Authority: Supreme Court of India
Order Date: 23‑07‑2026
Case Overview
- Petition: Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 13127/2024, arising from the impugned final judgment and order dated 31‑03‑2023 in WP(C) No. 7180/2016 of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack.
- Parties: petitioner – SWASTHYA SIKHYA; respondents – Kishor Mallick & Ors.
- Hearing Date: 17‑07‑2026.
- Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh.
- Counsel for petitioner: Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran (AOR) and Ms. Shailja Singh, Adv.
- Counsel for respondents: Mr. Manav Sabharwal, Adv.; Ms. Shivangi Gupta, Adv.; Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR.
- Prior procedural note: The Court issued a limited notice on the point of backwages on 22‑04‑2024, returnable within eight weeks. No order stayed reinstatement, yet respondents were not reinstated.
- On 25‑03‑2026, the Court was informed that workmen remained unreinstated; petitioner’s counsel took two weeks to attempt reinstatement, which was not effected.
Order Details
1. The Court examined the judgment and concluded that backwages were rightly granted to the workmen.
2. No ground for interference with the High Court’s decision was found.
3. Consequently, the Special Leave Petition is dismissed.
4. Any pending applications, if any, are ordered disposed of.
Final Outcome
- The Supreme Court upheld the backwage award, declined to intervene in the reinstatement issue, and dismissed the petition, leaving the lower court’s order intact.
Topics: Legal Judgment, Labour Backwages, Special Leave Petition