Court Raps Public Bus Workers' Union In Maharashtra For Strike Despite Order

A vacation bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and SP Tavade directed the union's leader Ajaykumar Gujjar to remain personally present in the court on November 5

The Bombay High Court on Thursday rapped a union of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) workers for going ahead with its strike, despite the court's order restraining it from doing so.

A vacation bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and SP Tavade directed the union's leader Ajaykumar Gujjar to remain personally present in the court on November 5 and explain why action should not be initiated against him for wilfully disobeying the court's orders.

The High Court had on Wednesday restrained workers' unions from going ahead with the strike.

In the order passed on the MSRTC's petition, the court had observed, "Keeping in mind the immense hardship and inconvenience that will be caused to the members of the public who have fixed their travel plans through MSRTC buses during the festive days, we direct the Respondents i.e., all the employees of the MSRTC to refrain from proceeding with the proposed rally/strike/stoppage of work from midnight of November 3 and/or thereafter, until further orders."