Air India management can alter policy for workmen: Apex court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that Air India was entitled to alter its policies with regards to its workmen and those promoted to executive category could no longer claim benefits of an agreement covering them when they were still workmen.
"In our view, the management of Air India was always entitled to alter its policies with regards to their workmen, subject to the consensus arrived at between the parties in supersession of all previous agreements," said a bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph.
Speaking for the bench, Justice Kabir said: "We are unable to accept ... that those workmen who had been promoted to the executive category would continue to be governed by the settlement arrived at when they were workmen and were represented by the (Air India Cabin Crew) Association."
The apex court's Friday ruling came as it declined to interfere with a Delhi High Court verdict of Oct 8, 2007, dismissing the petition by the Air India Cabin Crew Association challenging the decision by which their service conditions were altered.
19/11/11 IANS/Times of India

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