Section 56 in West Bengal Industrial Disputes Rules, 1958
56. Copies and application for copies.
(1)Any party to an industrial dispute desiring to obtain copies of proceedings of a Board, Court, Labour Court or Tribunal shall make an application for copies to the Chairman. Copies of any number of documents on the same record may be obtained on a single application. A stranger may obtain copies of awards and, on showing sufficient reason to the satisfaction of the Tribunal or Labour Court concerned, also copies of other proceedings on making an application for copies to the Chairman. Proceedings shall include exhibits which have been put in and formally accepted as evidence by the Board, Court, Labour Court or Tribunal. But a stranger shall not be given copies of private documents except with the consent of the person by whom they were produced, or his successor-in-interest. No copy of award shall, however, be supplied till the Government order for its Publication is issued.(2)Every application for copy shall be presented in Form G to the Chairman between the hours of 10 a.m. to 12 noon and shall be accompanied by a fee of [15 paise] only which shall be paid in court-fee stamps affixed on the application.
