EASTERN COALFIELDS LTD. . vs BAIDYA NATH CHATTERJEE — C.A. No. 2192/2004

Case Summary: Eastern Coalfields Ltd. v. Baidya Nath Chatterjee The Supreme Court dismissed Eastern Coalfields Ltd.'s appeal with costs of ₹20,000 to be paid to respondent Chatterjee within six weeks. The case involved a long-standing dispute over Chatterjee's age determination as a coal company employee; an Industrial Tribunal (1993) and High Court (1994) had both ordered constitution of a medical board to resolve age discrepancies in company records, but the company repeatedly failed to comply with these orders across multiple rounds of litigation. The Court criticized the appellant's deliberate non-compliance with judicial orders and directed immediate implementation without further delay. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.