SHALIMAR WORKS LIMITED THE WORKMEN OF SHALIMAR WORKS LIMITED Vs. THEIR WORKMEN: SHALIMAR WORKS LIMITED

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE following Judgment of the court was delivered by

(2.) THESE are two appeals by special leave against the same decision of the Labour Appellate tribunal of India in a dispute between Messrs. Shalimar Works Ltd., Howrah (hereinafter called the company) and its workmen represented by two unions (hereinafter called the workmen). Appeal No. 317 is by the company while appeal No. 318 is by the workmen. We shall dispose them of by one judgment.

(3.) BOTH parties appealed to the Labour Appellate tribunal against this revision. The company contended that no greater revision than what it had agreed to should have been ordered. In the workmen's appeal it was contended that the scheme put forward on their behalf should have been accepted. They further contended that the condition of minimum attendance for 100 days should not have been laid down and that the bonus for the years 1951 and 1952 should have been awarded at the revised rates.