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PETITIONER: M/S. SWADESHI COTTON MILLS CO.,LTD., KANPUR
Vs.
RESPONDENT: RAJESHWAR PRASHAD AND ORS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 14/11/1960
BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. SARKAR, A.K. WANCHOO, K.N.
CITATION: 1961 AIR 429 1961 SCR (2) 359
ACT: Industrial Dispute--Compromise during pendency of appeal--- Validity--Procedure--The U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (U. P. XXVIII of 1947), ss. 6-c, 2(t)--U. P. Industrial Disputes Rules, 1957, r. 5(1)--Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Act 4 of 1936), s. 23.
HEADNOTE: While this appeal by special leave, relating to an industrial dispute was pending in this Court a Director of the appellant employer and a representative of the respondents employees made an application to the Court praying that an order might be passed in terms of a compromise since an agreement was alleged to have been entered into by the appellants and the respondents. Some of the respondents contested this compromise and the court sent issues to the Tribunal for finding whether the alleged com- promise actually took place between the parties, and if so, was it valid. The Tribunal returned findings to the effect that the compromise did actually take place and was valid. Those findings were contested in the appeal. Held, that a compromise agreement seeking to settle an industrial dispute which was still pendin...