P&H: Refuses to interfere with Labour Court award as petitioner failed to establish requisite period of termination

(i) Constitution of India, Arts. 226, 227, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, S.25B — Writ jurisdiction — Labour Court award — High Court does not ordinarily sit in appeal over findings of fact recorded by Labour Court — Interference is warranted only where findings are perverse, based...

(ii) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, S.25B — Continuous service — Labour Court considered documentary material produced by both sides and found that the petitioner failed to establish the requisite period of continuous service preceding the alleged termination — Petitioners assertion of continuous employement and termination could...

(iii) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, S.25B — Continuous service — Illegal termination — Casual engagement — Petitioner failed to establish that he was directly employed by management from 01.10.1988 — Material on record disclosed intermittent casual engagements and there was no satisfactory independent evidence establishing...

(iv) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, S.25B — Continuous service — Illegal termination — Delay — Alleged termination took place on 30.4.1999, whereas demand notice was raised only in or around September, 2004, after lapse of about five-and-a-half years — No satisfactory explanation for such delay...