RESIDENT EDITOR, THE EASTERN EXAMINER, CHITTAGONG vs SHAFIQUR — 1971 PLC 101

Citation: 1971 PLC 101

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-07-06

Parties: RESIDENT EDITOR, THE EASTERN EXAMINER, CHITTAGONG vs SHAFIQUR RAHMAN

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PLC 101

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): M. A. Sabur, Ms. Nurul Huda, M. A. Meerza Title:RESIDENT EDITOR, THE EASTERN EXAMINER, CHITTAGONG vs SHAFIQUR RAHMAN Case No.: Case No. 2 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-07-06 Reported As: 1971 PLC 101 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER MD. NURUL HUDA (CHAIRMAN). Resident Editor, the Eastern Examiner is 11he petitioner. He has filed this application under section 18 (7) of the East Pakistan Employ--ment of Labour (Standing Orders) Act, 1963 for permission to dismiss the second party workers from their services. It is alleged that on the 7th of January 197(1, the employees resorted to illegal strike at 2: 00 p.m. and continued the same till 7:30 a.m., of 8-1-1970. So, the establishment could not publish the paper, the Eastern Examiner, on the 8 of January 1970. It is further alleged that on some previous occasions also the workers resorted to similar sudden lighting strike. So, on the ground of the illegal strike, resorted to by the workers on the 7th of January 1970, permission' has been sought for the dismissal of the workers. On behalf of the second party workers a written objection has been filed, wherein the allegations of resorting to strike by the ' workers have been denied. It gas been said that on the date fixed for payment of wages, the first party deferred the same alleging some technical difficulties. The second party workers there upon wanted to know the reasons for non-payment of wages on 7-1- 1970, which was the due date. This is said…

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