https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96829 Corporate amalgamation provisions authorising transfer of a company's undertaking, property, rights, liabilities and duties do not automatically substitute a transferee company as employer under an existing contract of personal service. Employment is founded on the employee's right to choose an employer, and the common-law rule against transfer of such a contract without the employee's assent remains unless Parliament uses clear and definite language to displace it. Section 154 of the Companies Act 1929 facilitates reconstruction and avoids winding up; it does not effect compulsory novation of employment contracts or override third-party rights by implication. en-us Thu, 01 Aug 1940 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:24:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96829 Corporate amalgamation provisions authorising transfer of a company's undertaking, property, rights, liabilities and duties do not automatically substitute a transferee company as employer under an existing contract of personal service. Employment is founded on the employee's right to choose an employer, and the common-law rule against transfer of such a contract without the employee's assent remains unless Parliament uses clear and definite language to displace it. Section 154 of the Companies Act 1929 facilitates reconstruction and avoids winding up; it does not effect compulsory novation of employment contracts or override third-party rights by implication. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 01 Aug 1940 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96829