1995 (5) TMI 246 - SUPREME COURT

Whether by virtue of the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act read with the Standing Orders aforesaid, the Civil Court's jurisdiction to take cognizance of such suits is barred?

Held that:- The suits filed by the respondents in these appeals were not maintainable. Where the dispute arises from general law of contract, i.e., where reliefs are claimed on the basis of the general law of contract, a suit filed in civil court cannot be said to be not maintainable, even though such a dispute may also constitute an "industrial dispute" within the meaning of Section 2(k) or Section 2-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.