MCLEOD AND COMPANY LTD. versus WORKMEN
Provision for tiffin, in addition to wages and dearness allowance, was an implied amenity for employees. Limited direction to discontinue re-employment of retired clerks above C grade is neither improper nor unjustified, given issues concerning reduced salaries and promotion prospects.
- Parties
- Appellant: Mcleod and Company Ltd.; Respondent: Workmen
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 29 November 1963
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Appeal by Special Leave From Award Dated August 21, 1962 of Fourth Industrial Tribunal, West Bengal in Case No. VIII 332 of 1961
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Implied Condition of Service, Tiffin Allowance, Re Employment of Retired Persons, Industrial Tribunal Awards
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Parties
Mcleod and Company Ltd.
Appellant
Workmen
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal by Special Leave From Award Dated August 21, 1962 of Fourth Industrial Tribunal, West Bengal in Case No. VIII 332 of 1961
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether workmen are entitled to cash allowance in lieu of tiffin arrangements
- 2 Whether the practice of re-employing retired persons should be discontinued
Ratio Decidendi
Provision for tiffin, in addition to wages and dearness allowance, was an implied amenity for employees. Limited direction to discontinue re-employment of retired clerks above C grade is neither improper nor unjustified, given issues concerning reduced salaries and promotion prospects.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- Appeal dismissed with costs
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