Mumbai: An industrial court in the city has indicted the workers’ union of automobile major Mahindra and Mahindra for various financial transactions between 2010 and 2012 in violation of labour laws, including payment of money to a trust founded by NCP leader Sachin Ahir.
In an order passed on Feb 1, tribunal member J L Gandhi held that the union had made several financial transactions in violation of the trade union laws and directed it to recover the money paid to certain private bodies “without any justification”.
The tribunal directed the union to recover over Rs 50 lakh from various organisations, including Sankalp Pratishthan, founded by Mumbai NCP chief Ahir. The tribunal was hearing a petition filed by an expelled union member, Ravindra Hatim. The petitioner had challenged his expulsion from the union in 2014, alleging that he was expelled for raising objections to the union’s ways of functioning and financial dealings.