Supreme Court of India

Smt. K. A. Annamma v. The Secretary, Cochin Co-operative Hospital Society Ltd.

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Bench R.K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 12 January 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the view of majority Judges cannot be upheld whereas the view of the minority Judges deserves to be upheld and is accordingly upheld.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 – Service dispute – Jurisdiction of the labour court – On facts, service dispute between a co-operative society’s employee and the employer-Co-operative Society – Jurisdiction of the labour court under the Act – Held: The KCS Act and the ID Act both possess and enjoy the concurrent jurisdiction to decide any service dispute arising between the Co-operative Society’s Employee and his/her employer-Co-operative Society – It is the choice of the employee concerned to choose any one forum out of the two forums available to him/her under the KCS Act and ID Act, to get…

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