https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198965 Under the Industrial Disputes Act, an award becomes enforceable on the expiry of thirty days from publication under Section 17A, and the Labour Court retains jurisdiction to entertain an application to set aside an ex parte award only until that point. Once the award becomes enforceable, the adjudicatory authority is functus officio and cannot reopen the matter. The later authority cited by the appellant was read as recognising only this limited jurisdictional window. On that basis, the Labour Court had no power to set aside the ex parte award after thirty days, and the challenge failed. en-us Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:19:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198965 Under the Industrial Disputes Act, an award becomes enforceable on the expiry of thirty days from publication under Section 17A, and the Labour Court retains jurisdiction to entertain an application to set aside an ex parte award only until that point. Once the award becomes enforceable, the adjudicatory authority is functus officio and cannot reopen the matter. The later authority cited by the appellant was read as recognising only this limited jurisdictional window. On that basis, the Labour Court had no power to set aside the ex parte award after thirty days, and the challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198965