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PETITIONER: M/s. HATISINGH MFG. CO. LTD.AND ANOTHER
Vs.
RESPONDENT: UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 14/04/1960
BENCH: SHAH, J.C. BENCH: SHAH, J.C. SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ) IMAM, SYED JAFFER SARKAR, A.K. WANCHOO, K.N.
CITATION: 1960 AIR 923 1960 SCR (3) 528 CITATOR INFO : R 1963 SC 630 (25) RF 1963 SC1489 (19) E 1963 SC1811 (104) R 1968 SC1002 (8) R 1968 SC1138 (37) RF 1969 SC 590 (4) R 1970 SC 778 (9) R 1974 SC2349 (11) RF 1975 SC1234 (25) RF 1979 SC 25 (12) R 1979 SC 170 (16) R 1984 SC1194 (27) RF 1992 SC1033 (60)
ACT: Industrial Undertaking, Closure of-Compensation to workmen -Constitutional validity of enactment-Industrial Disputes Act, -1947 (14 of 1947), as amended by Act 18 of 1957, S. 25FFF(1)Constitution of India, Arts. 19(1)(g), 14, 20.
HEADNOTE: The question for determination in these petitions relates to the constitutional validity of S. 25FFF(1) of the industrial Disputes Act, 1947, inserted by Act 18 of 1957, which provides for payment of compensation to workmen on the closure of an industrial undertaking. The petitioners urged that the impugned section (1) imposed unreasonable restrictions on the freedom to carry on business guaranteed by Art. 19(1)(g), which i...