https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300973 Section 22 of the Trade Unions Act, 1926 requires most office-bearers of a registered trade union to be persons actually engaged or employed in the connected industry or establishment. The statutory explanation excludes retired and retrenched employees from being treated as outsiders, but it does not extend that protection to laid-off employees. Because a laid-off employee is only temporarily unemployed during the lay-off period and does not remain actually engaged or employed in the industry, such persons cannot satisfy the qualification for office-bearers. The challenge to the trade union's registration therefore failed. en-us Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Mar 2022 14:55:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300973 Section 22 of the Trade Unions Act, 1926 requires most office-bearers of a registered trade union to be persons actually engaged or employed in the connected industry or establishment. The statutory explanation excludes retired and retrenched employees from being treated as outsiders, but it does not extend that protection to laid-off employees. Because a laid-off employee is only temporarily unemployed during the lay-off period and does not remain actually engaged or employed in the industry, such persons cannot satisfy the qualification for office-bearers. The challenge to the trade union's registration therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300973