Payment of Bonus Act,1965

Act No : 21

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Section : Reference of disputes under the Act.

22. Reference of disputes under the Act.- Where any dispute arises between an employer and his employees with respect to the bonus payable under this Act or with respect to the application of this Act to an establishment in public sector, then, such dispute shall be deemed to be an industrial dispute within the meaning of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), or of any corresponding law relating to investigation and settlement of industrial disputes in force in a State and --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Renumbered as sub-section (1) by Act 66 of 1980, s. 11 (w.e.f. 27-12-1980). 2. Ins. by s. 11, ibid. (w.e.f. 27-12-1980). 3. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for "sections 22, 23 and 25" (w.e.f. 21-8- 1980). 439 the provisions of that Act or, as the case may be, such law, shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, apply accordingly.

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Prakash Yedhula wrote on 19 April 2009

(i) Industrial Tribunal has jurisdiction to grant interest on bonus awarded. [E.I.D. Pamy (India) Ltd. v. Industrial Tribunal, (1991) 1 L.L.J. 2.50 (Mad.)] (ii) The Competent Tribunal will have jurisdiction to entertain and adjudicate upon a dispute raised under this section. [Apex Marketing Federation Employees' Union v. Maharashtra Co-op. Cotton Growers Marketing Federation Ltd. & Anr., (1988) 56 F.L.R. 299 (Bom.)].

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