Jay Engineering Works Ltd v State of West Bengal (1968)

Labour Law I · Trade Union Immunities

Facts.

Workers gheraoed (wrongfully confined) the management to press their demands.

Issue.

Is a gherao protected as legitimate trade-union activity?

Held.

A gherao amounts to wrongful confinement and is a criminal offence; the trade-union immunities do not protect it.

Why it matters.

It draws the edge of the immunity shield — legitimate trade action is protected; coercion and crime are not.

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