M/S Grasim Industries Ltd.(Unit Indo ... vs State Of U.P. Thru Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of ... on 23 September, 2019
12. Very much the same argument was raised before the Supreme Court in the cases of Bijay Cotton Mills Limited (supra) and Management of Vishnu Sugar Mills Limited (supra). The Supreme Court has rejected such argument and observed that unless there is a notification of the Central Government with regard to bringing any industry under its control with respect to Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the same cannot be said to be a controlled industry under the Industrial Disputes Act. The "appropriate Government" would, therefore, not be the Central Government, but only the State Government.