B.Velmurugan v. the Managing Director
Case brief
What is this about?
Delay and laches; belated writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking certiorari to quash the award of the Labour Court, Pondicherry in I.D.No.8/2009 dated 27.09.2011 (industrial dispute reference made by the Government of Pondicherry); petitioner/workman B. Velmurugan versus The Managing Director, Pond’s Exports Limited (footwear factory), Pondicherry; award had attained finality; no explanation of delay in affidavit; oral plea of family background rejected; writ petition dismissed with no costs; advocate Mr. V. Vadivelou; decided 08.01.2026 by D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, J.
What did the court decide?
The challenge to the Labour Court award cannot be permitted solely on the ground of delay and laches: the delay is enormous, the workman allowed the award to attain finality and approached the Court very belatedly in the year 2026, and no reason for the delay was given in the affidavit; the oral submission regarding the petitioner's family background does not alter this.