Sub :- This case is based on Section 2(c) of the Payment of Gratuity Act Facts of the case :- 1. Respondent No.2 was a teacher in a school run by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 2. He demanded gratuity under the Minimum Wages Act. High Court :- The High Court dismissed the demand. Supreme Court:- The Court held that 'workman' has been defined under Section 2(e) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. ' Workman' means any person including a trainee is also em- ployed in any industry to do any skilled or unskilled, manual, super- visory, technical or clerical work for fare or reward, whether the term of such employment are expressed or implied and they will all be known as workman who have been removed or discharged in connection with a dispute or as a result of dispute or who have been retrenched or the said dispute has arisen as a result of their removal, discharge or retrenchment. Whether an educational institution come under the category of an industry? The Court has k
Ref : AIR 1982 SC 1480 Sub :- This case is based on a Public Interest Litigation on a subject related to the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. Facts of the case :- 1. In the instant case, People's Union For Democratic Rights is an institution which has, through a letter, informed the Supreme Court that fundamental right and legal right of the workers engaged in the scheme of the Asiad Games are being infringed upon. 2. The contractor is giving wages to the workers by deduct- ing Rs. 1 as a commission at the time of payment of Rs. 7 to women and Rs. 8 to the men workers. 3. The institution stated that in this scheme, the workers are being made to work as bonded labour and they are not being paid even a minimum wages. 4. Supreme Court allowed this letter treating it as a writ under Article 32. Supreme Court :- At the time of hearing, the court held that the labour class of this country, what so ever sector they belong, they can directly or through a organisation, give an