Arunkumar Lakhubhai Kotiya vs GENERAL MANAGER, HR, GRASIM IND.LTD., UNIT INDIAN REYON, VERAVAL Advocate - H D RATHOD — 46/2025

Case under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 10. Disposed: Contested--DISPOSED OF on 16th March 2026.

REFER T LC - Referance T

CNR: GJJN160004342025

Case disposed

Filing Number

46/2025

Filing Date

15-07-2025

Registration No

46/2025

Registration Date

15-07-2025

Court

LABOUR COURT, JUNAGADH

Judge

1-JUDGE, LABOUR COURT (JD)

Decision Date

16th March 2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISPOSED OF

Acts & Sections

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 10

Petitioner(s)

Arunkumar Lakhubhai Kotiya

Adv. H V DHORAJIYA

Respondent(s)

GENERAL MANAGER, HR, GRASIM IND.LTD., UNIT INDIAN REYON, VERAVAL Advocate - H D RATHOD

Hearing History

Judge: 1-JUDGE, LABOUR COURT (JD)

16-03-2026

Disposed

12-03-2026

For award

09-03-2026

For Argument of Second party

05-03-2026

For Evidence of first party

02-03-2026

For Evidence of Second party

Final Orders / Judgements

16-03-2026
JUDEGEMENT

Case Summary: Arunkumar Lakhubhai Kotiya v. General Manager, HR, Grasim Industries Ltd. The Labour Court of Junagadh dismissed the petitioner's reference case challenging his termination from employment at GRASIM Industries (Indian Rayon Unit), Veraval. The worker was terminated on 4 July 2001 without notice or compensation, but filed the industrial dispute reference only 24 years later in 2025. The court found the reference time-barred and the dispute stale, noting the worker failed to provide sufficient explanation for the massive delay and had accepted PF settlement in 2005, thereby waiving his claim. The court upheld established legal principles that delay in raising disputes without justification bars relief. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

Interim Orders

31-12-2025
ORDER
casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Arunkumar Lakhubhai Kotiya v. General Manager, HR, Grasim Industries Ltd. The Labour Court of Junagadh dismissed the petitioner's reference case challenging his termination from employment at GRASIM Industries (Indian Rayon Unit), Veraval. The worker was terminated on 4 July 2001 without notice or compensation, but filed the industrial dispute reference only 24 years later in 2025. The court found the reference time-barred and the dispute stale, noting the worker failed to provide sufficient explanation for the massive delay and had accepted PF settlement in 2005, thereby waiving his claim. The court upheld established legal principles that delay in raising disputes without justification bars relief. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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