"The above burden having not been discharged
and the Labour Court having held so, in our
opinion, the Industrial Court and the High
Court erred in basing an order of
reinstatement solely on an adverse inference
drawn erroneously. At this stage it may be
useful to refer to a judgment of this Court in
the case of Municipal Corporation, Faridabad
v. Siri Niwas JT 2004 (7) SC 248 wherein this
Court disagreed with the High Court's view of
drawing an adverse inference in regard to the
non-production of certain relevant documents.
This is what this Court had to say in that
regard:
Nedungadi Bank Ltd vs K.P. Madhavankutty And Ors on 28 January, 2000
A delay of 4
years in raising the dispute after even
reemployment of the most of the old workmen
was held to be fatal in M/s. Shalimar Works
Limited v. Their Workmen (supra) (AIR 1959
SC 1217), In Nedungadi Bank Ltd. v. K.P.
Madhavankutty and others (supra) AIR 2000
SC 839, a delay of 7 years was held to be fatal
and disentitled to workmen to any relief.
Messrs. Shalimar Works Limited vs Their Workmen on 8 May, 1959
A delay of 4
years in raising the dispute after even
reemployment of the most of the old workmen
was held to be fatal in M/s. Shalimar Works
Limited v. Their Workmen (supra) (AIR 1959
SC 1217), In Nedungadi Bank Ltd. v. K.P.
Madhavankutty and others (supra) AIR 2000
SC 839, a delay of 7 years was held to be fatal
and disentitled to workmen to any relief.
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
R.M. Yellatti vs The Asst. Executive Engineer on 7 November, 2005
In R.M. Yellatti v. The Asst. Executive Engineer (2006 (1)
SCC 106), the decisions referred to above were noted and it
was held as follows:
Chairman, Oil And Natural Gas ... vs Shyamal Chandra Bhowmik on 23 November, 2005
The above position was again reiterated in a recent
judgment in ONGC Ltd. and Another v. Shyamal Chandra
Bhowmik (2006 (1) SCC 337).
State Of Gujarat And Ors. vs Pratamsingh Narsinh Parmar on 31 January, 2001
3. For the view we are taking, it is not
necessary to go into the question as to whether
the appellant is an "industry" or not, though
reliance is placed on the decision of this Court
in State of Gujarat v. Pratamsingh Narsinh
Parmar (2001) 9 SCC 713. In our opinion the
Tribunal was not right in placing the onus on
the management without first determining on
the basis of cogent evidence that the
respondent had worked for more than 240
days in the year preceding his termination. It
was the case of the claimant that he had so
worked but this claim was denied by the
appellant. It was then for the claimant to lead
evidence to show that he had in fact worked
for 240 days in the year preceding his
termination. Filing of an affidavit is only his
own statement in his favour and that cannot
be regarded as sufficient evidence for any court
or tribunal to come to the conclusion that a
workman had, in fact, worked for 240 days in
a year. No proof of receipt of salary or wages
for 240 days or order or record of appointment
or engagement for this period was produced by
the workman. On this ground alone, the award
is liable to be set aside. However, Mr. Hegde
appearing for the Department states that the
State is really interested in getting the law
settled and the respondent will be given an
employment on compassionate grounds on the
same terms as he was allegedly engaged prior
to his termination, within two months from
today."