Kakatiya Picture, 35 Mm, Warangal vs Hon'Ble Industrial ... on 10 April, 2001
11. The award becomes enforceable by reason of the operation of the statute. It cannot be made enforceable from a date as agreed to by the parties to a lis. The learned Labour Court and the learned single Judge, with utmost respect, appears to have fallen into an error in giving literal interpretation to the word "award" vis-a-vis its enforceability. It is not used in any technical sense by the parties while entering into a compromise. An award is a final adjudication of the lis between the parties. It has to be distinguished from the word 'decree'. (See Union of India v. Zora Singh, ).