Managing Director, Northeast K.R.T.C vs Devidas Manikrao Sadananda

The Supreme Court held that the Labour Court erred in not applying the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in the case of a bus accident involving the respondent-workman, a driver for the Northeast Karnataka Road Transport Corporation. The Court emphasized that the absence of evidence from the other bus driver was detrimental to the management's case, and thus the dismissal of the workman was unjustified. The Court set aside the dismissal order and reinstated the workman, highlighting the need for fair inquiry under the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Servants (Conduct and Discipline) Regulations, 1971.