{"id":220167,"date":"2011-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhavnagar-vs-vijaybhai-on-8-september-2011"},"modified":"2018-04-24T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T08:54:54","slug":"bhavnagar-vs-vijaybhai-on-8-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhavnagar-vs-vijaybhai-on-8-september-2011","title":{"rendered":"Bhavnagar vs Vijaybhai on 8 September, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bhavnagar vs Vijaybhai on 8 September, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ravi R.Tripathi,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/91\/2011\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 91 of 2011\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 92 of 2011\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nBHAVNAGAR\nMUNICIPAL CORPORATION - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nVIJAYBHAI\nNANJIBHAI MAKWANA - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nHS MUNSHAW for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nRULE SERVED for Respondent(s) : 1, \nMR YOGEN\nN PANDYA for Respondent(s) :\n1, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE RAVI R.TRIPATHI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 08\/09\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\t\tThe<br \/>\nrespondent-workman has filed affidavit as required under Section 17-B<br \/>\nof the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to claim benefits flowing from<br \/>\nthe said Section.  In response to that affidavit, the<br \/>\npetitioner-Corporation has filed Further Affidavit in Reply on behalf<br \/>\nof the petitioner affirmed by one Shri Rameshbhai Karmanbhai<br \/>\nJogarana, wherein the opponent has annexed photograph showing that<br \/>\nthe respondent-workman is earning from the activity  visible from the<br \/>\nphotograph.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\t\tSection 17-B of the<br \/>\nIndustrial Disputes Act, 1947 clearly provides that, &#8216;unless he is<br \/>\nemployed in any establishment&#8217;.  The photograph produced by the<br \/>\ndeponent cannot be construed to mean that the respondent-workman is<br \/>\nemployed in an establishment.  It is a fact, of which a judicial<br \/>\nnotice can be taken that a person, to keep his soul and body<br \/>\ntogether, as to undertake some activity by which he may earn his<br \/>\nbread.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\t\tIn view of the<br \/>\naforesaid, the petitioner-Corporation is directed to pay the benefits<br \/>\nas contemplated under Section 17-B of the Industrial Disputes Act,<br \/>\n1947.  The amount shall be paid as early as possible, but not later<br \/>\nthan 30.09.2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe matters be listed<br \/>\nfor final hearing in regular course.\n<\/p>\n<p>(Ravi<br \/>\nR.Tripathi, J.)<\/p>\n<p>*Shitole<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Bhavnagar vs Vijaybhai on 8 September, 2011 Author: Ravi R.Tripathi, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/91\/2011 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 91 of 2011 With SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 92 of 2011 ========================================================= BHAVNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus VIJAYBHAI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bhavnagar vs Vijaybhai on 8 September, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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