WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS ADAM TEA BLENDING FACTORY, KARACHI, — 1972 PLC 488

Citation: 1972 PLC 488

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-11-16

Parties: WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS ADAM TEA BLENDING FACTORY, KARACHI,

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 488

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title: WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS ADAM TEA BLENDING FACTORY, KARACHI, Case No.: Appeal No. KAR-479 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-11-16 Reported As: 1972 PLC 488 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment DECISION This is an appeal against an order of the learned Labour Court No. 1, Karachi, on an application under section 45 of the industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (hereinafter called the Ordinance), whereby the learned Court prohibited the con--tinuance of the strike and ordered the workers to resume work. The facts giving rise to the appeal briefly put are these. 2. The Management (hereinafter called the respondent) terminated the services of 50 of its workers out of 96, on the ground that there was not sufficient work to keep all the 96 persons in employment. On the other hand, the case of the appellant Union was that the respondent had illegally locked out the workers and, therefore, they were within their right to go on strike. 3. The respondent made an application under section 4 of the Ordinance complaining that the right guaranteed and secured to it under the provisions of the Ordinance had been infringed by the Union, Inasmuch as the Union did not give notice to the respondent under section 26 of the Ordinance. The respondent also made an application under section 45 of the Ordinance requesting the Court to prohibit the strike and order the workers to resume work. The learned Court, considering the balance of…

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