Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 537 · Decided 18 May 2018
M/S. Haryana Suraj Malting LTD. v. Phool Chand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 537 · [2018] 5 S.C.R. 377
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5650/2018
- Decided
- 18 May 2018
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, NAVIN SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Limitation Act; Industrial Disputes Act Section 16, 17, 17A, 17(1)
Headnote
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: ss. 16, 17 and 17A - Ex-parte award - Power to recall, by the Industrial Tribunal/Labour Court after it becomes enforceable - Held: Industrial tribunal/labour court is not functus officio after the award has become enforceable, as far as setting - It is within its powers to entertain an application as per the scheme of the Act and in terms of the rules of natural justice - Merely because an award has become enforceable, does not necessarily mean that it has become binding - For an award to become binding, it should
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