Emerald Haven Estate Limited vs The Secretary To Government on 30 September, 2011
In the case of Emerald Valley Estates Ltd (by Managing
Director) Vs Secretary for Kerala, Estates and Staff's Union of
South India, & Anr.45, the Court was concerned with an
employee who was transferred from Kerala to Karnataka.
After his efforts to secure a re-transfer to Kerala failed, he
resigned and alleged that the transfer was an act of
victimisation on account of his trade union activities. The
Kerala State referred the resultant industrial dispute for
adjudication to the Tribunal. The employer challenged the
State of Kerala's jurisdiction to refer the dispute, arguing that
only the State of Karnataka was the appropriate government
competent to refer it.