Supreme Court of India

Clerks of Calcutta Tramways v. Calcutta Tramways Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 772
Bench Bhagwati, Venkatarama Ayyar, S. K. Das and Govinda Menon JJ.
Decided 11 October 1956

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Industrial dispute-Dearness allowance-Clerks-Middle class employees-Whether uniform rates to be adopted-Decisions of Trilm­ nals-Power of the Supreme Court to interfere. It is well settled that the decisions of a Tribunal on questions of fact are final and that the Supreme Court would interfere only in cases where (1) the Tribunal acts in excess of the jurisdiction con­ ferred upon it under the statute or regulation creating it or where it ostensibly iails to exercise a patent jurisdiction; (2) there is an error apparenb on the face of the decision; (3) the Tribunal bas erroneously applied

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