WORKMEN OF M/S DHARAMPAL PREMCHAND(SAUGHANDHI) vs M/S. DHARAMPAL PREMCHAND (SAUGHANDHI)

The Supreme Court held that the definition of 'industrial dispute' under Section 2(k) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 requires that the dispute must be connected with the employment or non-employment of the person raising it. The Court ruled that a union can validly raise a dispute regarding the dismissal of its members, even if it represents a minority of the workforce, and that a group of employees can raise a dispute collectively, making it an industrial dispute. The appeal was allowed, overturning the Tribunal's decision that the dispute was merely individual and not industrial.