https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306829 An industrial tribunal award cannot stand when it fails to answer the reference placed before it and gives no reasons after considering the pleadings, evidence, or submissions of the parties. The High Court held that a decision-making authority must record reasons to ensure fairness and avoid arbitrariness, and a non-speaking award that merely issues a direction without dealing with the material on record is unsustainable. The award was set aside and the matter remitted for fresh adjudication of the reference in accordance with law. en-us Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:20:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306829 An industrial tribunal award cannot stand when it fails to answer the reference placed before it and gives no reasons after considering the pleadings, evidence, or submissions of the parties. The High Court held that a decision-making authority must record reasons to ensure fairness and avoid arbitrariness, and a non-speaking award that merely issues a direction without dealing with the material on record is unsustainable. The award was set aside and the matter remitted for fresh adjudication of the reference in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306829