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HC restrains HAL staff from continuing strike
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- In a setback to employees of the public sector defence establishment Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday restrained the Hindustan Aeronautics Employees’ Association, its office-bearers and members/workmen from continuing their strike.
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- Cause of strike: wage revision for employees.
- The court passed the interim order on the petition filed by HAL, questioning the legality of strike.
- Court order restrained the workmen “from indulging in other forms of strikes, including go-slow, work-to-rule, or any other form of agitation, or disrupting day-to-day activities of HAL and its operating locations and at offices spread across different divisions/complex in Bengaluru.”
- Section 22(1)(d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1974, prohibits strikes and lockouts during the pendency of any conciliation proceedings before a conciliation officer and seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings.
Sources
The Hindu