On 09th
October, 2018, Labour Court, Dwarka, directed the Nirula's Corner House Ltd. to
reinstate 9 workers whose services were illegally terminated by way of refusal
of duty.
The workers were
working as cooks for almost 20 years with the Nirula's Corner House Ltd. The benefits
of Dearness Allowance (D.A.), Bonus, etc. were illegally denied to the said workers.
The workers, accordingly, demanded their due Dearness Allowance (D.A.), Bonus,
etc. from the Nirula's Corner House Ltd. The raising of demand by the workers
infuriated the management and the management decided to victimize the workers. In
order to victimize the workers, on account of raising the demands, in April,
2018, the management terminated their services by way of refusal of duty. Being
aggrieved by their illegal termination of service, the workers raised an
industrial dispute and filed a statement of claim before Labour Court, Dwarka,
New Delhi.
Anuj
Aggarwal & Ashish Jha, Advocates, counsels for the workers, submitted that the
termination of service of the workers was illegal, in violation of the
principles of natural justice and also in violation of the provisions of the
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
Shri
Umed Singh Grewal, Pilot Court, Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Dwarka Courts,
New Delhi, accepted the submissions made by the counsels for the workers and
declared that the termination of service of the workers was illegal. The Hon’ble
Court also directed the management to reinstate the workers in service and pay
50% backwages for the period of enforced unemployment.
