High Court Upholds Industrial Tribunal's Finding that Forest Department is an 'Industry' under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Workman Denied Reinstatement with Back Wages Due to Lack of Regularisation Policy. The Court held that the Forest Department's activities are not sovereign functions and thus fall within the definition of 'industry' under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, but the daily wage workman was not entitled to back wages or continuity of service as there was no regularisation scheme.
10 Sep 2013The case involves two writ petitions: one by the State of Karnataka and its forest authorities challenging the Industrial Tribunal's award dated 14.09...




