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3. Shri Bharucha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant, submitted that the three authorities below did not take into consideration the serious consequences which flow from declaring the strike illegal. The immediate consequence is that the union which is recognised and approved by the Transport Industry will lose the recognition and loss of recognition of a Union would result into serious repercussions. Shri Bharucha submitted tit the assumption of the two authorities below and the learned Single Judge that the Union indulged in strike is not accurate. The Union had merely given a call for stoppage of work. We find considerable merit in the submission urged by the learned counsel. The expression 'stoppage' has been defined under Section 3(35A) of Bombay Industrial Relations Act and, interalia, means a total or partial cessation of work, whether such cessation or refusal is or is not in consequence of an industrial dispute. The expression 'strike' is defined under Section 3(36) and means a total or partial cessation of work in consequence of industrial dispute. Shri Bharucha submits and, in our judgment, with considerable merit that the cessation of work for a day was not in consequence of an industrial dispute. Though the demands made by the Union were pending adjudication, the call for cessation of work on October 4, 1983 was not consequence of an industrial dispute and, therefore, the cessation of work will not automatically be considered as strike. The contention of Shri Bharucha that the cessation of work merely amounted to stoppage required acceptance in the facts and circumstances of the case. Section 97 of Chapter XIV of the Act defines when a strike shall be illegal, while Section 97A sets out when the stoppage shall be illegal. In our judgment, as the call given by the Union for cessation of work on October 4, 1983 was not one of strike as contemplated by the Act, the declaration given by the Labour Court and confirmed by the Industrial Court and the learned Single Judge cannot be sustained.