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PETITIONER: M/S. KASTURI AND SONS (PRIVATE) LTD.
Vs.
RESPONDENT: SHRI N. SALIVATEESWARAN AND ANOTHER
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19/03/1958
BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. IMAM, SYED JAFFER KAPUR, J.L.
CITATION: 1958 AIR 507 1959 SCR 1
ACT: Working journalist-Claim against employer for recovery of dues-Reference by State Government to specified authority-If authority also empowered to determine amount due-Working journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955), S- 17.
HEADNOTE: The respondent No. I was a journalist supplying news to the petitioner’s newspaper on payment of a fixed monthly honorarium. Contrary to the petitioner’s instructions the respondent No. I left India and thereupon the petitioner terminated the arrangement. Upon his return to India the respondent No. I requested the petitioner to reconsider its decision but the petitioner declined to do so. The respondent No. I applied to the State Government under s. 17 Of tile Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 claiming a large sum of money from the petitioner. The State Government nominated respondent NO. 2 as the authority under s. 17 of the Act and referred the claim to him. The petitioner disputed the whole claim and c...