- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO.167 OF 2007 IN WRIT PETITION NO.3342 OF 2006 ... Hinduja TMT Ltd. & ors. ...Appellants v/s. Maharashtra Media Employees Union & ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.C.U.Singh with Mr.Ashish Kamath i/b Mr.P.J.Ranga for the Appellants. Ms.Jane Cox for Respondent No.1. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & V.M.KANADE, JJ. DATED: 3RD DECEMBER, 2007 P.C.: By consent of parties, Letters Patent Appeal itself is taken up for hearing. - 2 - 1. Both the orders impugned in the Appeal are set aside. The names of Respondents Nos. 4 to 6 in Complaints ULP No.221 of 2005, 228 of 2005, 268 of 2005 & 506 of 2005 are deleted. However, the original complainant shall be at liberty to make an application for permission to join the present Appellants as parties to the complaint on making proper allegation against them. 2. In case, such an application is made the trial court shall consider the application on its own merits in accordance with law without being influenced by any of the orders which are impugned in this appeal or by this order. 3. All contentions available to both sides are kept open to be raised before the trial court, in case an application is made pursuant to the liberty granted to the complainant. 4. Appeal disposed of. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) - 3 - (V.M.KANADE, J.)