petitions and ap
DATE OF JUDGMENT:
08/01/1958
BENCH:
ACT:
Working journalists-Regulation of Conditions of Service-
Constitutionl validity of enactment-Decision of Wage ... unreasonable having regard to
the nature of work to be done by a working journalist. Such
hours of work are fixed
into
an industrial dispute and confer jurisdiction. The Hindu v.
The Working Journalist of the Hindu in Madras ... have been adopted by the members of
the Working Committee of the Indian Federation of Working
Journalists regarding Salivateeswaran 's case. The draft
resolution
Section 2(dd) . The working journalists and those who are not journalists but are employed to do any work in, or in relation ... hours of work, leave and fixation of the rates of wages which are absolutely special to the press industry qua the working journalists and they
entitlement to
gratuity, hours of work, leave as well as fixation of
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wages payable both to the working journalists and
non-journalist newspaper employees ... based on the average gross revenue, were worked out and
the working as well as non-working journalist employees
were classified into different categories
SC1080 (11,14,15,17)
RF 1991 SC1289 (16)
ACT:
Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and
Miscellaneous Provisions ... work in, or in relation to, any newspaper establishment".
Clause (f) of that section defines a "working journalist" to
mean a person
fund for
the purpose of granting pension to the working journalists, would be deducted.
Petitioner No.1 herein is a company incorporated under the
Companies ... field in relation to the
payment of retiral benefits to the working journalists is
covered by a Parliamentary Act known as the Working
Journalists
regulate the payment of gratuity to industrial workers, except the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955. The Government of Kerala enacted
Section 17 in The Working Journalists And Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions Of Service) And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
17. Recovery of money due from
Section 17 in The Working Journalists (Conditions Of Service) And Miscellaneous Provisions Rules, 1957
17. Competent officers .-Every newspaper establishment may designate one or more
entity; (g) termination was illegal and
violative of provisions of the Working Journalist and Other Newspaper
Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions ... hereinafter referred to as ' ID Act ') applicable to Working Journalists and
the termination is thus also violative of Sections
