Management of Socklatinga Tea Estate v. N. J. Korean

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1968 Supreme(Online)(Gau) 4

ASSAM AND NAGALAND HIGH COURT
C. Sanjeeva Row Nayudu, CJ, M.C. Pathak, J
Management of Socklatinga Tea Estate v. N. J. Korean

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Bhattacharjee
For the Respondents: Mr. Choudhuri

Table of Content
1. case facts and jurisdiction issues regarding labour courts. (Para 1 , 2)
2. analysis of the statutory provisions of the industrial disputes act. (Para 3 , 4)
3. court observations on previous case references and their applicability. (Para 5)
4. the court's limit on labour court's jurisdiction and application processes. (Para 6)
5. final ruling affirming petition allowance. (Para 8)

1. This petition comes before us on an order of reference made by a Division Bench of this Court which is extracted bellows.
27-11-1967 in this case the interpretation of S.33 - C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act arises for consideration. The contention of Mr. Bhattacharjee is that unless the Labour Court is specified by the State Government under this sub-section, the Labour Court in question would not get jurisdiction to decide the matter whereas Mr. Choudhuri contended that as there is only one Labour Court in the whole State, there is no need to specify the particular Court and that the Labour Court has jurisdiction to entertain the matter. In support of this argument he places reliance on a Division Bench decision of this Court in the case of Sudhindra Kumar Deb v. State of Assam , AI