4 Important Indian Court Judgements Related to Strikes

<h1>1. No Right to Strike for Government Employees</h1> In the case of T.K. Rangarajan v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Others (the Tamil Nadu Government Employees Case), Justice M.B. Shah, speaking for a Bench of the Supreme Court consisting of himself and Justice A.R. Lakshmanan, said, “the question of right to strike — whether fundamental, statutory or equitable moral right to strike — in our view, no such right exists with the government employee.” <h1>2. Right to Strike is not a Fundamental Right</h1> In the case of Kameswar Prasad v. State of Bihar where Rule 4A of the Bihar Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, 1956, which prohibits ‘any form of demonstrations’ for the redress of the grievances of Government servants was contented to be violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed to them under Art. 19(1) (a) and (b) of the Constitution of India and should, therefore, be struck down by the petitioners. But the court observed that ‘The rule in so far as it prohibits a strike cannot be struck down since there is no fundamental right to resort to a strike.” <a href="https://medium.com/legalnow/4-important-indian-court-judgements-related-to-strikes-3e53b258b243">Learn More</a>