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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
SANDEEP V. MARNE, J
Indo Count Industries Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Shankar Mahadev Takmare – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel appearing for parties, the Petitions are taken up for hearing and final disposal.
2. The Petitioner-employer has filed these Petitions challenging the judgments and orders dated 20 February 2025 passed by the learned Member, Industrial Court No.1, Kolhapur, dismissing its Revision Applications and confirming the orders dated 3 April 2024 and 19 June 2024 passed by the Labour Court, Kolhapur. By orders dated 19 June 2024, the Labour Court has allowed Applications at Exhibit U-2 filed by the Respondent-employees and has temporarily restrained the Petitioner-employer from superannuating the Respondents until they attain the age of 60 years. The Petition is thus filed challenging the interim orders passed by the Labour Court, as confirmed by the Industrial Court.
3. Briefly stated, facts of the case are that Petitioner-employer is engaged in manufacturing of cotton yarn (Spinning Mill) in its factory at Kolhapur. There are about 805 employees employed in the said factory. Shahu Soot Kapad Kamgar Sangh has been registered as representative and approved Union for Karveer Taluka. Respondent-Shankar
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