https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169754 Termination of all workmen on a bona fide closure of business, or on a genuine transfer of the undertaking, was treated as outside the ordinary meaning of "retrenchment" under the Industrial Disputes Act. The expression was applied to discharge of surplus labour in a continuing business, not to a business that has truly ceased to exist. On that reading, the scheme of the Act was confined to an existing or continuing industry, and compensation under section 25F was not attracted in closure cases. Section 25FF was described as addressing transfer situations and not as expanding section 25F to cover genuine closure. en-us Tue, 27 Nov 1956 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 May 2015 16:06:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169754 Termination of all workmen on a bona fide closure of business, or on a genuine transfer of the undertaking, was treated as outside the ordinary meaning of "retrenchment" under the Industrial Disputes Act. The expression was applied to discharge of surplus labour in a continuing business, not to a business that has truly ceased to exist. On that reading, the scheme of the Act was confined to an existing or continuing industry, and compensation under section 25F was not attracted in closure cases. Section 25FF was described as addressing transfer situations and not as expanding section 25F to cover genuine closure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 Nov 1956 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169754