{"id":168595,"date":"2009-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/b-n-sri-hari-rao-so-b-nagaraj-rao-vs-chairman-ms-ranbaxy-lab-ltd-on-11-february-2009"},"modified":"2017-09-22T23:43:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:13:33","slug":"b-n-sri-hari-rao-so-b-nagaraj-rao-vs-chairman-ms-ranbaxy-lab-ltd-on-11-february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/b-n-sri-hari-rao-so-b-nagaraj-rao-vs-chairman-ms-ranbaxy-lab-ltd-on-11-february-2009","title":{"rendered":"B N Sri Hari Rao S\/O B Nagaraj Rao vs Chairman M\/S Ranbaxy Lab Ltd on 11 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
B N Sri Hari Rao S\/O B Nagaraj Rao vs Chairman M\/S Ranbaxy Lab Ltd on 11 February, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Subhash B.Adi<\/div>\n
- 1 -\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 1 11'\" DAY OF FEBRUARY 200'),\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JUS'FIQE..SLIBHASH'\"z\u00a7\u00a7$'.--.f\u00a7IV   \n\nBETWEEN:\n\nB.N. Sri Hari Rao\nS\/0. B. Nagaraj Rao\nAged about 44 years  ~ -\nRfa.No.11'7', Tata Silk Firm;  \"\nKR Road, Basawangudi, \"\n}3a11ga1ore~560 0&4. \n\n.. PIFJTITIONER\n\n(By Sri. A. Riggn  .a.\u00a751\u00a7\u00a5;i)\n\nAND:\n\n1.<\/pre>\n
 Chaimztan, ~V
\nM] 3.’-Ranbasgr ab
\nDevika’ToWer, [1 1*’? Weber,<\/p>\n
_;5 N-r:h1″I1 P3396.\n<\/p>\n
 ‘rze,-g_ 13:21:21\u00bb 1 109:;\n<\/p>\n
   A ‘V ” R\u00e9gid\ufb01\u00e9l Manager.\n<\/p>\n
 x  I-3a.nga1ore~56O 025.\n<\/p>\n
  Lab Ltd.,
\n. No.1] 1′-;_1,r’ V.B.Comp1cx
\n21″\u00a5_vF”1<;:c;i*, Opp. Mysore Road
\n'i'c1cpho:a,c Exchange, Mysore Road,<\/p>\n
.. RESPON DENTS<\/p>\n
" _  (S3:  Sundar Swamy Ramdas and Anand, Advs. for R1,<\/p>\n
This Writ: Petition is \ufb01led under Articles 226 65 227 of the
\nCons\ufb01tu\ufb01on of India praying to quash the award Dt.19.0I.200'7
\nin I.D.No.134\/2006 passed by the First Additional Labour Court,
\nBangalore. vide Annex-A and order reinstatement of the<\/p>\n
 V' "Res1:;'-oiident -"gmaeeigyeihent was not happy with the development<\/p>\n
  to destroy and break the Trade Union, the<\/p>\n
  ' Tmde  activities as the District Manager. The meement
\n_\u00bb    dated 20* April 2()\u00bb()=4 terminated the services of the
\n ..__ \u00ab""P\u20ac \u00a51'tioner allegng that the petitioner hm made a false report,<\/p>\n
'4  alleging that petitioner has not met Dr. Shyam Sunder<\/p>\n
-2-<\/span><\/p>\n
petitioner with full back wages and consequential bene\ufb01ts as
\nthough he was in service from the date of dismissal till the date of<\/p>\n
actual re~i:x1statement along with costs, etc.,.<\/p>\n
This Petition comm’ g on for
\nGroup this day, the Court mastic the following:    ‘  K <\/p>\n
9.RB.1L’&””  &
\nThis Writ Petition is   ‘
\nI.D.No.134\/2006 on the \ufb01le  Additi\u00a2na1[“.=  Coufi.<\/p>\n
Bangalore dated 19″‘  2{3\u20acI’F..:’:  “‘<\/p>\n
2. Petitioner  ‘v”Sect:ion 10(4~A) of<\/p>\n
the Industnzag  . A3.:;f  that, he was<\/p>\n
appointed ae__a   w.e.f. 18.8.1989 and he
\nwas     of the Karnataka State
\nMedical    Association, which is affiliated<\/p>\n
to Federa\ufb01oo’   Sales Representatives of India.<\/p>\n
man’ eigemexitxei threatening with dime consequence for his<\/p>\n
Bajaj on 29.01.2004 as the said Br. Bajaj was out of station ftom<\/p>\n
15.1.2004 to 1.2.2004 on 3 sponsored tour Emm the company. It<\/p>\n
V and ‘;1F’_1$i:ui.$scdV <\/p>\n
3 ‘  ishaxles promotion employees as workmen within the
\nu x V A’  Section 2 ciause (3) of the I.I).Act and the dispute is
\nA   under Section 10(4-A) of the I.D.Act. In this
\nT ”  he relied on a judgment reported in IL}? 2001 KAR % Em.<\/p>\n
” the matter of ANANT AWADHAIW ~03\u00bb PRESIDING’ OFFICER,<\/p>\n
-3 –\n<\/p>\n
is further a\ufb02egcd that the Company lost con\ufb01dence on the<\/p>\n
peti\ufb01oner and terminated him on the said ground.<\/p>\n
3. Pc\ufb01tioner alleged that the    ‘ ua.__
\nviciimization and unfair labour pxacfi\u00e9\u00e9    j
\nclaim pe\ufb01tion of peti\ufb01oncr was
\nmanagement, on sevcrai .inci\ufb01}:ii:;gg — of th\u00e9
\nLabour Court to entertajy, thcAVAVd~i\u00a3’\u00a7};g”)_j;1ti\u00e9:-.   without
\ngoing into the merit. my   mt juxtisdiction. hekd<\/p>\n
that the petitioncrV’k;c1ei11″‘}i\u00a33\u00a7\u00a7i;;;%g_:’   he is a medical<\/p>\n
1ep1escntati\\gv::’s:i:1\u00a71   by the provisions of
\nSales   {Cgf\ufb01fggiifsions of Sezvicc) Act, 1976
\n(hcrcin\u00e9;\u00a5ier–_x*cf\u00a7\u00e9ii’:a\u00a7-  Am. he is not a Workman within<\/p>\n
the meaniixgpf  (3) of the Industrial Disputes Act<\/p>\n
V   “4-  Mohan, learned Counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
}}\u20ac:.’i.iA1%:i}S1;1CI;  that, Section 6 sub–~scctio11 (2) of thr: Act<\/p>\n
LABOUR COURT, GULBARGA AND ANOTHER and submitted that,<\/p>\n
i<\/p>\n
 I\u00e9spo\ufb01dg\ufb01nf. submitted that, there is ini\ufb01al dispuiae as regaxd<\/p>\n
‘  _ mp1\u00e9senta\u00a71\ufb01v’e;or not. He submitted that, management has not
\nH H ‘T  he is a medical mpzesentative or sakes promotion
\n manag\u00a2:t11cnt’s case is that. he is not a workman<\/p>\n
  the meaning of Section 2 (S) of the I.D.Act and he comes<\/p>\n
” u11cicr the supezvision and managerial capacity. He submitted<\/p>\n
-4-<\/span><\/p>\n
this Court_ _considering the pmvisions of Section 6 s11b~section (2)<\/p>\n
of the Act and also relying on the tiecision of the Apex”
\nhekd that, the sales pmmotion employee is a
\nthe meaning of Section 2(a) of the I_ndu_s1:riai’  5% .0:
\nalso relied on an unreported
\nW.P.No.30672\/ 2000 dccidedw’0’_o:;.. 10\u00a2!
\nsubmitteti that, learned Single    011 the
\ndecision of the Apex  in_’L~i094(5) $00 737 in the
\nmatter of H.R.ADYAN7HA   SANDOZ mvnm)
\nLE4ITED  “\u00ab’Ehc sales pminotion<\/p>\n
employees     that, the award of<\/p>\n
disnuw\u00e9ug age; v0;15.s;;i;:\u00a2  Se comraxy to the provisions of<\/p>\n
\\,<\/p>\n
Section   <\/p>\n
   lcamed Counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
  a sales promotion employee a medical<\/p>\n
that, though the: Labour Court has rejected the dispute only on<\/p>\n
A \u00ab ,\u00a2mgloy.s\u00a2ie,_<\/p>\n
-5-<\/span><\/p>\n
the said ground, but on merit and the nature of work. the –<\/p>\n
petitioner is not entitled to raise the dispute.<\/p>\n
6. It is not in dispute that the
\nrejected the dispute only on the ground that,
\nmedical representative and he comes
\npromotion employee, he does nm’.   e
\nmeaning of Section 2(3) of the  _ Hleas not V
\ngoes into the question as te”whetiie1@*_  evorldng as
\na medical representative or  is mainminable
\non any other    is justi\ufb01ed or<\/p>\n
not.\n<\/p>\n
7.  “I?\u00a7ewe\u00a7fer is  know whether the sales
\npromotion zeI\ufb01p1oyee:\/ ‘3\ufb01.4.’;e:r1_ica;I’–re’1;resentatio11 is worlman er not
\nin this regard ‘ifis refer section 6(2) of the Act.<\/p>\n
 Acts tn sales promotion<\/p>\n
   _{1}\u00ab .\n<\/p>\n
‘{2}.  igievisions of the Industriai Disputes Ad,
\nz”947,'(14.ef 194?), cm inforoefor the time being, shed!
\n appfy ‘:9, or in reiation to, sales promotion employees
\n _ ‘ ..  they apply to, or in relation to, workmen within the
\n” rfwanfngof\u00a3fwAeiandfortfwpurposesqfwty
\n Vpm’-ceeding under the Act in relation to an indushial
\n dispute, a sates promotion ernpleyee shali be deemed<\/p>\n
 to incfude a salw promotfon employee who has been
\ndismissed, discharged or retrenched in connection<\/p>\n
‘.\n<\/p>\n
 .. –\n<\/p>\n
“W<\/p>\n
-7-<\/span><\/p>\n
Both the Counsel submit that. a data be \ufb01xed for appearance.<\/p>\n
Both the parties are directed to appear before the 1 Additional<\/p>\n
Labour Court, Bangalore on 25% February 2009.   : 7   ”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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