Security Printing & Minting Corp.Of ... vs Workmen Tr.Gen.Sec.Of Isp/Cnp Union ...

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by the Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Ltd., restoring the Writ Petition that had been dismissed for default due to the absence of the appellant's counsel. The Court found the reasons for non-attendance, related to the clerk's oversight, to be satisfactory. The Court set aside the High Court's orders and directed that the writ petition be heard on merits, contingent upon the payment of Rs.20,000 as costs to the respondents within two months, failing which the appeal would be dismissed and the High Court's order affirmed.