Industrial (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951

The respondent, Sagar Thomas, a branch manager of Federal Bank, was dismissed after a disciplinary enquiry and challenged the dismissal by filing a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. The High Court held the petition maintainable, deeming the bank a public authority performing a public duty. The bank a…

M/s Coromandal Sacks supplied HDPE bags to Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd (FCIL) and sued for recovery of unpaid amounts, alleging price differences, liquidated damages, penalties and loss of unsold bags. FCIL contended it was a sick industrial company under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, …

The Shri Yovan, India Cements Employees Union challenged the termination of about 300 contract workers employed through contractors of India Cements Ltd., arguing that they should be made permanent employees. After conciliation failed, the Tamil Nadu Government issued a notification under Section 10(1)(c) of the Indust…

The case arose when a group of shareholders filed a winding‑up petition against Ramakrishna Industries Ltd. and obtained an interim injunction that threatened the payment of wages and supplies to the company's employees. Three trade unions representing the workers applied to be impleaded as respondents, arguing that th…

Mis. SIV Industries Ltd., a 100% Export Oriented Unit, sought to withdraw (debond) from the EOU scheme and paid all customs and excise duties as required. The dispute centered on whether excise duty on the finished goods in stock at the time of debonding should be levied under Section 3(1) of the Central Excise and Sal…

The dispute arose when Ojas Industries filed an Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum (IEM) to set up a sugar mill, and Oudh Sugar Mills filed a later IEM within 7.2 km of Ojas' proposed site. The Delhi High Court held that the 15‑km distance rule applied only between an existing and a proposed mill, not between two propo…

The Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of Coal India Ltd.'s electronic auction (E‑Auction) scheme for allocating coal to non‑core sector consumers. The petitioners argued that coal is an essential commodity and that the scheme's variable pricing, lack of a fixed price, and inclusion of core‑sector entities vi…