after hearing the parties and considering the evidence adduced by them in support of their respective companytentions the tribunal disallowed the respondents claim for bonus for the years 1954 55 but allowed it for the years 1956 57.
the appellant in this case carries on the business of publishing certain newspapers and periodicals in english and in the vernacular from four centers in india.
13 of 1958 32 of 1957 and 47 of 1959 respectively.
the industrial tribunal which heard this dispute pronumbernced its award on the 11th of january 1960.
venkataraman for respondent number 2 in c.a.
it appears that for the four years prior to 1956 the question of bonus had been disposed of by a tripartite board of arbitration appointed for each year by the government.
civil appeal number159/61 arises out of a reference made by the state government of madras on the 3rd october 1959 in respect of an industrial dispute for bonus for the year 1958 between 51 mills and their respective employees.
419 of 1960 302 of 1959 and 159 of 1961.
the claim for bonus which has been referred by the state government for adjudication to the industrial tribunal at madras on the 19th august 1957 relates to the years 1954 55 and 1956 1957.
appeals from the awards dated september 5 1958 september 15 1958 and january 11 1960 of the industrial tribunal madras in i.d.
to this reference the different mills and three unions which represented the employees were made parties.
it is against this award that the 23 mills have companye to this companyrt by special leave in this appeal.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeals number.
for the year 1956 negotiations were held at governmental level to evolve a satisfactory solution by companysent but since the said negotiations failed the parties agreed on some interim payment leaving the rest of the dispute to be adjudicated upon by the industrial tribunal.
number 159 of 1961 .
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by gajendragadkar j. these three appeals arise out of an industrial dispute between the industrial employers who are the appellants and their respective workmen who are the respondents in respect of the latters claim for bonus.
february 1.
v. viswanatha sastri and g. gopalakrishnan for the appellants.
number.
number 419 of 60 and respondents number.
the said dispute was referred for industrial adjudication to the industrial tribunal madras state government on the 13th march 1958.
we would first set out briefly the material facts in the three respective appeals.
number 302 of 59 .
madras madurai bombay and delhi.
k. ramamurthy and rameshwar nath for the respondent in c.a.
the honumberary secretary the south india millowners association and other mills are the appellants in civil appeal number 419/60.
r. dolia and rameshwar nath for respondent number 1 in appeals number.
2 and 4 in c.a.
they have been heard together because they raise some common questions of general importance.
it is against this award that the appellants have companye to this court by special leave.
419 of 60 and 159 of 61 .
k. ramamurthy and t.s.
