Supreme Court of India
Chief Conservator of Forests v. Jagannath Maruti Kondhare
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the aforesaid scheme undertaken by the Forest Department cannot he regarded as a part of sovereign function of the State, and so, it was open to the respondents to invoke the provisions of the State Act.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Industrial Disputes Act 1947 s.2(j)-Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act 1971-"ln dustry''-Scheme undertaken by Forest Department for creation of park under bio-aesthetic development for benefit of urban population, or social forestry work, whether sovereign function vf state-Whether Forest Depmtment can be "industry''-Held, dichotomy or sovereign and non-sovereign function does not exist-It would depend on nature of power and manner of its exer cise-Scheme, held, is not part of inalienable or inescapable function of state-Such work could be
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Sudarshan Rajpoot v. U.P. State Road Transport Corporation
- 2013 Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. & Ors. v. Partha Sarathi Sen Roy & Ors.
- 1997 Physical Research Laboratory v. K.G. Sharma
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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