Bombay Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1959

The workmen (appellants) left their original trade union, were falsely accused of assault, arrested and suspended, and a domestic inquiry was initiated under the Model Standing Orders. They obtained a stay of the domestic inquiry from the Labour Court pending the criminal trial, after which the employer reduced their s…

The Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Mahasangh (union) represented 169 workmen employed by Jet Airways on fixed‑term contracts who had each completed more than 240 days of service. The union claimed that under the Bombay Model Standing Order the workmen should be deemed permanent, but the airline relied on a 2002 settlement…

The workmen of Bajaj Auto Ltd. alleged that the company employed a rotation system of temporary workers to avoid granting permanency after 240 days of uninterrupted service, invoking Rule 4C of the Model Standing Orders. The Industrial Court found unfair labour practices under Item 6 of Schedule IV of the Maharashtra R…