{"id":236801,"date":"2020-10-06T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T06:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=236801"},"modified":"2020-10-06T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T06:18:32","slug":"sl-sc-s-31-b-5-of-industrial-disputes-act-does-not-debar-from-maintaining-application-to-labour-tribunal-against-termination-of-services-and-to-file-fundamental-rights-application-to-sc-simu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/06\/sl-sc-s-31-b-5-of-industrial-disputes-act-does-not-debar-from-maintaining-application-to-labour-tribunal-against-termination-of-services-and-to-file-fundamental-rights-application-to-sc-simu\/","title":{"rendered":"SL SC | S. 31 B (5) of Industrial Disputes Act does not debar from maintaining application to\u00a0Labour Tribunal against termination of services and to file fundamental rights application to SC simultaneously"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: <\/strong>A Full Bench of Jayantha Jayasuriya, CJ and Murdu N.B. Fernando and S. Thurairaja, JJ., allowed an appeal which was filed being aggrieved by the order of the High Court in a matter of violation of fundamental rights alleging unlawful termination of employment.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The employee Applicant \u2013 Appellant \u2013 Appellant (Employee \u2013 Appellant) was recruited by Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau i.e. Respondent \u2013 Respondent \u2013 Respondent (Employer \u2013 Respondent) as a Civil Engineer Grade D1, in January 1986. The Employee \u2013 Appellant was suspended on a disciplinary issue on the 26th of August 2011, was found guilty upon the conclusion of the disciplinary inquiry and was terminated from employment on the 14th of October 2013. Being aggrieved with the termination of employment, the Employee \u2013 Appellant had filed a fundamental rights application in the Supreme Court against the Employer \u2013 Respondent alleging that the termination of his services was a breach of his fundamental rights enshrined in Article 12(1), 12(2) and 14(1) (g) of the Constitution. Subsequently the Employee \u2013 Appellant had filed an application against the Employer \u2013 Respondent in the Labour Tribunal of Colombo on the 17-03-2014 challenging the termination of his services. The Employer \u2013 Respondent filed its answer and raised the preliminary objection under Section 31 B (5) of the Industrial Disputes Act No.43 of 1950, that the Employee \u2013 Appellant could not maintain an application before the Labour Tribunal due to the fact that he had first filed a fundamental rights application before the Supreme Court. The preliminary objection was upheld by the Labour Tribunal and the Employee \u2013 Appellant\u2019s application was dismissed. Being dissatisfied with the order the Employee \u2013 Appellant appealed to the High Court, it upheld the order of the Labour Tribunal and dismissed the appeal of the Employee \u2013 Appellant. Being aggrieved with the said Order of the High Court, the Employee \u2013 Appellant preferred an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court and leave to appeal was granted on the questions of law.<\/p>\n

The Counsel for the Employer \u2013 Respondent, relying on Section 31B (5)<\/strong>, submitted that the Employee \u2013 Appellant can challenge the termination of his services in several forums including the Labour Tribunal, District Court and Supreme Court, but he cannot seek legal remedies from multiple forums in respect of the same issue \/ dispute.<\/p>\n

Issue: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The issue of law to be decided in this appeal was whether the provisions of section 31B (5) <\/strong>of the Industrial Disputes Act No. 43 of 1950, as amended, debar the Employee \u2013 Appellant from maintaining his application to the Labour Tribunal against the termination of his services by the Employer \u2013 Respondent claiming that the said termination of his services violated his fundamental rights guaranteed by Articles 12 (1)<\/strong>, 12 (2) <\/strong>and 14 (1) (g) <\/strong>of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Decision:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Court interpreted Part IV A of the Act which contains the provisions relating to Labour Tribunals, including section 31B (5)<\/strong>. Part IVA was introduced by the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act No. 62 of 1957. Part IVA initially had four sections – i.e.: <\/em>sections 31A<\/strong>, 31B<\/strong>, 31C <\/strong>and 31D<\/strong>. These sections have been subjected to a few amendments since 1957. Further, new sections 31DD<\/strong>, 31DDD <\/strong>[later repealed] and 31DDDD <\/strong>were added to Part IVA, by other Amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act and held that,<\/p>\n

\u201ca workman who chooses not to avail himself of the procedure available under Part IVA of the Act in the first instance, but later realizes that he should resort to the provisions of Part IVA of the Act, should be penalized by debarring him from doing so unless he has received a determination from that other forum. I would add that debarring a workman from having access to a Labour Tribunal merely because he has, perhaps misguidedly, previously decided to refer his claim to another forum but has not received a determination from that forum, would go against the clear intention of the Legislature when it introduced Labour Tribunals in 1957.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Court while allowing the appeal relied on the Supreme Court judgment of Gamaethige v. Siriwardene<\/em>, (1988 II CALR 62) where it was observed that exercise of the Supreme Court\u2019s fundamental rights jurisdiction \u201ccannot be equated to the prerogative writs\u201d<\/em>. This statement highlighted the even wider gulf between the nature of a fundamental rights application and an application to a Labour Tribunal. In view of these essential differences, it was said that the workman-appellant\u2019s fundamental rights application and his application to the Labour Tribunal cover the same or similar ground and have the same or similar scope.<\/p>\n

Secondly, it appeared that the Employee-Appellant\u2019s fundamental rights application and his application to the Labour Tribunal sought similar substantive reliefs.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, whether he has been subjected to unequal treatment or been denied the equal protection of the law or been made the victim of unreasonable or arbitrary or mala fide <\/em>action on the part of the employer-respondent [which is said to be an organ or entity of the State]. The termination of the workman-appellant\u2019s services is only a part of the issue before the Supreme Court and is looked at by this Court in the context of the questions described in the preceding sentence. On the other hand, the application to the Labour Tribunal will be decided solely on the core issue of whether the termination of services was just and equitable.<\/p>\n

Fourthly, there was a significant disparity between the procedure followed by this Court in entertaining and determining the workman-appellant\u2019s fundamental rights application and the procedure followed by a Labour Tribunal when determining the application made to it by the Employee-Appellant. The fundamental rights application will proceed to a full hearing only if the Employee-Appellant is first able to make out a prima facie <\/em>case that his fundamental rights have been violated by the Employer-Respondent and is granted Leave to Proceed with the fundamental rights application.<\/p>\n

The Court set aside the decision of the Labour Court and the High Court and directed the Labour Court to rehear the application.[W.K.P.I. Rodrigo v. Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau, SC Appeal No: 228 of 2017, decided on 02-10-2020]<\/p>\n

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Suchita Shukla, Editorial Assitant has put this story together<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Fernando, PC, and S. Thurairaja, PC, JJ., allowed an application for special leave to appeal filed aggrieved by the order of the High Court. 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