Court : Mumbai
Decided on : Feb-10-1993
Reported in : 1993(3)BomCR387; (1993)IILLJ568Bom
..... due to increase in the cost of living. 68. the fourth central pay commission specifically considered the effect of inflation on the quantum of pension. chapter 2 of the report is devoted to a discussion on this subject. the commission pointed out that a regular scheme of providing dearness relief to pensioners ..... description of 'workman', according to the learned counsel. the judgment of the supreme court in dharangadhara chemical works ltd. v. state of saurashtra & ors. : (1957)illj477sc was pressed into service as supporting this view. it is doubtless true that in dharangadhra's case (supra) the supreme court pointed our that no person could ..... the terms of the reference. it is not possible to accept the contention that 'pensioners' are not 'workmen' within the meaning of section 2(s) of the act. for reasons sufficiently elaborated earlier in the judgment, the contention must fail. notwithstanding the fortuitous use of three different expressions, 'workers', 'pensioners' and 'employees', .....
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