Monday, August 24, 2020

Housing Society is not an industry - Employee cannot be treated as a workman -DELHI HIGH COURT


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Housing Society is not an industry - Employee cannot be treated as a workman - Services rendered by the workman as security guard was for the members of housing society - Cannot calim wages and overtime allowances.

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 2 (j) Dismissal of claim for wages - Petitioner as security guard worked diligently for a period of 13 years - Housing Society is not an industry - Workman raised an industrial dispute demanding overtime for his working 12 hours a day whereas he was paid only for 8 hours - Claim rejected on the ground that Housing Society cannot be treated as 'industry' under the Act - Employee cannot be treated as a workman - Services rendered by the workman was for the members of housing society - As per Supreme Court, housing society cannot be an 'industry' - No interference - Petition dismissed.

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