In Brief
The All Escorts Employees Union sought to amend its constitution to retain membership of workers employed by Yamaha Motor India, a company separated from the Escorts Group in 2001. The Registrar of Trade Unions rejected the amendment, and the High Court upheld this decision. The Supreme Court dismissed the union's appeal, holding that a trade union's membership must maintain direct connectivity with the establishment or industry it represents. Since Yamaha workers had separately formed and registered their own union, the amendment became moot. The Court affirmed that the Trade Unions Act's statutory scheme requires commonness of interest between members and the establishment, and this cannot be circumvented by unilateral constitutional amendment.
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