9 judges, but no clear majority? The puzzle in SC's 'Industry' test
New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The Supreme Court's nine-judge Constitution Bench judgment on what constitutes an "industry" under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, raises an important question that the judgment itself does not answer with sufficient clarity: does the Chief Justice of India's reformulation of 1978 Bangalore Water Supply test command a majority of the nine-judge bench? The operative portion read out August 20 was understood as a 5:4 verdict. But the judgment reveals a more complicated picture.P9...
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