Mittal v UOI: Busting the myth of 'no work, no pay'

In 1983, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in the case of U.P. State Road Transport Corporation v Deolalikar (1984), but the key decision was made in 1981, in a case of Mitra v Union of India (1981) 3 SCC 557. This judgment laid down that 'no work, no pay' principle doesn't apply in all cases. The court ruled that the doctrine doesn't apply when the employee is forced to stop work due to no fault of their own, such as industrial disputes, lock-out, or retrenchment. I personally feel this judgment was a great relief for employees in our country, where 'no work, no pay' was often misused by employers. What do you guys think - was the court right in making this judgment?