The Ryan International School v. Sri Chikkegowda
Case brief
What is this about?
Ryan International School Bangalore; management vs workmen; writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; quashing of labour court award dated 03.03.2016; reinstatement of workmen without backwages with consequential benefits; Section 17 Industrial Disputes Act 1947 enforceability; II Additional Labour Court Bengaluru; I.D.Nos.123/2013 to 150/2013; memorandum of settlement dated 17.08.2018; lumpsum compensation full and final settlement; back wages terminal benefits gratuity; contempt proceedings dropped; petitions disposed of in terms of settlement; no adjudication on merits; High Court of Karnataka; Pradeep Singh Yerur J.; NC: 2025:KHC:35220.
What did the court decide?
All 24 writ petitions disposed of in terms of the memorandum of settlement dated 17.08.2018 between the petitioner-Management and the respondents-workmen; the workmen had received lumpsum compensation as full and final settlement along with back wages, terminal benefits, gratuity and other benefits, and the contempt proceedings were dropped; no order was made on the merits of the challenge to the reinstatement award.