Newspaper employee/ union competent to invoke Section 27 of Working Journalist Act, 1955

Newspaper employee/its union are competent to invoke Section 27 of the Working Journalist Act, 1955 for the amount due including for recommendation of Wage Board accepted by Government of India. (1) The determining issue falling for consideration would be whether the appropriate Government failed to refer actual/real industrial dispute existing between the parties to the labour court for adjudication in exercise of power conferred under Section 10 (2) of The Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 ? (2) Dainik Navbharat Press, Bilaspur through its Manager, respondent No. 5 herein, made an application to ...