INDIAN PETROCHEMICALS CORPN.LTD. vs SHRAMIK SENA

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision regarding the regularization of workmen employed in a statutory canteen under Section 46 of the Factories Act, 1948. The Court clarified that the maximum age limit for regularization should be the age of superannuation, not the age at the time of entry into service. Additionally, it affirmed that workmen not meeting the regularization conditions could be retrenched under Chapter V-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, thus supporting the High Court's directive for timely completion of the regularization process.