Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated the 6th October, 1956, of the Industrial Tribunal, Bombay, in Reference I. T. Nos.
Janardhan Sharma and B. P. Maheshwari, for the Intervener.
L. Dudhia and I. N. Shroff, for respondent No.
May 5.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by 1004 GAJENDRAGADKAR, J. This appeal by special leave arises from a bonus dispute between the Indian Oxygen Acetylene Co., Private Ltd., hereafter called the appellant and its workmen, the relevant years for the bonus claim being 1952 53 and 1953 54.
CIVIL APPELLATE, JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
H. Buch and I. N. Shroff, for respondent No.
T. No.
Its business is to manufacture and sell oxygen and acetylene.
The claim raised by the workmen excluding clerical staff was numbered as Ref.
40 of 1956, while that made by the clerical staff was numbered as Ref.
44 of 1956.
This claim was made separately by the workmen excluding the members of the clerical staff as well as by the clerical staff and the two claims thus made were referred by the Bombay Government to the Industrial Tribu nal for its adjudication.
I. T. No.
753 of 1957.
The appellant is a private limited companypany incorporated in 1935 and it has its head office at Calcutta.
Both categories of workmen will hereafter be described as the respondents in this judgment.
40 44 of 1956.
K. Daphtary, Solicitor General of India, N. A. Palkhivala, J. B. Dadachanji and S. N. Andley, for the appellant.
