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PETITIONER: VISHWAMITRA PRESS KARYALAYA
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE WORKERS OF VISHWAMITRA PRESS.THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH-
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/12/1952
BENCH: BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. BENCH: BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND DAS, SUDHI RANJAN
CITATION: 1953 AIR 41 1953 SCR 272
ACT: U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, ss. 3, 4-U. P. General Clauses Act, 1904, s. 10-Industrial Tribunal, whether a " Court " Period fixed for making award expiring on holiday-Award pronounced on next working day-Validity of award.
HEADNOTE: The time prescribed for making an award under the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, expired on the 9th June, 1951. The Government extended the period up to 30th June, 1951. The 30th June was a public holiday and 1st July was a Sunday and the Industrial Tribunal pronounced its award on the 2nd July: Held, that an Industrial Tribunal to which a dispute is referred under the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, is a " Court " within the meaning of s. 10 of the U.P. General Clauses Act, 1904, and, as the 30th June and 1st July were holidays, the award pronounced on the 2nd July was not invalid on the ground that it was not pronounced within the period fixed. 273
JUDGMENT: CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 65 of 1952. Appeal from an award dated 17th November, 1951, made by the Labour Appellate Tribunal of Indi...