https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302190 Publication of a voluntary arbitration agreement in the Official Gazette is a mandatory step under Section 10-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, although the prescribed one-month period for publication is directory. The agreement and the arbitrator's jurisdiction do not depend on publication, but an award cannot stand unless publication occurs before the merits are taken up, because the requirement protects workmen by giving notice of the reference. The Act also treats Sections 10 and 10-A as alternative routes: once parties choose valid voluntary arbitration, the Government cannot make a parallel reference of the same dispute under Section 10(1). en-us Thu, 31 Aug 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 May 2022 17:02:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302190 Publication of a voluntary arbitration agreement in the Official Gazette is a mandatory step under Section 10-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, although the prescribed one-month period for publication is directory. The agreement and the arbitrator's jurisdiction do not depend on publication, but an award cannot stand unless publication occurs before the merits are taken up, because the requirement protects workmen by giving notice of the reference. The Act also treats Sections 10 and 10-A as alternative routes: once parties choose valid voluntary arbitration, the Government cannot make a parallel reference of the same dispute under Section 10(1). Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 31 Aug 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302190