Smt. Ranjana Eknath Phad vs Registrar, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Advocate - D. S. Joshi — 11/2023

Summary The Industrial Court rejected the interim relief application of Smt. Ranjana Eknath Phad, an Assistant Superintendent at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, but allowed her underlying unfair labour practice complaint to proceed for final hearing. The court found that while the respondent university raised jurisdictional objections, the complaint remained maintainable under the MRTU & PULP Act, 1971, and the suspension order issued on 12.01.2023 could not be stayed at the interim stage given consistent complaints about the employee's performance and the educational sector's time-sensitive nature. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.