Sri Marthesha G S v. the Chief Executive Officer and MD
Case brief
What is this about?
NC 2025:KHC:23925; WP No. 19264 of 2025 (L-RES), HC-KAR, decided 03-07-2025 by Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde. Party-in-person petitioner Marthesha G S v. CEO & MD, L&T Technology Services Ltd. Mandamus sought for expeditious disposal of I.A. Nos. 1 and 2 in I.D. No. 44 of 2022 before Principal Labour Court, Bengaluru; pending jurisdictional objection based on arbitration clause and early-disposal request. Keywords: Industrial Disputes Act 1947, expeditious disposal, Labour Court delay, arbitration clause jurisdiction, Articles 226/227, disposed of ex parte without notice, liberty to seek modification.
What did the court decide?
Labour Court requested/directed to dispose of pending I.A. Nos. 1 and 2 in I.D. No. 44 of 2022 expeditiously, taking the pleaded urgency into account; both parties to cooperate for early disposal; order passed without notice to respondent, who retains liberty to seek modification of the order.