https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160084 An Industrial Tribunal exercising power under the Industrial Disputes Act may set aside an ex parte award where a party was absent for sufficient cause, because the proceeding must secure a fair hearing and industrial justice. The Tribunal's procedural authority under Section 11(1), read with the relevant rules, includes incidental power to reopen such an award and restore the dispute for hearing. The Tribunal is not functus officio immediately on publication of the award; jurisdiction continues until the award becomes enforceable after the statutory period. An application filed before that stage is competent and may be entertained as a procedural correction, not a merits review. en-us Fri, 12 Dec 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:43:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160084 An Industrial Tribunal exercising power under the Industrial Disputes Act may set aside an ex parte award where a party was absent for sufficient cause, because the proceeding must secure a fair hearing and industrial justice. The Tribunal's procedural authority under Section 11(1), read with the relevant rules, includes incidental power to reopen such an award and restore the dispute for hearing. The Tribunal is not functus officio immediately on publication of the award; jurisdiction continues until the award becomes enforceable after the statutory period. An application filed before that stage is competent and may be entertained as a procedural correction, not a merits review. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Dec 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160084