KAPUS EKADHIKAR KARAMCHARI SANGH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of the Writ Petition by the Bombay High Court, affirming the Industrial Court's award under the Maharashtra Raw Cotton (Procurement, Processing & Marketing) Act, 1971. The Court clarified that the definition of 'Cotton Season' under Section 2(j) was implicitly considered in the earlier judgment of Maharashtra State Cooperative Cotton Growers’ Marketing Federation Ltd. v. Employees Union, despite not being explicitly mentioned. The Court concluded that the definition did not alter the outcome of the previous decision, thus maintaining the legal principles established therein.