Hind Construction and Engineering Co. Ltd. v Their Workmen

Rule established

Workers who absent themselves from duty under the mistaken but bona fide belief that a declared holiday entitled them to be absent, and who did not intend to strike or act in defiance of the employer, cannot be treated as having gone on an illegal strike; dismissal for such absence, disproportionate to the actual conduct involved, is not sustainable, and reinstatement is the appropriate remedy.