2026 LLR WEB 1231 (MADRAS HIGH COURT)
Absence of a prescribed limitation for raising an industrial dispute does not permit revival of a stale claim after an inordinate and unexplained delay.

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Delay in raising dispute under Section 2(k) - Refusal to refer stale claim - Scope of judicial review of government's discretion - Section 2(k) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - A Union sought reference of an industrial dispute concerning workmen alleged to have been orally terminated years earlier, which the appropriate government declined on the ground of nearly thirteen years' delay in raising the dispute, giving rise to this challenge... subscribe to read more..