2026 LLR WEB 917 (CALCUTTA HIGH COURT)
Where employment, establishment, and all respondents are situated wholly outside the Court's territory, mere prior entertainment of an earlier proceeding does not confer territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 to adjudicate a subsequent claim for provident fund dues.

PROVIDENT FUNDS - Territorial jurisdiction - Writ petition - Provident fund dues - Cause of action - Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act - Petitioner, employed at the respondent-establishment's office in Chennai from 1988, was terminated in 1990; a Labour Court award in 1999 set aside the termination and directed reinstatement, following which a settlement was entered into in 2002 for full and final payment of Rs.3,50,000/- - After 21 years,... subscribe to read more..