Supreme Court of India

Workmen of M/s Bata Shoe Co., (p) Ltd. v. M/s Bata Shoe Co. (p) Ltd.

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Reported as [1973] 1 S.C.R. 450
Bench C. A. Vaidialingam and I. D. Dua JJ.
Decided 1 May 1972

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the award of the Industrial Tribunal is confirmed and this appeal dismissed.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Payment of Bonus Act 1965-P'IJlment of profit bonus-Worktra having agreed in writing to accept bonus in terms of the agreements-­ Whether under, s. 32(vii) (a) such agreements bar further bonus. dispute arose between the respondent company and the appellant• workmen as regards payment of profit bonus under the Payment of Bonus Act 1965. The company, and the appellants, represented by its Union had J,een entering into various agreements from time to time, the last being the agreement on August• 30, 1962 (,Ex. -5). As per Ex. -5, the respondent paid bonus for the year 1964 at the rates

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