KOHINOOR SILK MILLS WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS KOHINOOR SILK MILLS LTD., — 1970 PLC 336

Citation: 1970 PLC 336

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-02-04

Parties: KOHINOOR SILK MILLS WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS KOHINOOR SILK MILLS LTD., KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 PLC 336

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:KOHINOOR SILK MILLS WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS KOHINOOR SILK MILLS LTD., KARACHI Case No.: Appeal No. KAR-9 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-02-04 Reported As: 1970 PLC 336 Result: application is accordingly Judgment ORDER This is an appeal under section 37(3) of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (hereinafter called the Ordinance), against an order of the learned Chairman of the First West Pakistan Labour Court, Karachi, dated 8th January 1970. The impugned order was passed on an application under section 34 read with section 45 of the Ordinance. The facts giving rise to the appeal briefly put are these. 2. The Kohinoor Silk Mills Workers' Union, through its General Secretary, made an application under section 34 read with section 45 of the Ordinance on 6th January 1970, before the learned Chairman of the First West Pakistan Labour Court, stating therein that the Union, had sent a Charter of Demands to the respondent-Management for its consideration. On 5th January 1970, the workmen went to the Mill, but they were locked out through a notice pasted at the gate of the Mill. It was stated that the lock-out was against the provisions of the Ordinance and was designed to coerce the workmen to drop their demands. It was prayed, on these facts, to prohibit the continu--ance of the, illegal lock-out and to grant full wages for the period of the illegal lock-out. There was also a general prayer to grant such…

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