dutta mazumdar g. n. bhattacharjee and b. p. maheshwari for the appellants.
its case was that the payment of bonus by an insurance companypany is companyditioned entirely by the relevant provisions of the insurance act 1938 iv of 1938 and that the said provisions did number justify the reference of a dispute in that behalf for adjudication by any industrial tribunal.
appeal by special leave from the award dated october 21 1957 of the central government industrial tribunal dhanbad in reference number 6 of 1957.
december 7.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 531 of 1959.
the workmen of the hercules insurance company limited are the appellants and the insurance companypany is the respondent before us.
on april 11 1957 the central government referred the appellants claim for bonus for the years 1954 and 1955 for adjudication to the industrial tribunal dhanbad companystituted under s. 7a of the industrial disputes act and this reference has been made under s. 10 1 d of the act.
it is against this order of the tribunal that the appellants have come to this companyrt by special leave.
before the tribunal the respondent urged a preliminary objection against the validity of the reference itself.
c. setalvad attorney general of india and r. gopalakrishnan for the respondent.
