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PETITIONER: THE CHARTERED BANK, BOMBAY
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE CHARTERED BANK EMPLOYEES’ UNION.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/04/1960
BENCH: WANCHOO, K.N. BENCH: WANCHOO, K.N. GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. GUPTA, K.C. DAS
CITATION: 1960 AIR 919 1960 SCR (3) 441 CITATOR INFO : R 1963 SC 411 (3) R 1963 SC 601 (6) R 1965 SC 917 (5) APL 1965 SC1496 (5) R 1966 SC1672 (6) F 1972 SC1343 (11) RF 1973 SC2634 (6) RF 1975 SC 661 (13,15) RF 1980 SC1896 (173)
ACT: Industrial Dispute--Chief Cashier of Bank withdrawing guarantee in respect of Assistant Cashier--Termination of service of Assistant Cashier by Bank without holding enquiry--Validity of--All India Industrial Tribunal (Bank Disputes) Award, 1953, paras. 521, 522(1).
HEADNOTE: The system of working in the cash department of the appellant Bank was that there was a Chief Cashier and there were about thirty Assistant Cashiers under him. The Chief Cashier had to give security for the work of the cash department; the Assistant Cashiers were employed upon being introduced by the Chief Cashier who guaranteed each such employee. There was long standing practice in the Bank that at the end of the day when the cash was locked up under the supervision of the Chief Cashier, all the assistant cashiers had to be present so that the cash c...