S.T Cottex Exports Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The petitioner challenged a truck union's insistence on exclusive hiring of truckers, preventing operators with their own fleets from using other trucks. The Court held no one can be forced to comply with unreasonable demands lacking legal legitimacy and directed the S.S.P to act on the representation within two months to stop such activities.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No. 2 (S.S.P Khanna) to look into the petitioner's representation and take action within two months to prevent the truck union from forcing exclusive hiring.