Bel-Air Sanatorium And Hospital vs Sarva Mazdoor Sangh And Ors

Case Significance

Bel-Air Sanatorium And Hospital vs Sarva Mazdoor Sangh And Ors is a Bombay High Court decision dated December 4, 2024 (citation: ik-107617968). Petition by Bel-Air Sanatorium and Hospital (owned by Indian Red Cross Society, Panchgani) challenging Industrial Court orders directing reinstatement of six terminated employees with full backwages. The employees were terminated for involvement in a violent protest. The Court set aside the Labour Court and Industrial Court orders, holding that reinstatement was impractical given the long passage of time (since 1998), and awarded lumpsum compensation of Rs 2,00,000 to each of the six delinque The case was heard by Justice Sandeep V. Marne. Counsel appearing: Anand Pai (counsel for petitioner), Avinash Belge (counsel for respondent), Nitin Kulkarni (counsel for respondent), Pratik Kothari (counsel for petitioner), Sahil Sayed (counsel for petitioner).