https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278743 A valid industrial reference under Section 10(1)(c) requires an existing or apprehended dispute between the employer and workmen; where the reference is general and no definite dispute is shown, the resulting award is without jurisdiction, void and inoperative. The article further states that Sections 5 and 6 of the Industrial Disputes (Madras Amendment) Act, 1949 could not cure such defect because the validation scheme was discriminatory and repugnant to Section 10(1)(c), and was therefore unconstitutional and ineffective. On that basis, criminal prosecution under Section 29 could not be maintained on the footing of the void award, and proceedings founded on it were liable to be quashed. en-us Wed, 15 Nov 1950 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278743 A valid industrial reference under Section 10(1)(c) requires an existing or apprehended dispute between the employer and workmen; where the reference is general and no definite dispute is shown, the resulting award is without jurisdiction, void and inoperative. The article further states that Sections 5 and 6 of the Industrial Disputes (Madras Amendment) Act, 1949 could not cure such defect because the validation scheme was discriminatory and repugnant to Section 10(1)(c), and was therefore unconstitutional and ineffective. On that basis, criminal prosecution under Section 29 could not be maintained on the footing of the void award, and proceedings founded on it were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 15 Nov 1950 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278743