Practice of fixed term appointment with consecutive renewals is not recognised under Industrial Disputes Act 1947

Jamnagar Municipal Corporation Vs Avdesh Kishorbhai Solanki (Gujrat High Court) SC held that practice of engaging workman by separate but consecutive appointment orders of short duration with a view to opposing workman’s claim is not recognised by clause (bb) of Section 2(oo) of Industrial Disputes Act 1947. SC held that practice of engaging workman by separate but consecutive appointment orders of short duration with a view to opposing workman’s claim about continuity in service by citing separate appointment orders giving artificial breaks between two phase of appointments is unj...