Chinmaya Mission Hospital Employees Association (R) v. Commissioner of Labour

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Infructuous-dismissal order, not a ruling on the merits. High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; single bench of Hon'ble Ms. Justice Jyoti M; WP No. 9184 of 2023 (L-RES); CNR KAHC010215212023; NC: 2026:KHC:37399; dated 21 July 2026. Labour-side writ petition by a hospital employees' trade union (petitioner) against Labour Commissionerate officials (Respondents 1-3, including the Deputy Commissioner of Labour as Conciliation Officer under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947), the hospital management (Respondent 4) and two rival registered trade unions (Respondents 5 and 6). Dismissed as infructuous on the petitioner counsel's own submission and conscious decision; no issue framed, no precedent value on substantive labour law; relevant only to procedure/practice of withdrawing or getting petitions dismissed as infructuous.