Jaitu Oraon @ Jeetu Uranw v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order, Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4543 of 2023, dt. 19-11-2024, Justice Mohit Kumar Shah. Subject matter: writ petition seeking compensation for death of workers during employment / contractual employment at Leh-Ladakh, and monetary benefits for their family members. Respondents included the State of Bihar, Union of India, UT of Leh and Ladakh, National Human Rights Commission, Chief Labour Commissioner, Secretary Ministry of Defence, and contractor M/s N.K. Gupta Builders Pvt. Ltd. Outcome: petition not pressed by counsel; liberty granted to pursue alternative remedies; petition disposed of; no quantum awarded and no merits decided. Relevant chiefly for withdrawal-of-writ-petition / liberty-for-alternative-remedies practice, not substantive compensation law.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to avail such other alternative remedies as are otherwise available under the law; petition withdrawn without adjudication of the compensation claim.