MESSRS PHONEX MILLS LTD., KARACHI vs WORKERS' UNION — 1972 PLC 412

Citation: 1972 PLC 412

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-11-25

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

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 412

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Kasam Usman Kandawala, F. A. Khan, Shaffi M. R. Ahmad Title: MESSRS PHONEX MILLS LTD., KARACHI vs WORKERS' UNION Case No.: Applications Nos. 26 and 1246 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-11-25 Reported As: 1972 PLC 412 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER SHAFFI MUHAMMAD R. ARHUND (CHAIRMAN): This appli--cation under section 45 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, has been moved by the applicants for prohibiting the strike by the respondents, which, according to the applicants, is illegal. The case of the applicants is that the respondent-Union is the Registered Trade Union and the Collective Bargaining Agent of their Factory. On let December 1969, the applicant and the respondent signed an Agreement which is in operation and binding on both the parties till 30th November 1971. Accord--ing to which the respondent-Union is barred from raising any demand till that period. According to the usual practice, the Annual Bonus for each year was distributed among the workers in the month of December every year. The bonus for the present year would be distributed with effect from 16th December 1971. However, keeping in view the coming Festival of Eid-ul-Fitter the applicants decided to pay the wages to all the workers on 18th November 1971, instead of 20th November 1971. But the respondent-Union demanded that the bonus be also paid before Eid-ul-Fitter. The applicant was, however, not in a position to pay the bonus in addition to the wages on account of…

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