Constitution of India

— Art. 226 — Alternative remedy/Exhaustion of remedies — Bypassing of statutory remedy — Labour Laws — Held, writ petition should not be entertained when the statutory remedy is available under the Act concerned, unless exceptional circumstances are made out — As dispute in question (covered under S. 22, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965) was covered under definition of <169>industrial dispute<170> under ID Act, 1947, matter remanded for reference to Industrial Tribunal — High Court should not have entertained writ petition and should have directed petitioners to avail statutory remedy, (2006) 5 SCC 469-A

Labour Law

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

— S. 10 — Discretion of appropriate Government under to make reference — Interference with, by court — Direction to appropriate Government to make reference under — When warranted, (2006) 5 SCC 469-B