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Industrial Disputes Act (No. 27 of 1966) - Sect 43

Appeal to the Supreme Court on question of law arising out of the order of a labour tribunal. [ 14, 62 of 1957.]

31D.
(1) Save as provided in subsection (2) an order of a labour tribunal shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court.
(2) Where the workman who, or the trade union which, makes an application to a labour tribunal or the employer to whom that application relates is dissatisfied with the order of the tribunal on that application, such workman, trade union or employer may, by written petition in which the other party is mentioned as the respondent, appeal to the Supreme Court from that order on a question of law.
(3) Every petition of appeal to the Supreme Court shall bear uncancelled stamps to the value of five rupees and shall be filed in the Supreme Court within a period of fourteen days reckoned from the date of the order from which the appeal is preferred.
(4) In computing the time within which an appeal must be preferred to the Supreme Court the day on which the order appealed from was made shall be included, but all Sundays and public holidays shall be excluded.
(5) The provisions of Chapter XXX of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply mutatis mutandis in regard to all matters connected with the hearing and disposal of an appeal preferred under this section.


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