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SC refuses permission for review of strike judgement
New Delhi, Sept 24: Closing doors for reconsideration of one of its most debated judgements, the Supreme Court today refused permission to a Kerala NGO for filing a petition seeking review of its landmark verdict holding that government employees had no right to go on strike.
New Delhi, Sept 24: Closing doors for reconsideration
of one of its most debated judgements, the Supreme Court today
refused permission to a Kerala NGO for filing a petition
seeking review of its landmark verdict holding that government
employees had no right to go on strike.
A bench comprising Justice M B Shah and Justice A R
Lakshmanan, in a chamber proceeding, refused permission and
dismissed a petition filed by Kerala NGO Association seeking
review of its august six order passed in the matter pertaining
to the Tamil Nadu government employees going on strike.
In a judgement of far-reaching implications, the Supreme
Court on August six had ruled that government employees have
no "fundamental, legal, moral or equitable right" to go on
strike and hold the society to ransom.
On the question of whether the right to strike was
fundamental, statutory or equitable/moral right, a bench
comprising justice shah and Justice Lakshmanan had said "in
our view, no such right exists with the government employees."
This ruling was given by the court while disposing of
petitions pertaining to dismissal of nearly two lakh employees
by Tamil Nadu government for going on strike from July two.
Bureau Report