Ramesh v. M/S Ganesh Industries
Case brief
What is this about?
Employer-employee relationship — initial burden of proof on workman; failure to cross-examine management witness MW-1 on strength of staff deemed acceptance of testimony; workman silent on number/identity of co-employees; non-examination of co-worker/independent witness — adverse inference; attendance cards (Ex.WW1/2) without name, seal, signature or period — no evidentiary value; termination 01.11.2015; karigar; reinstatement and back wages claims rejected; Labour Court award — writ interference only for perversity or patent illegality, no re-appraisal of evidence; limits of certiorari under Article 226; superintendence under Article 227; Syed Yakoob; Pepsico India Holding; Krishnanand; Sarwan Singh; Indian Overseas Bank; W.P.(C) dismissed.
What did the court decide?
The Labour Court's finding that the workman failed to establish employer-employee relationship rests on a reasoned evaluation of the record, and no ground is made out to warrant interference with it.