https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191859 A reference under Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 depends on an existing or apprehended industrial dispute. Even though no limitation period is prescribed, the Government cannot refer a dispute that has become stale or non-existent after an unexplained and inordinate delay, particularly where no demand, notice, or contemporaneous challenge was made. Long silence may amount to acquiescence and show that the dispute is no longer alive in praesenti. On these facts, the belated claim was treated as not constituting an existing industrial dispute, and the reference was held unsustainable. en-us Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:18:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191859 A reference under Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 depends on an existing or apprehended industrial dispute. Even though no limitation period is prescribed, the Government cannot refer a dispute that has become stale or non-existent after an unexplained and inordinate delay, particularly where no demand, notice, or contemporaneous challenge was made. Long silence may amount to acquiescence and show that the dispute is no longer alive in praesenti. On these facts, the belated claim was treated as not constituting an existing industrial dispute, and the reference was held unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191859