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Nov 17 1997 (HC)

Parry and Co. Ltd. Vs. Presiding Officer, Ii Additional Labour Court, ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1997(3)CTC209

..... apply only to an industrial establishment which has been defined under section 25-l of the said act, which reads as follows :- '25-l definitions - for the purpose of this chapter, (a) 'industrial establishment' means - (i) a factory as defamed in clause(m) of section 2 of the factories act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (ii) a mine as defined in clause of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the mines act, 1952 (35 of 1952); or (iii) a plantation as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the plantations labour act, 1951 (69 of 1951); (b) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of section 2, - (i) in relation to any company in which not less than fifty-one per cent ..... according to the management, the seniority list was put up on the notice board at each place of the establishment of madras and southern region branches/offices of parry & co. ..... , decided that 75 workmen in the establishment of madras and southern branches/offices of parry & co. .....

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Nov 17 2011 (HC)

S.Muppidathi Vs. the Chief Engineer

Court : Chennai

..... regional director {air 1967 sc 1364}, the supreme court pointed out, having regard to the definition of the words power and manufacturing process under sections 2(g) and (k) of the factories act, 1948, that the process of transforming electrical energy from a high to a low potential and the process of transmitting the energy through supply lines are both ..... even the definition of the expression manufacturing process in section 2(k) of the factories act, 1948, includes a process for generating, transforming and transmitting ..... factories act, 1948, merely restricted its applicability to two categories of factories ..... the factories act, 1948 defines even the expressions prime mover , transmission machinery and ..... seeks to prohibit the respondents from erecting and installing the windmill in the adjoining land are as follows:-(i) that the seventh respondent did not take the permission of the kaluneerkulam panchayat, in terms of section 160 of the tamil nadu panchayats act, 1994, before installing the windmill;(ii) that the location of the windmill is within 30 meters of the land of the petitioner, violating the prescription; and(iii) that the windmill is sought to be ..... therefore, the applicability of section 160 of the tamil nadu panchayats act, 1994 to a windmill, which generates electricity and which is therefore a factory involved in a manufacturing process, cannot ..... it may be covered or not covered by the labour welfare legislations, depending upon the number of employees and the use of .....

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Apr 11 2003 (HC)

The Kumbakonam Milk Supply Cooperative Society represented by Its Secr ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2003)IIILLJ416Mad; (2003)2MLJ349

..... twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on without the aid of power or is ordinarily so carried on, but does not include a mine subject top the operation of the mines act, 1952 or a railway running shed;' section 2(14aa) 'manufacturing process' shall have the meaning assigned to it in the factories act, 1948; section 2(k) of the factories act, 1948 reads thus: 'section 2(k)'manufacturing process' means any process for- (i) xx xx (ii) xx xx (vi) preserving or storing any article in cold storage; (inserted ..... section 2(k) of the factories act, 1948 defines the expression 'manufacturing process' and we have already referred to the insertion of clause (vi)of section 2(k) by act 94 of 1976 which makes it clear that preserving or storing any article in cold storage is deemed to ..... section 2(14aa) of the act, 'manufacturing process' shall have the meaning assigned to it in the factories act, 1948 ..... in the light of the statutory provisions of the employees' state insurance act, 1948 and the factories act, 1948, coupled with the factual details available in the case on hand, we do not want to take a different view than that taken by the district judge, and hence we are in agreement with the conclusion arrived ..... the employees' state insurance act is a piece of social welfare legislation enacted primarily with the object of providing certain benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment injury and also to make provisions for certain .....

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Nov 06 2015 (HC)

M/s. Taj Madras Flight Kitchen Pvt. Limited Vs. Assistant Inspector of ...

Court : Chennai

..... learned counsel for the petitioner, in an assiduous endeavour to assail the impugned order passed by the 2nd respondent directing the petitioner-establishment, which has been hitherto treated as a 'factory' in terms of the factories act, 1948, to get registered under the tamil nadu catering establishments act, 1958 (in short tnce act) that too without affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, would submit that the petitioner is engaged in preparation of foodstuff in its premises for being served in the ..... order to qualify an establishment as a 'factory' under the factories act, the basic essentials include the aspect that manufacturing process should be carried out, a) with the aid of power; and b) with the employment of more than ten workers, as provided in section 2 (m) of the factories act. ..... section 2(m) of the factories act defines the term 'factory' to mean thus: " factory means any premises including the precincts thereof (i) whereon ten or more workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on ..... before proceeding further, it is but relevant to refer to section-2(k) of the factories act, which reads as follows:- "(k) manufacturing process means any process for (i) making, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, packing, oiling, washing, cleaning, breaking up, demolishing, or otherwise treating or adapting any article or substance with a view to its use .....

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Nov 03 1967 (HC)

V. Mohamed Haneef and Co. and Ors. Vs. Regional Director, Employees' S ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1969Mad155; (1969)ILLJ586Mad

..... it follows that the tanneries in question as worked do not fall within the scope of section 2(12) of the employees' state insurance act read with the factories act 1948 and that the provisions of the employees' state insurance act cannot be applied to the tanneries. ..... 691 of 1959 (mad) above cited, dealing with the argument that as water used in the tannery was pumped out with the aid of electric power and pumping of water was a manufacturing process as defined by section 2(k)(i) of the factories act 1948 the tannery was a factory, the learned judge veeraswami, j. ..... the case in : (1959)iillj344mad which was followed in : (1960)iillj428mad was concerned with the definition of 'factory' in the factories act 1948 read with payment of wages act. ..... in these cases we are concerned with the true scope of the definition of 'factory' in section 2(12) of the employees' state insurance act (central act 34 of 1948) and whether the tanneries in question in these cases would come under that definition of 'factory'. ..... as will be apparent by a reference to a definition of 'worker' and 'employee' in the respective acts, whereas the object of the factories act is to secure health, safety and welfare, proper working hours and other facilities for workers employed and working in factories, the object of the state employees' insurance act is to secure maternity, disablement and medical benefits to employees in factories and establishments and also benefits to their dependents. .....

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Jan 18 1997 (HC)

inspector, Employees' State Insurance Corpn. Vs. Veerappan A.L. and ot ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1997(1)CTC676

..... factory under the factories act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the person so named; (ii) in any establishment under the control of department of any government in india, the authority appointed by such government in this behalf or where no authority is so appointed, the head of the department; (iii) in any other establishment, any person responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment;' the definition of 'principal employer' in section 2(17)(i) includes a person who has been named as the manager of the factory under the factories act, 1948, hereinafter referred to as the factories act ..... where the resolution of the board of directors says that an officer or employees, other than one of the directors, shall have the ultimate control over the affairs of the factory, it would only be a camouflage or an artful circumvention because the ultimate control cannot be transferred from that of the company, to one of to its employees or officers, except where there is a complete transfer of the control of the affairs of the factory. ..... an employee or officer of the factory or of the company, even if authorised by the board of directors by a resolution to be a person 'in the ultimate control of the affairs of the factory' cannot be ..... mechanical recitation of the words of section 2(b), as a mantra, in a resolution nominating an employee or an officer as the occupier by stating that he shall have 'ultimate control over the affairs of the factory', cannot be permitted to defeat the object of the .....

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Jul 23 1952 (HC)

The Public Prosecutor Vs. Veerabhadrappa Lakshminarayana Setty

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1953Mad204; (1952)2MLJ453

..... with regard to the proper construction to be put upon section 106, factories act, 63 of 1948. ..... when he first visited the factory, and the prosecution having been launched more than three months ..... done with the result that when the inspector again visited the factory on 24-1-1951 it was found that the 'status quo ante' continued, whereupon a charge-sheet under section 92, factories act, for having committed an offence under section 14, factories act, was laid before the magistrate on 15-3-1951.among other points, the learned magistrate found that the prosecution was barred by the provisions of section 106, factories act, because the alleged offence came to the knowledge of the inspector on 5-10-1950 ..... what happened was that the respondent here failed to comply with the provisions of section 14, factories act, by not putting up a dust-proof husk chamber in the factory, and this was noticed by the inspector of factories when he visited the place on 5-10-1950. .....

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Apr 27 2010 (HC)

T.A. Bhansali and ors. Vs. the Inspector of Police District Crime Bran ...

Court : Chennai

..... the agent of such owner or occupier, the legal representative of a deceased owner or occupier and, where a person has been named as a manager of the factory under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the factories act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the person so named; and ii) in relation to any other establishment, the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment, and where the said affairs are entrusted to a ..... manager, managing director or managing agent, such manager, managing director or managing agent.section 14(a) of the act reads as follows:if the person committing an offence under this act, the scheme or pension scheme or the insurance scheme ..... the definition of 'occupier' in the act expressly refers to 'the meaning assigned to it in the factories act, 1948'. ..... it may be pointed out that the definition of 'occupier' in section 2(n) of the factories act refers to the person 'who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory' and not 'affairs of the company'. ..... enforcement officer, mysore : air (sc) 1993 pg. .....

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May 16 1995 (HC)

Management of Cholamandalam Software Ltd. Vs. Presiding Officer, I Add ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1995(2)CTC54

..... 2 of the factories act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (ii) a mine as defined in clause (f) of sub-,section (1) of sec. ..... it was suggested by the learned counsel for the respondent that explanation ii to section 2(n) of factories act would come into play only in the computer unit referred to therein was installed in the premises by the employer for captive use, and that the explanation would have no application to cases where the computer ..... 2(m) of the factories act and did not consider the effect of that provision before holding that petitioner is a factory as defined under section 2(m) of the act. ..... manufacturing process is defined in section 2k of the factories act as follows : 'manufacturing process' means any process for : (i) making, altering, repairing, ornamenting finishing, packing, oiling, washing, cleaning, breaking up, demolishing or otherwise treating or adapting any article or substance with a view to its use, sale transport, ..... the position of electronic data processing units vis-a-vis the factories act underwent a drastic change after the amending act 20 of 1987 came into force. ..... 'petitioner, as the petitioner is not an 'industrial establishment', as defined in section 251 of the act, the petitioner not being a 'factory' by virtue of explanation 11 to sec. ..... section 25l of the industrial disputes act in chapter v-b reads as follows : '25l : definitions : for the purpose of this chapter : (a) 'industrial establishment' means (i) a factory as defined in clause (m) of sec. .....

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Apr 25 1958 (HC)

S.M. Sriramulu Naidu Vs. Employees' State Insurance Corporation throug ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1959Mad457; (1958)IILLJ596Mad; (1958)2MLJ544

..... the respondent in this appeal took out an application on 21-6-1956, under section 77, read with section 75 of the employees' state insurance act, 1948, praying for a declaration that the appellant, pakshiraja studios, coimbatore, is a factory and that the opposite party, namely, the appellant before me, was liable to pay the employers' special contribution and the employees' contribution in respect of all the employees employed, and to direct him to pay the ..... 6 men in the watch and ward, 9 men in the office and 3 men in the art and make-up department.on the basis of this, it was the case of the respondent, that, as the number exceeded 20, it would constitute a factory and the studio would be a factory within the meaning of the employees' state insurance act. ..... even in the non-power using departments this witness deposed that there were no more than 20 persons employed in order to attract sub-clause (12) of section 2 of the employees' state insurance act.this witness further deposed that the laboratory and editing departments were situated in the same building whereas office building was separate from the watch and ward section. ..... in cross-examination he stated that the art section and the office were not located in the same building. ..... carpentry, laboratory editing and art and make-up and office, were all situated in separate buildings. .....

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