Nitin Shankar Shinde v. the Cloth Market and Shops Labour
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 15202 of 2025, Bombay High Court, decided 17 April 2026; Nitin Shankar Shinde & Ors. v. The Cloth Market and Shops Labour Board, Greater Mumbai & Ors.; quashing sought of Secretary's order dated 26 September 2025 (Exh.S) passed on a Minister of Labour direction suggesting the order dated 25 August 2025 requires not to be acted upon; reliance on Dilip Gajanan Gawde v. The Metal and Paper Market and Shops Labour Board (Writ Petition No.11497 of 2022, order dated 14 October 2022); impugned order not to be given effect until Labour Minister decides Respondent Nos.4 to 7's representation (six weeks) plus two weeks; adverse decision moratorium of two weeks; liberty to file fresh proceedings; maintainability and merits kept open; petition disposed, prayers not pressed.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed of with prayers not pressed: impugned order dated 26 September 2025 not to be given effect until the representation of Respondent Nos.4 to 7 before the Labour Minister is decided (within six weeks) and for two weeks thereafter; any adverse decision of the Labour Minister not to be given effect for two weeks, with liberty to the Petitioner to challenge it; merits and maintainability expressly left open.