the first respondent shaw wallace company was incorporated in january 1946 as a private limited companypany to take over the business of the partnership firm of the shaw wallace company which had been doing business in india for about 60 years.
c. setalvad n. v. phadke j. b. dadachanji o. c. mathur and ravinder narain for the respondent number 1.
appeal by special leave from the award dated december 1961 of the maharashtra industrial tribunal in reference i.t.
v. gupte additional solicitor general c. l. dudhia t. sule atiqur rahman and k. l. hathi for the appel lants.
it has branches in bombay delhi and via madras.
they claimed that numberworkman should be retired from service before he bad companypleted 60 years of age.
1947 the private limited companypany was companyverted into a public limited companypany.
the general practice of the companypany both at the head office and the branch offices appears to have been to retire its employees at the age of 55 though in certain cases the company in its discretion permitted an employee to companytinue beyond that age.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by das gupta j. this appeal arises out of an industrial dispute as regards the age of retirement.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 513 of 1963.
the head office of the companypany is at calcutta.
in september 1959 an agreement was entered into between the companypany and its employees at calcutta under which the age of retirement was extended to 58 years subject to the employees passing a medical examination on reaching the age of 55.
number 48 of 1961.
shortly after this the companypanys employees at bombay raised a dispute regarding their retirement age.
this dispute was ultimately referred to the industrial tribunal maharashtra.
march 24 1964.
in july.
