Madhuban v. M/S Ganesh Industries
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court writ petitions by seven workmen (Lalji, Radheshyam Gond, Ram Vriksh, Maan Singh, Madhuban, Dayaram Gaur, Ramesh) versus M/s Ganesh Industries against Labour Court awards (L.I.R 8371/16, 8372/16, 295/17, 8370/16, 8369/16, 8375/16, 8367/16) rejecting reinstatement and back wages claims for failure to prove employer-employee relationship; karigar; termination 01.11.2015; uncontroverted testimony of management witness MW-1; attendance cards Ex.WW1/2 held of no evidentiary value; limits of writ/certiorari jurisdiction under Article 226 — no re-appraisal of evidence unless findings perverse or contrary to law (Syed Yakoob; Pepsico; Krishnanand); petitions dismissed 16.02.2026 (Sachin Datta, J.).
What did the court decide?
The Labour Court's finding that the workmen/petitioners failed to establish employer-employee relationship rests on a reasoned evaluation of the record, and no ground is made out to warrant interference with the impugned awards.