WORKMEN OF DIMAKUCHI TEA ESTATE vs THE MANAGEMENT OF DIMAKUCHITEA ESTATE

The Supreme Court interpreted Section 2(k) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, determining that the term 'any person' cannot be understood in its ordinary sense but must be contextualized within the Act's objectives. The Court established that for a dispute to qualify as an industrial dispute, it must be real and involve a person with whom the disputing parties have a direct interest in employment or conditions of labor. The appeal was dismissed as the dispute involved a person not classified as a workman under the Act, thus not constituting an industrial dispute.