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Citation: 1961 PLD 403
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 1970
Decision Date: 1970-12-31
Case cited as PLD 1961 SC 403
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Waheeduddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, JUDGMENT Reported As: 1971 PLC 1 Result: Appeal partly accepted Judgment JUDGMENT WAHIDUDDIN AIIMAD, J.-This appeal by special leave arises out of an award in Industrial Dispute No. 7 of 1960, announced by the Industrial Court on the 6th March 1962. By this award the Industrial Court rejected all the demands of the Bata Mazdoor League except one, viz. payment of wages for weeks 47 to 49 of 1957 to the workers in Departments 421- and 424. The relation between the workers and the Management of the Bata Shoe Company (Pakistan) Limited has not been very happy since a very long time. The first trouble between the Management and the workers started in 1956. In order to settle the dispute, the Governor of West Pakistan, by Notification No. LAB-16/42-56 dated the 7th November 1956, appointed Sh. Muhammad Rafiq, the then - District and Sessions Judge, Lahore, for the adjudication of the disputes raised by the workers. The Management and Bata Mazdoor League entered into a compromise, which was incorporated in an award published in the Gazette of Extraordinary dated the 2nd March 1967.Subsequently, fresh disputes arose between the workers and the Management. The workers went on strike on the 19th June 1958. The respondent-company made an application to the Provincial Government for reference of the said industrial dispute to a Tribunal. Thereupon, the West Pakistan Government…
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