2019 Supreme(SC) 1643

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Ranjan Gogoi, CJI., Sanjiv Khanna, J.
Avishek Raja & Ors. - Appellants
Versus
Sanjay Gupta & Ors. - Respondents
Miscellaneous Application No. 171 of 2019; Contempt Petition (Civil) No. 411 of 2014; Writ Petition (Civil) No. 246 of 2011
Decided On : 28-01-2019

Efficient disposal of matters under Section 17(2) of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, and compliance with the time frame fixed by the Court.

Headnote:

Labour Courts - Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 - The court directed the Labour Courts/Industrial Tribunals to dispose of matters under Section 17(2) without unnecessary adjournments and within six months from the date of reference. High Courts were requested to ensure compliance with the time schedule when entertaining matters against the orders passed by the Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals.

Fact of the Case:

The court directed the Labour Courts/Industrial Tribunals to dispose of matters under Section 17(2) without unnecessary adjournments and within six months from the date of reference. High Courts were requested to ensure compliance with the time schedule when entertaining matters against the orders passed by the Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that it was necessary to direct the Labour Courts/Industrial Tribunals to dispose of matters without unnecessary adjournments and within a specific time frame, and requested the High Courts to ensure compliance with the time schedule when entertaining matters against the orders passed by the Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals.

Issues: Efficient disposal of matters under Section 17(2) of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, and compliance with the time frame fixed by the Court.

Ratio Decidendi: The key legal principle established is the directive to the Labour Courts/Industrial Tribunals to dispose of matters without unnecessary adjournments and within a specific time frame, and the request to the High Courts to ensure compliance with the time schedule when entertaining matters against the orders passed by the Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals.

Final Decision: The miscellaneous application was disposed of, and the Labour Courts/Industrial Tribunals were directed to dispose of matters under Section 17(2) without unnecessary adjournments and within six months from the date of reference. High Courts were requested to ensure compliance with the time schedule when entertaining matters against the orders passed by the Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals.