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Apprentices Act, 1961

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M/S. LAXMI RATTAN COTTON MILLS LTD.versusSTATE OF U.P. & ORS .

2008 INSC 1318Appeal(s) allowed

In 1980-81 Laxmi Rattan Cotton Mills Ltd. engaged six workers as trainee investigators on a stipend, expressly stating no obligation to appoint them thereafter. After training, the mill offered them clerk positions, which they accepted without protest and later made permanent. When the mill became …

CEAT LTD.versusMURPHY INDIA EMPLOYEES UNION

2006 INSC 250Dismissed

The case arose from the merger of Murphy India Ltd. with CEAT Ltd., after which 45 workmen were appointed on a temporary basis on 1‑Feb‑1991 and placed on probation. A Memorandum of Settlement dated 29‑Apr‑1991 provided benefits to "permanent workmen" on the rolls as of 31‑Dec‑1990. The workmen …

DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS LTD.versusBHOLA SINGH

2005 INSC 67Appeal(s) allowed

Bhola Singh was engaged as a trainee/apprentice under a state‑sponsored training scheme in the cane department of Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. After 45 trainees were interviewed, only 11 were regularised; Singh was not qualified and continued as a trainee until the scheme ended on 16 November 1987, when …

U.P. STATE ELECTRICITY BOARDversusSHRI SHIV MOHAN SINGH AND ANR.

2004 INSC 568Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court examined whether apprentices appointed under the Apprentices Act, 1961 become "workmen" under the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and whether the requirement in Section 4(4) of the Apprentices Act to send the contract to the Apprenticeship …

MUKESH K. TRIPATHIversusSR. DIVISIONAL MANAGER, LIC AND ORS.

2004 INSC 499Dismissed

The appellant, Mukesh K. Tripathi, was appointed as an Apprentice Development Officer in LIC and was terminated during his apprenticeship without notice. He claimed that his dismissal violated Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, arguing that he was a "workman" within the meaning of …

MITRANGSHU ROY CHOUDHARY AND ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1999 INSC 188Dismissed

Five trade apprentices of the North Eastern Railway, who completed their apprenticeship as fitters under the Apprentices Act, 1961, were initially appointed as temporary Fitters (Group C) on 28 May 1990. On 7 June 1990, the Railway cancelled these appointments and placed them in Group D posts …

M.C. MEHTAversusSTATE OF.TAMIL NADU

1996 INSC 1454Disposed off

The Supreme Court entertained a public‑interest writ filed by M.C. Mehta challenging the employment of children below fourteen in hazardous factories and mines in Sivakasi and elsewhere, alleging violation of the fundamental right under Article 24 of the Constitution. The Court examined the …

NARENDER KUMAR AND ORS.versusSTATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

1984 INSC 222Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, twenty‑two apprentices who completed a one‑year training with the Punjab State Electricity Board, claimed that their letters of appointment required the Board to absorb them in the event of vacancies, in line with a Government of India instruction that at least 50% of direct …