https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171488 Non-payment of retrenchment compensation at the time of retrenchment was treated as breach of a mandatory condition precedent under Section 25F(b), so the termination orders were invalid and inoperative. The hospital group run by the State was held to be an industry under Section 2(j) because the definition is broad, organised activity with employee co-operation to render material services to the community falls within it, and the absence of profit motive is immaterial. Activities that are purely sovereign were distinguished from welfare and service functions, and hospital services supported that construction. The Act therefore applied and the relief granted below was sustained. en-us Fri, 29 Jan 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171488 Non-payment of retrenchment compensation at the time of retrenchment was treated as breach of a mandatory condition precedent under Section 25F(b), so the termination orders were invalid and inoperative. The hospital group run by the State was held to be an industry under Section 2(j) because the definition is broad, organised activity with employee co-operation to render material services to the community falls within it, and the absence of profit motive is immaterial. Activities that are purely sovereign were distinguished from welfare and service functions, and hospital services supported that construction. The Act therefore applied and the relief granted below was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Jan 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171488