12. The issue was further examined in Prabhakar vs. Joint Director Sericulture Department and another (2015) 15 SCC 1. It was a case under the Industrial Disputes Act. In the aforesaid case the matter in dispute was regarding delay in raising the industrial dispute. The opinion expressed by the Court was that right not exercised for a long time is non-existent even if there is no limitation period prescribed. The litigant was non-suited on the doctrine of delay and laches as well as doctrine of acquiescence. Paragraph 38 of the judgment is extracted below:-