based on the object underlying the enactment of Section 17-B.
22. As indicated earlier Section 17B has been enacted by Parliament with a view ... workman the benefit granted under Section 17-B . The conferment of such a right under Section 17B cannot be regarded as a restriction
powers to grant interim relief by this court is
derived from Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. In
order to appreciate the respective ... Constitution of India, to grant interim relief beyond
the restrictions of Section 17B of the statute.
5. The provisions of Section
These provisions must be read in conjunction with the provisions of Section 17B of the Act and their cumulative reading would demonstratively accept that ... doubt that on a plain reading of the provisions of Section 17B it imposes an unambiguous liability on the employer to pay such wages except
contravention of an order
made under sub-section (3) of section 10 or sub-
section (4A) of section 10A .
(2) Where a strike or lock ... continuance thereof was not prohibited under sub-
section (3) of section 10 or sub-section (4A) of section 10A .
(3) A lock-out declared
petitioner that unless a proper affidavit is filed, the application under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 will not be considered. In this ... workmen had filed CM 10076/2004 which was also filed under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act. This application was filed on or around
whereunder an application filed by the respondent No. 3 herein under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred ... above the wages last drawn while exercising powers under Section 17B . However, every judicial order must be in consonance with the law, which in this
Section 18B may not have been granted at that point of time as there was no affidavit by workman as contemplated under Section 17B ... take up this application.
8. No doubt, the language of Section 17B of the Act particularly, the words "during the period of pendency
behalf of respondents 2 to 11 in the writ petition under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947.
2. The challenge in the writ ... under this Section for such period or part, as the case may be.
In view of the provisions contained in Section 17B of the Industrial
Section'. This can only mean something relatable to a stage after the Section came into being. That is not the case with Section 17B ... words in the Section to compel the Court to hold that it cannot operate retrospectively. Before Section 17B was introduced there
learned Single Judge in an application filed by the appellant under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), directed ... indeed ordered prosecution under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure where the workman had averred falsely under Section 17B of the Act. However
