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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)-- ---Ss.36 & 38(3-a)--Evidence Aft (I of 1872), S.67--Evidence, admissibility of--Photocopy of document produced by person neither a, signatory hot scribe thereof--Signatory available but not produced for examination--Labour Court not admitting such photo copy in evidence--Decision of Labour Court was upheld in revision by Appellate Tribunal and plea that provisions of Evidence Act, 1872 not being applicable, document could be proved without formal proof of its execution not accepted. Malik Bashir Ahmed for Petitioner. Date of hearing: 16th January, 1988. JUDGMENT The revision captioned above reports that the order dated 2-1-1988 recorded by learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No.2, Lahore is without jurisdiction and of no legal effect. 2. The learned lower Court refused to admit photo stat copy of the Directors' meeting held on 28-1-1987 marked as P-4 on the ground that the witness was neither the author nor the signatory of the document. The report of the committee mark as 'A' was not allowed to be admitted in evidence on the ground that the witness through whom the document was being proved was neither the member of the committee nor had drafted the report. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that since Evidence Act is not applicable, the documents could be proved without formal proof of their execution. On the face of it the…

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