Ram Vriksh v. M/S Ganesh Industries
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court writ petitions by seven workmen against Labour Court awards rejecting reinstatement and back wages; employer-employee relationship not proved; termination dated 01.11.2015 without notice pay or retrenchment compensation; demand notice dated 13.11.2015; complaint before Labour Commissioner, Nimri Colony, Ashok Vihar; uncontroverted testimony of MW-1 that only three permanent employees existed; failure to cross-examine deemed acceptance; attendance cards Ex.WW1/2 of no evidentiary value; adverse inference against workman; no re-appraisal of evidence in writ jurisdiction; certiorari limits; Syed Yakoob v. K.S. Radhakrishnan 1963 SCC OnLine SC 24; Pepsico India Holding (2015) 4 SCC 270; Krishnanand v. Director of Consolidation (2015) 1 SCC 553; Articles 226 and 227; petitions dismissed.
What did the court decide?
In writ jurisdiction, this Court does not undertake re-appraisal of evidence or interfere with factual findings unless they are perverse or contrary to law.