PAK CIGARETTE LABOUR UNION vs MESSRS PAKISTAN TOBACCO COMPANY — 1972 PLC 150

Citation: 1972 PLC 150

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-05-31

Parties: PAK CIGARETTE LABOUR UNION vs MESSRS PAKISTAN TOBACCO COMPANY LTD., KARACHI AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 150

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:PAK CIGARETTE LABOUR UNION vs MESSRS PAKISTAN TOBACCO COMPANY LTD., KARACHI AND ANOTHER Case No.: Appeal NG. KAR-369 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-05-31 Reported As: 1972 PLC 150 Result: award is modified Judgment DECISION This is an appeal against an award dated 24th February 1971, whereby the learned Chairman of the Second Sind Labour Court, Karachi, dismissed the to demands which required adjudication, namely, the one relating to the re-instatement of Lal Masih and the other regarding the payment ofthan to loans to the workers from their provident Fund contribution. The facts giving rise to the appeal briefly put are these. 2. Lal Masih was charge-sheeted for theft of 6104 cigarettes from the factory premises of the respondent-Company. Lal Masih was dismissed on 1st April. 1968, after due enquiry. The other demand is relating to the grant of more than to loans to all the workmen against their Provident Fund contribution. There was another demand also regarding the payment of cash in lieu of the leave that a workman may have been entitled to avail of. This demand was not pressed before the learned Chairman, as the same had been settled between the parties. 3. Mr. Nayab Naqvi, the learned Representative for Lai Masih contended that Lai Masih was charge- sheeted after about 14 days of the occurrence. He contended on the basis of this delay that there was no case against Lai Masih. In the second place, Mr.…

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