Case Details

Citation(s)
1979 SLG 935 1979 SLD 935 1979 PLC 124
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeals Nos. 93 and 94 of 1976, decided on 2nd July 1978.
MUHAMMAD ARAM, DORAB PATEL AND QAISAR KHAN, JJ

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SECRETARY, LABOUR DEPARTMENT, N.W.F.P. GOVERNMENT, PESHAWAR AND 2 OTHERS

VS

COLONY SARHAD TEXTILE MILLS AND OTHERS

Law:

Section:

(On appeal from the and order of the Peshawar High Court, dated 7-4-]976, in W. P. No. 193/75). (a) West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968)- ----S. O. 12(6) [as amended by West Pakistan Industrial and Com­mercial Employment (Standing Orders) (Amendment) Ordinance (LI of 1972), S. 6(h)]-Gratuity-.Interpretation of statutes-Words and phrases-Words "shall . . . . . be paid gratuity equivalent to twenty days' wages", being not technical words, to be construed according to their ordinary meaning-Words being also not ambiguous their ordinary meaning not to be curtailed or modified by reference to pre­sumptions for construing ambiguities in statutes-Words, hence, mean and entitle all workmen whose services came to be terminated after promulgation of amending Ordinance to gratuity at rate of twenty days' wages for every completed year of service. (b) West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968)-- ---- S. O. 12(6) [as amended by West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) (Amendment)…
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