VISHNU SUGAR MILLS LTD Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By notification No. III/DI-8o23/62L and E-5061 dated the 20th July, 1962, the State of Bihar referred the following dispute for adjudication to the Labour Court, Muzaffarpur, under Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (Act XIV of 1947):

(2.) The petitioner has now obtained a rule from the High Court calling upon the respondents to show cause why a writ in the nature of prohibition should not be granted under Article 226 of the Constitution restraining the Labour Court from proceeding with the hearing of the reference.

(3.) On behalf of the petitioner, learned counsel put forward the argument that Sri Bhagwati Saran Tiwari was not a workman within the meaning of Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act which is to the following effect: