2026 LLR WEB 1230 (JHARKHAND HIGH COURT)
Absence of a prescribed limitation for an industrial dispute does not excuse unreasonable delay, which renders a stale claim unfit for relief.

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Delay in raising dispute - Reasonable period - Scope of review jurisdiction - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - A trade union sought review of a judgment dismissing its Letters Patent Appeal, which had upheld findings that the union''s claim for regularisation of contract workers, discontinued in 1978 and raised only in 1993, was stale, and that no employer-employee relationship existed between the workers and the successor employer following nationalisation... subscribe to read more..