Kapus Ekadhlkar Karmachari Sangh vs State Of Maharashtra And Anr

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the Writ Petition challenging the award of the Industrial Court under the Maharashtra Raw Cotton (Procurement, Processing & Marketing) Act, 1971. The Court clarified that the definition of 'Cotton Season' in Section 2(j) was implicitly considered in the earlier judgment of Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton Growers' Marketing Federation Ltd. v. Employees Union, [1994] Supp 3 SCC 385. The Court concluded that the earlier decision was not in error regarding the definition of seasonal employees under the Cotton Scheme.