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2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 41178

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N. NAGARESH, J
JIJI FRANCIS – Appellant
Versus
THE DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF (RURAL) – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.P.SANJAY, SMT.A.PARVATHI MENON, SRI.BIJU MEENATTOOR, SHRI.P.K.MURALYKRISHNAN, SRI.KIRAN NARAYANAN, SRI.PAUL VARGHESE (PALLATH), SHRI.RAHUL RAJ P., SHRI.MUHAMMED BILAL.V.A, SMT.MEERA R. MENON
For the Respondents: SRI.S.KRISHNA MOORTHY, SRI. DHEERAJ A.S.

Table of Content
1. petitioner seeks protection from union pressures. (Para 1 , 2)
2. previous case establishes boundaries for union claims. (Para 3)
3. interim order directs police protection for mechanical operations. (Para 4 , 5)
4. court finds no basis for union claims when machinery is used. (Para 6 , 8)
5. court establishes decision affirming rights to operate without interference. (Para 9)

J U D G M E N T

Dated this the 15th day of July, 2025 The petitioner filed this writ petition seeking protection against the high-handed action of the members of respondents 4 and 5, who regularly trespass into the workshop premises of the petitioner and threaten the employees, demanding payment of “Nokkukooli” for the unloading of raw materials, which is being carried out using mechanical process.

2. The petitioner submits that the complaints and representations made to respondents 1 and 2 have not yielded any result so far. The petitioner has just begun the business after getting allotment of the land by availing loan from the Banks under the Pradhan Mantri Employment Guarantee Programme (PMEGP) and has to make repayment of the same.

3. A Division Bench of this Court in Timber Merchant Pala v. Th

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