https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180110 The Industrial Tribunal had jurisdiction to entertain a bonus dispute referred under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 was held to regulate profit-based bonus and incidental matters, but it did not extinguish independent claims for customary bonus or bonus as a condition of service; the pleadings and reference showed that the claim rested on custom and long-standing service conditions rather than profits. The earlier arbitral award did not operate as res judicata because it concerned a different dispute and a different basis of claim. The preliminary objections failed, and the matter was remitted for adjudication on the merits of the bonus claim. en-us Wed, 10 Mar 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:01:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180110 The Industrial Tribunal had jurisdiction to entertain a bonus dispute referred under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 was held to regulate profit-based bonus and incidental matters, but it did not extinguish independent claims for customary bonus or bonus as a condition of service; the pleadings and reference showed that the claim rested on custom and long-standing service conditions rather than profits. The earlier arbitral award did not operate as res judicata because it concerned a different dispute and a different basis of claim. The preliminary objections failed, and the matter was remitted for adjudication on the merits of the bonus claim. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Mar 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180110