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PETITIONER: MANAGEMENT OF KAIRBETTA ESTATE,KOTAGIRI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: RAJAMANICKAM AND OTHERS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 24/03/1960
BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. GUPTA, K.C. DAS
CITATION: 1960 AIR 893 1960 SCR (3) 371 CITATOR INFO : RF 1964 SC1458 (10) RF 1976 SC2584 (10)
ACT: Industrial Dispute--Lay-off compensation-Closure of division due to disturbances by workers--Lock-out--Subsequent reopening of division--Claim for lay-off compensation--Lock-out and lay-off, Distinction--Industrial Disputes Act, 1947--(14 of 1947), ss. 2(1), 2 (kkk), 25C, 25E(iii), 33C.
HEADNOTE: The appellant’s manager was violently attacked by its workmen as a result of which he sustained serious injuries. The workers in the lower division also threatened the appellant’s staff working in that division that they would murder them if they worked there. The appellant was therefore compelled to notify that the division would be closed until further notice. Subsequently as a result of conciliation before the labour officer, the division was opened again. The workers made a claim for lay-off compensation under s. 25C of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for the period during which the lower division was closed on the footing that the management for their own reasons did not choose to run ...