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Dock work

structure or lifting machinery or any other storage area in board the ship or in the docks. [Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (d) (i) (ii)]

Dismissed

Dismissed, denotes both termination of service for misconduct by way of punishment and also termination of service simpliciter, Workers Employed in Hirakud Dam v. State of Orissa, (1971) 1 SCC 583: AIR 1971 SC 2242: (1971) 3

Contract labour

a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the employer, in any manufacturing process. [The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (e)]

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Competent authority

of the competent authority under this Act and for such areas as maybe specified therein. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (c)] Means any authority competent under any law

Company

thinking, is a social institution having duties and responsibilities towards the community in which it functions, National Textile Workers' Union v. P.R. Ramakrishnan, (1983) 1 SCC 228: AIR 1983 SC 75. [Companies Act (1 of 1956), s.

Commercial unit of agricultural land

of an amount not less than the aggregate of the average annual earnings of two full-time male agricultural workers aged 20 or over, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 367, p. 195.

Mint-mark

Mint-mark. The masters and workers of the Mint, in the indentures made with them, agree 'to make, of gold and silver, so that

Young person

who has completed fourteen years of age but has not completed eighteen years of age. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employ-ment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2(q)] Means a person who is either a child

Motor transport worker

force regulating the conditions of service of persons employed in shops or commercial establishments apply. [The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (h) (i) (ii)]

The closure of the place of business and not itself

closure has been explained by the decision of this Court in the Management of Express Newspapers Ltd. v. Workers and Staff employed under it, AIR 1963 SC 569: (1963) 3 SCR 540. It was pointed out in

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