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Dec 12 1996 (HC)

Weston Electroniks Ltd Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 1997IAD(Delhi)538; 65(1997)DLT587; (1997)ILLJ1230Del

..... claims referable to chapter v-b.(22) in kasturi & sons pvt. ltd. vs . n. salivateswaran and another, : (1958)illj527sc scope of section 17 of the working journalists (conditions of service and miscellaneous provisions) act, 1955 came up for consideration. that section reads as under:- 'where any money is due to a newspaper employee from an ..... an employer under a settlement, award or under the provisions of chapter v-a/v-b.(37) the decision of the supreme court hi bombay union of journalists and others vs . the state of bombay and another, : (1964)illj351sc though concerns the power of the government to prima facie consider the merits of dispute while ..... be the province of industrial tribunal. the decision of the supreme court in punjab land development and reclamation corporation ltd. v. presiding officer,lobarcourt, chandigarh and others 1990 scc 682 where the main question was regarding the interpretation of section 2(00) does not help us in the present case for deciding the question .....

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May 31 1974 (HC)

The Management of Statesman Ltd., New Delhi Vs. Lt. Governor, Delhi an ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 11(1975)DLT204; 1975LabIC543; (1975)IILLJ33Del

..... workman under lndustrnal disputes act, he needed a larger number of workmen from amongst other trade unions to espouse his cause. the finding, i have returned, is that the respondent no. 3 is a working journalist governed by the journalists act and he is not a workman within the meaning of industrial disputes act ..... to working journalists is indicated by sub-section 2 of section 3 and other provisions of the act but subject to them the industrial disputes act mutates and mutants applies to the working journalists. it is, thereforee, not necessary to decide whether they are ..... extent as they apply to, or in relation to, workman defined in industrial disputes act.' consequently the working journalists are fully entitled to take advantage of the provisions 'of the industrial disputes act like any other workman without their being labelled workman as such. the modification of the industrial disputes act in its application .....

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Dec 12 1996 (HC)

M/S. Colcom Plastic Ltd. and Others Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Delhi

Reported in : (1997)ILLJ1230Del

..... . the case of the petitioner/employer before the supreme court was that section 17 provides only for a mode of recovery of any money due to a working journalist and it does not empower the state government or authorities specified by the state government to act as a forum for adjudicating upon the merits of the disputed ..... an employer under a settlement, award or under the provisions of chapter v-a/v-b. 33. the decision of the supreme court in bombay union of journalists and others v. the state of bombay and another : (1964)illj351sc though concerns the power of the government to prima facie consider the merits of dispute while taking ..... be the province of industrial tribunal. the decision of the supreme court in punjab land development and reclamation corporation ltd. v. presiding officer, labour court, chandigarh and others : (1990)iillj70sc , where the main question was regarding the interpretation of section 2(oo) does not help us in the present case for deciding the question regarding .....

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Dec 11 1973 (HC)

Yad Ram (Deceased) Through His Lrs. Vs. Bir Singh and anr.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : ILR1974Delhi475; 1974LabIC970; (1974)IILLJ306Del; 1974RLR305

..... supreme court in kasturi & sons (private) ltd. and salivateeswaran and another (1958) 1 llj 527. (7) this was a case under section 17 of the working journalists (conditions of service and miscellaneous provisions) act, 1955 which is in pari materia with section 33c(1) of the act. this case does not help the respondents because ..... brought on the record. apart from the question of the jurisdiction of the labour court to determine the question of relationship of employer and workman, two other questions arise. the first is whether the legal representatives can continue this petition under article 226 of the constitution of india and the second is whether they ..... confined to the computation of the money or benefit due and extends no further. after noticing the above quoted observations of lord esher, m. r. and other cases, the division bench observed :- 'thejurisdiction of the controlling authority to determine the amount of gratuity depends on the pre-existence of the relationship of employer .....

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Aug 04 2018 (HC)

Federation of Okhla Industrial Association (Regd.) vs.lt Governor of D ...

Court : Delhi

..... air1958sc57, express newspaper (private) limited vs. union of india. this case was concerned with the working journalists (conditions of service) and miscellaneous provisions act, 1955, section 9 whereof required that in fixing rates of wages in respect of working journalists, the board had to have regard to the cost of living, the prevalent rates of wages for ..... comparable employments, the circumstances relating to the newspaper industry in different wp(c) 5217/2017 & connected matters page 67 of 218 regions of the country and to any other circumstance which the ..... hardly be suggested that fixation of wages must not be made having due regard to the nature and duties of a particular type of work, working condition and various other relevant factors. it is for this reason section 3 does empower the government to fix different rates of wages to different kinds of employments .....

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Oct 29 2003 (HC)

Sstate Vs. Mohd. Afzal and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 2003VIIAD(Delhi)1; 107(2003)DLT385; 2003(71)DRJ178; 2003(3)JCC1669

..... published. interview was taken in the evening of 20.12.2001. she did not make attempt to interview other accused. in response to court question, she sstate d that it was a formal interview in which other journalists from printing media were present, noting down whatever was told by the accused. interview was not taped. ..... . whether section 65b casts a positive mandate on the person relying upon electronic record, to adduce affirmative evidence that at all material time the computer was working properly when information was being fed in it, and whether on facts, the computer generated call details have to be ignored due to alleged malfunctioning278. the ..... deceased terrorist mohd., a pakistani citizen, who along with his associates were assigned the task of carrying out 'fidayeen attack' in delhi. he instructed shaukat to work for the community. he was introduced to ghazi baba, the supreme commander of jaish-e-mohd. shaukat arranged for an accommodation at boys' hostel at christian colony .....

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Oct 29 2003 (HC)

State. Vs. Mohd. Afzal and ors.

Court : Delhi

..... published. interview was taken in the evening of 20.12.2001. she did not make attempt to interview other accused. in response to court question, she stated that it was a formal interview in which other journalists from printing media were present, noting down whatever was told by the accused. interview was not taped. noting ..... . whether section 65b casts a positive mandate on the person relying upon electronic record, to adduce affirmative evidence that at all material time the computer was working properly when information was being fed in it, and whether on facts, the computer generated call details have to be ignored due to alleged malfunctioning?278. ..... deceased terrorist mohd., a pakistani citizen, who along with his associates were assigned the task of carrying out "fidayeen attack" in delhi. he instructed shaukat to work for the community. he was introduced to ghazi baba, the supreme commander of jaish-e-mohd. shaukat arranged for an accommodation at boys' hostel at christian colony .....

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Jan 13 2015 (HC)

Montreaux Resorts P. Ltd and Ors. Vs. Sonia Khosla and Ors.

Court : Delhi

..... by his clients, he can give his legal opinion whenever sought for, he can draft instruments, pleadings, affidavits or any other documents, he can participate in any conference involving legal discussions, he can work in any office or firm as a legal officer, he can appear for his clients before an arbitrator or arbitrators, etc. ..... justice without fear and favour is paramount. judiciary should not be reduced to the position of flies in the hands of wanton boys. the subordinate judiciary works in the supervision of the high court and it faces problems at the hands of unscrupulous litigants and lawyers, and for them judge bashing becomes a favourable ..... 1295 :328. us331(1946)]. (l ed at p. 1314) observed: if men, including judges and journalists, were angels, there would be no problems of contempt of court. angelic judges would be undisturbed by extraneous influences and angelic journalists would not seek to influence them. the power to punish for contempt, as a means of safeguarding judges .....

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