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PGDM 2010-12: Term-V
LABOUR LAW APPLICATIONS
Prof. E. M. Rao
COURSE OUTLINE
1. Origin and Sources of Law - Legal Concepts: Rights - wrongs - Liability -Obligations-Duties - Powers - Immunity – Disability – Justice (distributive v. corrective)
2. Discipline - Introduction - common law right of employers - the nature of restrictions imposed on the common law right to terminate - rights of workmen u/s. 2-A of the ID Act - Nature of powers conferred on the adjudicators u/s. 11-A - misconduct - misdemeanour - carelessness - standing orders – misconduct: classification
4. Disciplinary proceedings: implications of preliminary enquiry - Charge-sheet - nature, scope and criticality of CS - contents of CS - precautions, issues and concerns in framing charges - Show-cause notice vs. Charge-sheet - Domestic Enquiry - Principles of Natural Justice reasonable opportunity - representation of parties - examination-in chief - cross-examination - re-examination and re-cross - manner of adducing evidence - leading questions - role of EO - summing-up arguments - enquiry proceedings vs. enquiry findings - closing of enquiry proceedings - findings or report of the EO; need for, and importance of.
5. Nature and scope of Ss. 33 and 33-A:
workman concerned in the dispute: who is? - misconduct connected with the dispute: what is? – Prior permission vs. post-facto approval of the action – protected workman – violation of S. 33: Effect.
6. Status vs. Contract - Freedom of Contract – Contract of service vs. Contract for ervice - Notional extension of employment - Apportionment of blame – Implied power - Error of fact vs. Error of law - Error of law apparent on the face of the record – what is? -
Ultra vires
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Res judicata - Ejusdem generis - Noscitur a sociis -
Relation back –
casus omissus
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Ratio decidendi - Obiter dicta - Stare decisis -
- Mischief Rule - Rule of Hard cases - Judicial precedent - Judicial Hierarchy - Judicial Activism - Judicial inconsistency & unpredictability.
Evaluation Components
Case Analysis & Presentation - - - - - 15
Class Participation (as reflected in Exams)- - - 10
Mid-Term - - - - - - 25
End-term - - - - - - 40
Overall performance - - - - - 10
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Total - - - - - - - 100
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Book:
Industrial Jurisprudence: A Critical Commentary
, (2008), EM Rao, Lexis Nexis.
NOTE:
This book has to be owned by all students, as they are required to refer it continuously in every session and also for case analysis
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Created By:
Debasis Mohanty
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08/30/2011
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04:28 PM
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