Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 65 · Decided 6 February 2002
Chandrakant Tukaram Nikam and ORS. v. Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 65 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 861
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4849/1992
- Decided
- 6 February 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, R.P. SETHI, B.P. SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 9; Industrial Disputes Act Section 2(k), 2, 17
Headnote
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Sections 2(k) and 2-A-lndustrial Disputes-Termination of service­ Jurisdiction of civil courts to entertain-Held: The power of Industrial Courts A B c is wide and such forums are empowered to grant adequate relief-Hence, jurisdiction of civil courts is forum for resolution of industrial disputes is the forum constituted under the ID Act- D Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, S.9. The appellants-workmen filed a civil suit in the City Civil Court challenging the orders of their dismissal/removal from service by the respondent-Corporation. The City
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