Change in service conditions vis-à-vis non-issuance of notice of change under section 9A makes transfer order illegal

Caparo Engineering India Ltd. Vs Ummed Singh Lodhi And Anr (Supreme Court of India) Facts- The workmen working in the Dewas factory of the appellant were transferred to Chopanki, District Alwar. Being aggrieved the workmen made a reference of the same to the Labour Court claiming that the employer has transferred them without any justifiable reason and such transfer amounts to illegal change under section 9A of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947. Conclusion- Based on various judicial pronouncements, the learned Labour Court has specifically held that since the service conditions of the workmen ...