JUDGMENT

KRISHNA IYER, J.:—It is perhaps a golden rule in a judgment of affirmance in appeal to be very brief, particularly where no new points have been raised or deserves to be decided.

2. Counsel have argued at length these appeals which turn on an industrial dispute involving reinstatement of a large number of workmen on the score that according to the award of the Industrial court their dismissal was illegal. Although the labour court held that 110 workmen had been illegally dismissed, it granted relief in a limited compensatory way. Dis-satisfied with that award, the workers went up to the High Court under Art. 226 of the Constitution. In a very elaborate judgment the High Court awarded compensation under two heads: for the back wages, it awarded compensation on a classified scale categorising the workers into two groups. In regard to reinstatement the Court gave many reasons why reinstatement should not be allowed and justified the order of the labour court in this behalf. However, an additional sum by way of compensation was awarded in lieu of reinstatement. The total sum so awarded under both the heads is given in the judgment of the High Court.

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