Labour, industrial and Service dispute lawyer: appointment of employee is by playing fraud then the benefit under industrial dispute act cannot be sought by the employee.
- 00:00Supreme Court of India
Justice U U Lalit
In the case titled as "Punjab urban planning Versus Karamjit Singh" the issue of appointment obtained by playing fraud was under consideration before the apex court.
After dealing with the judicial precedents it was held that the appointment of employee which has been obtained by playing fraud is non EST in law and the concerned employee cannot claim benefit under the industrial dispute act.
Similarly, it was held that if the regularization of the employee was got by concealement and misrepresentation, then, the concerned employee is not legally entitled to seek parity or to seek regularization.
The appeal by the employer was allowed and the Order of the High Court granting relief to the Employee was set aside The Appeal was accordingly allowed.