ESSEN DEINKI Vs. RAJIV KUMAR
LAWS(SC)-2002-10-68
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Decided on October 29,2002

ESSEN DEINKI Appellant
VERSUS
RAJIV KUMAR Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

MANAGER R B I BANGLORE VS. S MANI [LAWS(SC)-2005-3-29] [REFERRED TO]
B SHYAMKUMAR VS. FRANCIS GEORGE [LAWS(MAD)-2009-8-474] [REFERRED TO]
SRIBATSA KUMAR MAHAPTARA VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-2006-9-16] [REFERRED TO]
UNION OF INDIA VS. ALL INDIA NAVAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION [LAWS(KER)-2019-8-22] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT, EXIDE INDUSTRIES LTD. VS. PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR COURT, MADURAI [LAWS(MAD)-2013-2-240] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGER, SEED CORPORATION, MATUNDA AGRICULTURE FARM VS. RUGHA & ORS [LAWS(RAJ)-2009-6-29] [REFERRED]
AKHTARI VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(ALL)-2008-12-114] [REFERRED TO]
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION VS. HINDUSTAN VIDYUT PRODUCTS LIMITED [LAWS(P&H)-2003-7-40] [REFERRED TO]
SACHI PRASAD MUKHERJEE VS. PAMPA KUMAR [LAWS(CAL)-2003-7-22] [REFERRED TO]
SHREE KRISHNA APARTMENT PRIVATE LIMITED VS. U K DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED [LAWS(CAL)-2011-6-63] [REFERRED TO]
STATE GOVT PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION VS. STATE OF A P [LAWS(APH)-2003-9-44] [REFERRED TO]
M SOMESWAR REDDY VS. R PRAVEEN REDDY [LAWS(APH)-2004-2-3] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA VS. PRESIDING OFFICER CENTRAL GOVT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL [LAWS(GAU)-2003-12-7] [REFERRED TO]
KANPUR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CO LTD VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT IV AND SRI SHAMIM MIRZA [LAWS(ALL)-2005-12-87] [REFERRED TO]
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR VS. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL [LAWS(KER)-2014-10-124] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RAMESH MOPABHAI RATHOD [LAWS(GJH)-2003-8-27] [REFERRED]
M SOMESWAR REDDY VS. AJAY BHANU VANAMALI [LAWS(APH)-2004-2-79] [REFERRED TO]
UNION OF INDIA VS. G. SOMANATHAN NAIR, S/O. GOPALAN NAIR [LAWS(KER)-2017-10-284] [REFERRED TO]
DIST AGRICULTURE OFFICER` VS. JUNAGADH JILLA MAZDOOR SANGH RAJKOT [LAWS(GJH)-2003-11-23] [REFERRED 4.]
PANKAJ DIXIT & ORS VS. K B S H EXPORT HOUSE & ANR [LAWS(DLH)-2018-1-513] [REFERRED TO]
SYNDICATE BANK VS. B N PANDEY [LAWS(DLH)-2010-7-24] [REFERRED TO]
SURAJ PAL SINGH VS. PRESIDING OFFICER [LAWS(DLH)-2005-9-8] [REFERRED TO]
MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION BOMBAY CENTRAL VS. MUSA HUSAN MULANI [LAWS(BOM)-2005-2-156] [REFERRED TO]
MADHUKAR V. KHANDEPARKAR VS. ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL [LAWS(BOM)-2008-11-120] [REFERRED TO]
PUNNALA SREEKUMAR VS. KERALA PULAYAR MAHA SABHA [LAWS(KER)-2010-12-448] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT MALAYASIS AIRLINES VS. PRESIDING OFFICER PRINCIPAL LABOUR COURT [LAWS(MAD)-2007-6-251] [REFERRED TO]
BABU RAM VS. DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER U T CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-2005-5-11] [REFERRED TO]
T N ELECTRICITY BOARD VS. S DHARMA LINGAM [LAWS(MAD)-2006-3-3] [REFERRED TO]
T N ELECTRICITY BOARD VS. S DHARMA LINGAM [LAWS(MAD)-2006-3-3] [REFERRED TO]
NIRMALA BALAGOPAL VS. VENKATESULU BALAGOPAL [LAWS(MAD)-2003-10-123] [REFERRED TO]
AJAY SINGH AND ANR AND ETC. VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANR. [LAWS(SC)-2017-1-21] [REFERRED TO]
IREL (INDIA) LIMITED VS. P. N. RAGHAVA PANICKER [LAWS(KER)-2020-11-2] [REFERRED TO]
ZONAL MANAGER, UCO BANK VS. GENERAL SECRETARY [LAWS(MPH)-2017-4-38] [REFERRED TO]
NEMICHAND BURAD VS. JORAWARMAL [LAWS(RAJ)-2004-11-11] [REFERRED TO]
P R Sampath Giri Vasan VS. Presiding Officer [LAWS(MAD)-2004-4-35] [REFERRED TO]
PEPSI FOODS PRIVATE LIMITED VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT PATIALA [LAWS(P&H)-2005-5-4] [REFERRED TO]
TRIVENI SHEET GLASS WORKS LIMITED VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [LAWS(ALL)-2005-9-325] [REFERRED TO]
GITABAI BHAGWAN PARDESHI VS. HIRKANBAI AADHAR PATIL [LAWS(BOM)-2020-8-111] [REFERRED TO]
DHANESWAR MALLICK VS. NARAYAN BEHERA [LAWS(ORI)-2005-11-15] [REFERRED TO]
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION UJJAIN VS. ABHISHEK BHATT [LAWS(MPH)-2018-11-90] [REFERRED TO]
GUJARAT STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION VS. SHRI PREMGAR KASHIGAR [LAWS(GJH)-2017-4-59] [REFERRED TO]
ANAND GHADI VS. MARIA WOLFANGO D SILVA [LAWS(BOM)-2011-6-131] [REFERRED TO]
STATESMAN LIMITED VS. EIGHTH INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2004-4-3] [REFERRED TO]
LATEEF VS. RAVINDER SINGH AND ORS. [LAWS(J&K)-2014-7-40] [REFERRED TO]
BHARATIYA DAK TAR MAZDOOR MANCH VS. GENERAL MANAGER KALYAN TELECOM DISTRICT [LAWS(BOM)-2003-1-28] [REFERRED TO]
DAJI DADA PAWAR VS. ORNATE MULTI MODEL CARRIERS PRIVATE LIMITED [LAWS(BOM)-2003-6-138] [REFERRED TO]
SAKHARAM BALU BHOSALE VS. VITHAL MANYA KATKARI [LAWS(BOM)-2005-1-1] [REFERRED TO]
HARESHWAR SHIKHAN PRASARAK MANDAL VS. RAJ SHREE SARJERAO LOKHANDE [LAWS(BOM)-2006-9-168] [REFERRED TO]
S NARASIMHA VS. JOINT COLLECTOR II RANGAREDDY DISTRICT [LAWS(APH)-2006-1-77] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF HP VS. JAGGI RAM [LAWS(HPH)-2010-7-89] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR. VS. SHRAVAN & ANR. [LAWS(RAJ)-2003-9-83] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT OF METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION CHENNAI DIVISION-II LTD VS. PRESIDING OFFICER PRINCIPAL LABOUR COURT CHENNAI [LAWS(MAD)-2010-3-268] [REFERRED TO]
TIRUMALA TIRUPATI DEVASTHANAMS VS. K. VIJAYA [LAWS(APH)-2022-8-100] [REFERRED TO]
GUJARAT STATE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LIMITED VS. INDRAVADAN AMBALAL SONI [LAWS(GJH)-2003-5-1] [REFERRED]
HARI SINGH VS. CENTRAL INDIA MACHINERY [LAWS(MPH)-2002-12-49] [REFERRED TO]
CHOKKAIYA CHETTIAR VS. T SIVAKUMARAN [LAWS(MAD)-2004-5-31] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT OF FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(PAT)-2008-11-6] [REFERRED TO]
RANIP NAGAR PALIKA VS. BABUJI GABHAJI THAKORE [LAWS(SC)-2007-11-62] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHNA BHAGYA JALA NIGAM LTD VS. MOHAMMED RAFI [LAWS(SC)-2009-4-196] [REFERRED TO]
MANISH KUMAR VS. JAI PRAKASH KOTHARI [LAWS(UTN)-2003-4-2] [REFERRED TO]
M NARASIMHA PRASAD VS. REGISTRAR GENERAL HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2019-8-5] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT OF MCD VS. DESH RAJ [LAWS(DLH)-2011-7-41] [REFERRED TO]
BAJAJA AUTO LTD VS. ASHOK DNYANOBA DHUMAL [LAWS(BOM)-2005-10-19] [REFERRED TO]
K SHAHUL HAMEED VS. PREMIER AUTOMOBILES LTD [LAWS(KER)-2005-8-46] [REFERRED TO]
DEVI PATAN KSHETRIYA GRAMIN BANK, GONDA VS. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2005-12-292] [REFERRED TO]
JAY KANT MISHRA VS. S.CHAND & CO. LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2013-7-368] [REFERRED TO]
VIKRAM KHARBANDA VS. K.C. MALHOTRA [LAWS(DLH)-2012-9-171] [REFERRED TO]
DELHI JAL BOARD VS. VIMAL KUMAR [LAWS(DLH)-2018-4-63] [REFERRED TO]
RAFIUDDIN NURUDDIN MUSALMAN VS. ABDUYL KARIM ABDUL REHEMAN [LAWS(BOM)-2005-8-123] [REFERRED TO]
UNION OF INDIA VS. JAIRAJ N SHETTY [LAWS(BOM)-2003-7-20] [REFERRED TO]
GOODLASS NEROLAC PAINTS LIMITED VS. ANAND SHIVRAM SAMANT [LAWS(BOM)-2006-8-61] [REFERRED TO]
K H PANDHI VS. PRESIDING OFFICER ADDL LABOUR COURT [LAWS(DLH)-2004-2-42] [REFERRED]
SAHEB LAL KUREEL KALIDEEN KUREEL VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT UTTAR PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD [LAWS(ALL)-2005-11-38] [REFERRED TO]
GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI VS. ITS WORKMEN [LAWS(DLH)-2007-2-79] [REFERRED TO]
KURESHA KHATUN VS. MOINUDDIN ANSARI [LAWS(CAL)-2011-4-47] [REFERRED TO]
DAKSHINEE CO VS. SMT. TAPATI BANERJEE [LAWS(CAL)-2003-4-74] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. CHAUHAN ZORAVARSINH DILAVARSINH [LAWS(GJH)-2018-6-64] [REFERRED TO]
MURLIDHAR RATANLAL EXPORTS LTD. VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2014-2-47] [REFERRED TO]
KANUBHAI KHODABHAI PARMAR VS. MAKWANA MOHANBHAI MOTIBHAI [LAWS(GJH)-2022-7-264] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGER NOW REGIONAL DIRECTOR R B I VS. GOPINATH SHARMA [LAWS(SC)-2006-7-8] [REFERRED TO]
G M B S N L VS. MAHESH CHAND [LAWS(SC)-2008-2-22] [REFERRED TO]
JAGDISH PRASAD VS. PARSHU RAM [LAWS(RAJ)-2012-8-95] [REFERRED TO]
CALCUTTA JUTE MFG CO LTD VS. FIRST INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL [LAWS(CAL)-2006-6-20] [REFERRED TO]
DEBASISH DEB ROY VS. KARUNA DEB ROY [LAWS(CAL)-2004-2-13] [REFERRED TO]
HEMU GAUTAM VS. SOFTAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2018-5-380] [REFERRED TO]
M.K. AHUJA VS. SYNDICATE BANK [LAWS(DLH)-2010-9-416] [REFERRED TO]
MOTI LAL NEHRU FARMERS TRAINING INSTITUTECORDET VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT [LAWS(ALL)-2005-3-70] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. NATVERLAL MAHJIBHAI PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2007-2-34] [REFERRED TO]
NIRMALDAN NARHARIDAN GADHVI VS. NARMADA NIGAM LTD [LAWS(GJH)-2004-5-7] [REFERRED TO]
DTC VS. MOHAR SINGH [LAWS(DLH)-2015-9-54] [REFERRED TO]
KAMISETTI KRISHNA VS. KANCHUMARTHI VENKATA RAMANAMMA [LAWS(APH)-2013-10-25] [REFERRED TO]
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHIMLA VS. SAVITRI DEVI [LAWS(HPH)-2015-10-38] [REFERRED TO]
SARAN KSHETRIYA GRAMIN BANK VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(PAT)-2009-1-64] [RELIED ON]
KRISHNA BHAGYA JALA NIGAM LTD VS. MOHAMMED RAFI [LAWS(SC)-2006-8-54] [REFERRED TO]
FOREST RANGE OFFICER VS. DILEEP [LAWS(MPH)-2019-8-166] [REFERRED TO]
GENERAL MANAGER VS. RAVI KUMAR JHA [LAWS(MPH)-2017-11-161] [REFERRED TO]
SUNIL SINGH VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(GAU)-2004-1-34] [REFERRED TO]
PRAVEEN KUMAR AGARWAL VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2010-11-140] [REFERRED TO]
SRI.R.NAGARAJAN VS. SRI.P.KARTHIKEYAN NAIR [LAWS(KER)-2016-6-151] [REFERRED TO]
PUNJAB TRACTORS LIMITED VS. PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR COURT AND ANR. [LAWS(P&H)-2007-10-113] [REFERRED TO]
PARAS INDUSTRIES LUDHIANA VS. PARAS SPECIAL MACHINE CO [LAWS(P&H)-2003-5-2] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT OF MADRAS HOTEL ASHOKA PRIVATE LIMITED CHENNAI VS. V SUBRAMANI [LAWS(MAD)-2003-10-126] [REFERRED TO]
MANAGEMENT OF TAMIL NADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION COIMBATORE DIVISION-I LTD VS. PRESIDING OFFICER [LAWS(MAD)-2006-8-256] [REFERRED TO]
BHANWAR KANWAR VS. CIVIL JUDGE [LAWS(RAJ)-2003-9-37] [REFERRED TO]
GOPAL GHOSH VS. GEORGE COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE [LAWS(CAL)-2011-8-36] [REFERRED TO]
EMPLOYERS IN RELATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF BHAGABAND COLLIERY OF BHARAT COKING COAL LTD. VS. THEIR WORKMEN BEING REPRESENTED BY SRI D. MUKHERJEE [LAWS(JHAR)-2014-6-44] [REFERRED TO]
TAMIL NADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION VS. N JOHN HENRI RAJ [LAWS(MAD)-2008-6-37] [REFERRED TO]
HEIRS OF MAFATBHAI P BHOI VS. PATEL PIYUSHBHAI SOMABHAI [LAWS(GJH)-2003-2-26] [REFERRED]
MAHAK SINGH AND ETC., VS. PRESIDING OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL (V) U.P. MEERUT AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2004-4-280] [REFERRED TO]
UTTAR PRADESH GANNA SODH PARISHAD GENDA SINGH GANNA EVAM ANUSHANDHAN VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT [LAWS(ALL)-2004-3-68] [REFERRED TO]
ROY BROTHERS VS. PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR COURT [LAWS(DLH)-2004-12-96] [REFERRED]
SHANTI SHARMA VS. SHANTI SHARMA [LAWS(HPH)-2004-7-22] [REFERRED]
M G BHIDE VS. BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES LTD [LAWS(BOM)-2005-3-133] [REFERRED TO]
PERMANENT MAGNETS LTD VS. WORKMEN EMPLOYED [LAWS(BOM)-2006-8-62] [REFERRED TO]
RATNAMALA ASHOKRAO SHINDE VS. ELECTION OFFICER GRAMPANCHAYAT PALODI [LAWS(BOM)-2006-9-152] [REFERRED TO]
MALLAPPA KALLAPA SHAHAPURE VS. NARASINGH SARASWATI DEO [LAWS(BOM)-2003-1-141] [REFERRED TO]
BASANT KUMAR SAHOO VS. NRUSINGHA SAMAL [LAWS(ORI)-2006-6-39] [REFERRED TO]
AJNALA COOP SUGAR MILLS LTD VS. SUKHRAJ SINGH [LAWS(SC)-2007-5-152] [REFERRED TO]
V S LAD VS. SOCIEDADE DE FOMENTO INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE LIMITED [LAWS(KAR)-2011-9-38] [REFERRED TO]
BHIMRAJ SAKHARAM KAKAD AND ANOTHER VS. DATTATRAYA NANA KAKAD & OTHERS. [LAWS(BOM)-2020-8-102] [REFERRED TO]
TOURISM CORPORATION OF GUJARAT LTD VS. KALU VALJI JETHWA [LAWS(GJH)-2007-11-11] [REFERRED TO]
NORTH WEST KARNATAKA ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION VS. R S WALI [LAWS(KAR)-2003-11-66] [REFERRED TO]
KHODIYAR TYRE RE TRADIND- HRO PROPREITOR RAMDEVSINH VS. MASTRAMBAPA CHARITABLE TRUST THRO TRUSTEE HARUBHAI [LAWS(GJH)-2014-2-256] [REFERRED TO]
K NAGARAJAN VS. R RADHA [LAWS(MAD)-2003-1-76] [REFERRED TO]
SHMPATH GIRI VASAN P R VS. P O CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL CUM LABOUR COURT [LAWS(MAD)-2004-4-218] [REFERRED TO]
PRADEEP TRIPATHI VS. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2007-5-446] [REFERRED TO]
MAHAK SINGH SHRI PEERU SINGH VS. PRESIDING OFFICER INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL V AND SRIRAM INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES [LAWS(ALL)-2005-4-3] [REFERRED TO]
N Vasu Chandra Babu VS. Presiding Officer [LAWS(MAD)-2004-9-109] [REFERRED TO]
UNION OF INDIA SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAYS VS. KURUKUNDU BALAKRISHNIAH [LAWS(APH)-2003-12-100] [REFERRED TO]
PROVAT KUMAR MITRA VS. PRASANTA MITRA [LAWS(CAL)-2008-1-113] [REFERRED]
UNION OF INDIA VS. B C BIYANI [LAWS(BOM)-2009-10-103] [REFERRED TO]
KISHAN LAL VS. GOVT OF NCT [LAWS(DLH)-2007-5-263] [REFERRED TO]
S.K. AGRAWAL VS. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT U.P. AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2018-5-735] [REFERRED TO]
SATISH SHARMA VS. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL CUM LABOUR COURT & ORS. [LAWS(RAJ)-2015-3-424] [REFERRED TO]
UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD VS. KARUNA DUTTA [LAWS(GAU)-2011-11-39] [REFERRED TO]
KSHETRIMAYUM IBOHAL SINGH VS. STATE OF MANIPUR [LAWS(GAU)-2005-9-21] [REFERRED TO]
PRAKASH CHAND VS. STATE OF H. P. [LAWS(HPH)-2019-8-51] [REFERRED TO]
JOSEPH MATHEW MANAGING PARTNER MATSON PHARMACEUTICALS THELLAKAM KOTTAYAM VS. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL ELAPPARA P O IDUKKI DISTRICT [LAWS(KER)-2003-10-23] [REFERRED TO]
KARNAL COOP SUGAR MILLS LIMITED VS. PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR COURT, PANIPAT AND ANOTHER [LAWS(P&H)-2006-10-616] [REFERRED]
SENIOR DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER, SOUTHERN RAILWAY VS. GENERAL SECRETARY, SOUTHERN RAILWAY MENS UNION [LAWS(KER)-2015-3-232] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

Banerjee, J. - (1.)Leave granted.
(2.)Generally speaking, exercise of jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution is limited and restrictive in nature. It is so exercised in the normal circumstances for want of jurisdiction, errors of law, perverse findings and gross violation of natural justice, to name a few. It is merely a revisional jurisdiction and does not confer an unlimited authority or prerogative to correct all orders or even wrong decisions made within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Courts below. The finding of fact being within the domain of the inferior Tribunal, except where it is a perverse recording thereof or not based on any material whatsoever resulting in manifest injustice, interference under the Article is not called for :
(3.)The observations above however, find affirmative in thedecision of this Court in Nibaran Chandra Bag vs. Mahendra Nath Ghughu (AIR 1963 SC 1895). In Nibaran (supra) this Court has been rather categorical in record that the jurisdiction so conferred is by no means appellate in nature for correcting errors in the decision of the subordinate Courts or Tribunals but is merely a power of superintendence to be used to keep them within the bounds of their authority. More recently, in Mani Nariman Daruwala and Bharucha (deceased) through LRs. and others vs. Phiroz N. Bhatena and others (AIR 1991 SC 1494), this Court in the similar vein stated :
"In the exercise of this jurisdiction the High Court can set aside or ignore the findings of fact of an inferior Court or tribunal if there was no evidence to justify such a conclusion and if no reasonable person could possibly have come to the conclusion which the Court or tribunal who has come or in other words it is a finding which was perverse in law. Except to the limited extent indicated above the High Court has no jurisdiction to interfere with the findings of fact."



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