1997 (11) TMI 541

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....SCC 489. It was stated at the Bar that a later two-judge Bench decision reported as Bombay Telephone Canteen Employees' Association vs. Union of India - AIR 1997 Supreme Court 2817 also takes the same view as in the case of Theyyam Joseph. The only point for decision in this in this appeal is whether the Telecom Department of the Union of India is an industry within the meaning of the definition of 'industry' in Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It may here be observed that the amendment made in that definition in 1982 has not been brought into force by the Central Government by issuance of notification required for the purpose. It is, therefore, not necessary for us to consider whether the telecommunication ....

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....lhi case (supra) or some departments are not productive of goods and services if isolated even then, the predominant nature of the services and the integrated nature of the departments as explained in the Corporation of Nagpur (supra), will be the true test. The whole undertaking will be 'industry' although those who are not 'workmen' by definition may not benefit buy status. (b) Notwithstanding the previous clauses sovereign functions, strictly understood, (alone) qualify for exemption, not the welfare activities or economic adventures under-taken by government or statutory bodies. (c) Even in departments discharging sovereign functions, if there are units which are industries and they are substantially se....