Guwahati Court July 1966 Judgments

Kakajan Tea Estate (Debranpar Division) Vs. Labour Court and ors.

Court: Guwahati

C.S. Nayudu, J. 1. In this civil rule the validity of the award passed by the labour court, Assam, directing the reinstatement of Hardial Turi, a permanent workman of the petitioner tea estate, is questioned. The management framed charges against the workman to the effect that he severely beat up his step-daughter Dukhmi Turi on 21 October 1958 and that she was brought to the hospital in an unconscious condition. It was further alleged against the workman that in the post also he was found guilty of various kinds of misbehaviour and rowdyism by the garden panchayat. The second portion of the charge is vague and relates to some incidents which apparently were not made the subject-matter of any charge at all but were sought to be used in support of the charge now framed, namely, that he had beaten his step-daughter.2. The management, after holding a domestic inquiry, held that his conduct in beating his step-daughter severely, amounted to gross misconduct and violation of the standing ...