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PETITIONER:

G.S. DHARA SINGH

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

E.K. THOMAS & ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT09/08/1988

BENCH:

VENKATARAMIAH, E.S. (J)

BENCH:

VENKATARAMIAH, E.S. (J)

DUTT, M.M. (J)

CITATION:

1988 AIR 1829 1988 SCR Supl. (2) 258

1988 SCC (4) 565 JT 1988 (3) 310

1988 SCALE (2)648

ACT:

Trade Unions Act, 1926: Sections 15 and 18 Trade Union-

Worker resigning from membership-Whether entitled to ask

for account and claim refund of amounts received by trade

union from management.

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Civil Procedure Code 1908, Section 9.

Central Trade Union Regulations 1938, Regulation ll(i).

Civil suit by workers-Against office bearers of Trade

Union-Claiming refund of amounts received by Union from

management-Maintainability of.

HEADNOTE:

The terms and conditions of service including the rates

of wages and other allied matters were decided and settled

through mutual negotiations between the trade union

represented by respondent No. 3, its General Secretary and

respondent No. 4, President of the Employers Association.

Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 were workers and were members of the