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Citation: 1960 PLD 151
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 1969
Decision Date: 1969-12-31
Parties: MESSRS THE ATTOCK OIL Co. LTD. vs THE SUPREME BODY OF OILFIELDS LEAGUE JUDGMENT
Case cited as PLD 1960 SC 151
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Karam Elahi Chauhan, Muhammad Fazle Ghani Khan Title:MESSRS THE ATTOCK OIL Co. LTD. vs THE SUPREME BODY OF OILFIELDS LEAGUE JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 122 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD FAZLE GHANI KHAN, J.-The declaration of bonus for the year ending December 1965 by the appellant at the rate of 2--months' pay resulted in a labour unrest and mob agitation by its workers. The appellant-Company proposed to take disciplinary action against eleven persons alleged to be responsible for trouble making but on the intervention of the Director of Labour this matter was dropped and conciliation proceedings were commenced on the 15th of June 1965 which ultimately ended in failure and a certificate to this effect was granted by the Conciliation Officer on the 5th of July 1965. The respondent Union did not file its application before Industrial Court in the beginning and continued its campaign against the Company and restrained the workers not to draw their bonus. The continued struggle and agitation of the Union, demanding 3 months' pay as bonus, compelled the appellant to file an application under section 5(5) of the Industrial Disputes Ordi--nance, 1959 (hereinafter called the Ordinance) which was registered by the Industrial Court (hereinafter referred to as the Court) as Industrial Dispute No. 41 of 1965. The application was accompanied by a petition under section 10(1) (a) of the Ordinance for a declaration…
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