INDIAN OXYGEN LTD. vs THEIR WORKMEN — 1970 PLC 513

Citation: 1970 PLC 513

Court: Supreme Court of India

Year: 1968

Decision Date: 1968-08-05

Parties: INDIAN OXYGEN LTD. vs THEIR WORKMEN

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Case cited as 1970 PLC 513

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of India Judge(s): J. M. Shelat, C. A. Vaidialingam, V. Bhargava Title: INDIAN OXYGEN LTD. vs THEIR WORKMEN Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 560 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1968-08-05 Reported As: 1970 PLC 513 Result: award set aside JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SHELAT, J.-This appeal, by special leave, is against the award dated 28th September. 1964, of the Industrial Tribunal, Patna. The appellant-company is an all India complex having establishments in different parts of the country. In Bihar alone, it has two factories, one at Jamshedpur and the other at Ranchi, and has depots at Patna and other towns. The factory at Jamshedpur is an establishment under the Bihar Shops and Establishments Act. Certain disputes having arisen between the appellant-company and its workmen employed in the factory at Jamshedpur, the company and the said workmen represented by their Union called the Indoxco Labour Union, Jamshedpur, made a joint application dated 7th September 1963, to the Government of Bihar for a reference under section 10(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. By a notification dated 23rd October "1963, the Government referred five disputes to the Tribunal for adjudication. We are concerned in this appeal with only two disputes arising from Demands Nos. 3 and 5. These demands were:-- "No.3:--The payment of overtime to office staff should be 1 1/2tunes the ordinary, rate beyond their normal duty hours." "No 5.-Union representatives should be allowed special to…

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