Sundarao S/O. Shikhamani Jakkam v. the Management
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench (WP No. 67388 of 2011 (L-ESI), decided 28 August 2025, C.M. Poonacha, J.). Keywords: writ of certiorari against labour court award; Section 10(1)(c) Industrial Disputes Act 1947 reference; resignation letter Ex.M1; allegation of misuse of signed blank paper; charge sheet dated 8.4.2005 for habitual unauthorised absence; Broke Boy, House Department, West Coast Paper Mills Ltd., Dandeli; workman failed to file claim statement and adduce evidence before Labour Court; petition dismissed as devoid of merit. Parties: Sundarao s/o Shikhamani Jakkam (petitioner, advs. R.K. Hatti and K.H. Bagi) vs Management, West Coast Paper Mills Ltd. (respondent, adv. Ravi Hegde).
What did the court decide?
Even in the present petition, the petitioner/workman has not stated the reason for non-filing of the claim statement before the Labour Court and for not examining himself before the Labour Court.