DEVASHIS BARUAH
Pankaj Sarma S/o Jatin Sarma – Appellant
Versus
Management of M/s Abdos Lamitubes Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 28.03.2011 passed in Misc. Case No.1/2010, arising out of the Reference Case No.12/2008.
2. The facts leading to the filing of the instant writ petition are that the Government of Assam by a Notification No.G.L.R.46/08/30 dated 4th of July, 2008 referred the dispute that had arisen between the respondent No.1 and the petitioner to the learned Labour Court, Guwahati, Assam on the basis of which a Reference Case being Reference Case No.12/2008 was registered and numbered. The terms of reference, as per the said Government notification dated 4th of July, 2008, are reproduced herein under:-
(ii) Whether the management is justified in terminating or discharging Shri Pankaj Sarma, complainant without furnishing him the copy of the Enquiry Report and without following the basic principles of natural justice as alleged?
(iii) If not, what relief he is entitled to?
3. From the order sheets of Reference Case No.12/2008
Industrial disputes under the Industrial Disputes Act can be raised at any time; delay does not bar adjudication if the dispute remains valid and justiciable.
The Labour Court's jurisdiction is limited to the terms of reference, and it may determine the issue of whether an individual is a 'workman' as defined in law within that framework.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that a dispute under the Industrial Disputes Act can only be considered a dispute if a specific demand has been made by the workmen, and any refere....
The ad judicatory authorities under the Industrial Disputes Act are not bound by the technical rules of procedure as in civil actions.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that under Section 2A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, an individual workman can approach the Labour Court directly against alleged terminatio....
Point of Law - There is no embargo on the writ Court to quash a wholly inappropriate or undesirable or invalid reference order, in case no industrial dispute exists.
Principle of jurisprudence that a right not exercised for a long time is non-existent. Even when there is no limitation period prescribed by any statute relating to certain proceedings, in such cases....
The absence of a prescribed time limit for making a reference to the Labour Court should be considered in conjunction with general principles of delay and laches, and the plea of delay, if raised by ....
Point of Law- Law does not prescribe any time-limit for the appropriate Government to exercise its powers under Section 10 of the Act. It is not that this power can be exercised at any point of time ....
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