Supreme Court of India
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. versus MUMBAI SHRAMIK SANGHA AND ORS .
- Decided
- 25 April 2001
- Judges listed
- S.P. BHARUCHA, V.N. KHARE, N. SANTOSH HEGDE, Y.K. SABHARWAL, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL
- Disposal
- Hearing Adjourned
Citations
- Official
- [2001] 3 S.C.R. 208 · 2001 INSC 224
- Also cited as
- (2001) 4 SCC 448
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- ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY versus NARESH AGARWAL & ORS.
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- SIDDHARAM SATLINGAPPA MHETRE versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
- OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR versus DAYANAND AND OTHERS
- CENTRAL BOARD OF DAWOODI BOHRA COMMUNITY AND ANR. versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.
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The order of reference to a Constitution Bench is dated 13th January, 1998. Two learned judges of this Court have doubted the correctness of the scope attributed to Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 in the Constitution Bench judgment in Gammon (India) Ltd. v. Union of India, [1974] 3 SCR 665. This is how the matter comes before us.
p. 208, margin F
We are of the view that a decision of a Constitution Bench of this Court
p. 208, margin G
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPN. LTD. MUMBAI SHRAMIK SANGHA 209 binds a bench of two learned judges of this Court and that judicial discipline obliges them to follow it, regardless of their doubts about its correctness. At the most, they could have ordered that the matter be heard by a Bench of three learned judges.
p. 209
Accordingly, this matter shall now be heard and decided by a Bench of two learned judges. T.N.A. Matter is still pending.
p. 209, margin A