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VADODARA, Nov 1: Former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court A P Ravani and convener of Gujarat Forum for Protection of Workers Rights Haroobhai Mehta have said that there was no need to review the meaning of `industry' as defined in the 1978 seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court in Bangalore Water-Supply and Sewerage Board case.
Talking to news persons at All-India Trade Union Congress office here on Sunday, they said that recent judgement of a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Sujata Manohar and D P Wadhwa in Kerala Coir Board case, which stated that definition of industry as given in 1978 by the Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Krishna Iyer, required reconsideration, would not be in the interest of social and economic justice of workers.
The 1978 Supreme Court judgement covered number of economic activities in the definition of industry, while the recent judgement wanted to restrict the meaning of the term and exclude a number of activities from its purview, which would directly affect the interest of workers, they said.
The forum would shortly submit a representation signed by various trade union leaders and large number of workers to the Chief Justice of India, they said adding that the judiciary should work in consonance with the constitutional mandate of social justice.
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