https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168086 Section 11A of the Industrial Disputes Act enlarged the Tribunal's power in dismissal and discharge disputes: it may reappraise the evidence, test whether misconduct is proved, differ from the employer's finding, and, where justified, substitute a lesser punishment. That power is confined to the materials on record and does not authorise fresh evidence. The provision was also held not to apply retrospectively to industrial disputes already referred and pending on 15-12-1971; those references remain governed by the pre-existing law. The resulting position is that the wider adjudicatory power under section 11A applies only to post-commencement references. en-us Tue, 06 Mar 1973 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:34:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168086 Section 11A of the Industrial Disputes Act enlarged the Tribunal's power in dismissal and discharge disputes: it may reappraise the evidence, test whether misconduct is proved, differ from the employer's finding, and, where justified, substitute a lesser punishment. That power is confined to the materials on record and does not authorise fresh evidence. The provision was also held not to apply retrospectively to industrial disputes already referred and pending on 15-12-1971; those references remain governed by the pre-existing law. The resulting position is that the wider adjudicatory power under section 11A applies only to post-commencement references. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Mar 1973 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168086