AHMAD ABDUL GHANI TEXTILE MILLS, KARACHI vs EMPLOYEES' UNION — 1972 PLC 382

Citation: 1972 PLC 382

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-09-17

Parties: AHMAD ABDUL GHANI TEXTILE MILLS, KARACHI vs EMPLOYEES' UNION

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Case cited as 1972 PLC 382

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Muhammad Rasheed, Shoukat Ali A. Nanji, Hidayat Hussain Title: AHMAD ABDUL GHANI TEXTILE MILLS, KARACHI vs EMPLOYEES' UNION Case No.: Application No. 51 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-09-17 Reported As: 1972 PLC 382 Result: application is rejected Judgment ORDER HIDAYAT HUSSAIN (CHAIRMAN).-The applicant-Management has filed Application No. 579/71, under section 34 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, pleading that the respon--dent-Union has instigated the workers to resort to illegal strike since 2nd September 1971. In that application they have prayed this Court to determine the nature of strike. In this application under section 45 the applicant-Management prays for a direction to the respondent-Union to discontinue the strike which according to them is illegal. Mr. Masood Mirza appears for the applicant-Management. His contentions are as follows:- (a) The conciliation proceedings failed on 20th August 1971, and the respondents did not proceed on strike until 2n3 September 1971. (b) The strike has not been resorted to in pursuance of the demands contained in the strike notice, dated 27th July 1971. Instead it is directed at forcing the Management to agree to make a joint application to the Court for adjudication. Mr. Muhammad Shafique Qureshi, appears for the respon--dents. His contentions are as follows (a) The workers proceeded c n strike after observing the provisions of law. (b) It is correct that the conciliation proceedings…

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