The Management v. S Raja
Case brief
What is this about?
Workman status under Section 2(s), Industrial Disputes Act; Section 2A(2) direct industrial dispute; Area Business Manager; sales promotion employee; supervisory/managerial/administrative capacity; irrelevance of nomenclature/designation ('Manager'); Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 — Sections 6(2) and 2(d); writ petition under Article 226; Labour Court award reversed and matter remanded for adjudication on merits; Panacea Biotec Pharma Ltd.; S. Raja (party-in-person); H.R. Adayanthaya v. Sandoz (India) Ltd. (1994) 5 SCC 737 (constitutional bench, relied by counsel); Novartis India Limited (MP HC Division Bench); W.A. No. 926 of 2025 dismissed without costs on 16-04-2026; factual corrections (2289 days; termination date 15.12.2020) effected 22-04-2026.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief to the appellants: the Writ Appeal stands dismissed without costs and the connected miscellaneous petition is closed; the impugned remand order remains undisturbed.