Law:

Section:

Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969) - -- Ss. 15 (1)(d), 53 & 37-Unfair labour practice -- Conviction­ Allegation of termination of service of worker being due to Trade Union activities Bare word of complainant-Veracity strongly disputed-No other tangible evidence to support complainant's words-Mere fact that complainant made complaint to officer of Labour Department 2 days after termination of his service-Does not improve quality of his evidence or materially adds to it-Prosecu­tion case, m circumstances, held quite shaky and not fit for convic­tion-Conviction order passed by Labour Court; in circumstances, set aside in appeal by Appellate Tribunal as guilt not established beyond any reasonable doubt. Abdul Ghani Khan for Appellant. Amanullah Qureshi for Respondent. Date of hearing: 21st October, 1981. ORDER This appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned VIth Labour Court, given on 16thMarch 1981, convicting the appellant for an offence under section 15 (1) (d) read with section 53, I. R. O., for dis­charging his employee, Sulaiman, on account of his trade union activities, and sentencing the appellant for the said offence to imprisonment till the rising of the Court and a fine of Rs. 200 or in default of payment of fine, to suffer S.I. for one month. 2. The admitted facts of the case are that complainant Sulaiman was an employee of the accused at the latter's shop, which is run in the name of Ramzan Ali Mohammad Ali & Brothers, Hyderabad. It is also an admitted position that there is in Hyderabad a union of workmen by the name of Kerana Merchants Labour Union, which was formed on 1st May, 1980, and was registered on 11thMay, 1980. The said union was declared as C. B. A. for the Kerana Industry Hyderabad on 29thJune, 1980. Complainant's services were terminated by the appellant on 10thJuly, 1980. He filed a complaint against the appellant alleging that his services were terminated by the appellant due to his union activities and on account of his refusal to comply with the demand of the appellant that he should sever his connections with the aforesaid union of which he was an active member. 3. I have heard Mr. Abdul Ghani,…

Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/digixyei/sldsystempk.com/view/master-layout/view_case.php on line 492