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Prima facie, concept of


AIR 1960 SC 1352

Para 9: The matter was again considered in Martin Burn Ltd. V/s. R. N. Banerjee, 1958 SCR 514 where this Court observed, after setting out the materials on the record in that case :

"The Labour Appellate Tribunal had to determine on these materials whether a prima facie case had been made out by the applicant for the termination of the respondent's service. A prima facie case does not mean a case proved to the hilt but a case which can be said to be established if the evidence which is led in support of the same were believed. While determining whether a prima facie case had been made out the relevant consideration is whether on the evidence led it was possible to arrive at the conclusion in question and not whether that was the only conclusion which could be arrived at on that evidence."



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