https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300976 A conciliation settlement under the Industrial Disputes Act binds all workmen concerned and carries statutory force equivalent to an award. Where the later charter substantially overlapped with matters already settled, the appropriate Government was required to verify the existence of a real and subsisting industrial dispute before making a reference under Section 10; a wholesale reference made without such scrutiny showed non-application of mind and was invalid. A union lacking representative standing could not displace the operative settlement or sustain a fresh notice to reopen settled matters. The reference was quashed and the notification set aside. en-us Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Mar 2022 15:39:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300976 A conciliation settlement under the Industrial Disputes Act binds all workmen concerned and carries statutory force equivalent to an award. Where the later charter substantially overlapped with matters already settled, the appropriate Government was required to verify the existence of a real and subsisting industrial dispute before making a reference under Section 10; a wholesale reference made without such scrutiny showed non-application of mind and was invalid. A union lacking representative standing could not displace the operative settlement or sustain a fresh notice to reopen settled matters. The reference was quashed and the notification set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300976