LAL MUHAMMAD AND 64 Other vs MESSRS BROOKE BOND (PAKISTAN) LTD, — 1970 PLC 1

Citation: 1970 PLC 1

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-01-27

Parties: LAL MUHAMMAD AND 64 Other vs MESSRS BROOKE BOND (PAKISTAN) LTD, KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 PLC 1

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:LAL MUHAMMAD AND 64 Other vs MESSRS BROOKE BOND (PAKISTAN) LTD, KARACHI Case No.: Appeals Nos. KAR-150 to 214 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-01-27 Reported As: 1970 PLC 1 Result: applications made Judgment ORDER I propose to dispose of these appeals by a common order, as the question of fact and law involved is the same. The learned Chairman of the 1st West Pakistan Industrial Court, Karachi, had also disposed of the applications of the Appellants under section 31 of the Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1959 (herein--after called the repeal Ordinance), by one order. The impugned order was passed on October 18, 1968, on an application under section 31 of the repealed Ordinance. The facts giving rise to these appeals are these. 2. The appellants were all Members of Messrs Brooke Bond Workers' Union (Registered). The Union had raised Industrial Dispute No. 55/67, against the respondent-Company in respect of certain demands, which need not be mentioned here. They submitted applications under section 31 of the repeated Ordinance, on 30th September 1967. The allegation was that the Management had become vindictive and started victimizing, the workers due to the industrial dispute and for their legitimate Union activities. The Management stopped 8 workers on 25th September 1967, from "attending to their usual duties": that the remaining workers "became sensitive and apprehensive" and made protest to the…

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