JUDGMENT - B.N. SRIKRISHNA, J.:---This writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenges the Award of the 2nd respondent, First Labour Court, Mumbai, dated 16th April, 1996, made in Reference (IDA) No. 439 of 1986.

Facts:

2.The petitioner is a foreign Airline Company incorporated under the laws of Saudi Arabia and owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is engaged in the transportation of passengers, cargo and mail by air and has offices at various places all over the world including one at Mumbai. The 1st respondent is an ex-employee of the petitioner and the 2nd respondent is the Presiding Officer of the First Labour Court, Mumbai, exercising adjudicatory jurisdiction under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act")

3.The 1st respondent, Mrs. Shehnaz Mudbhatkal, joined the service of the petitioner on 16th November, 1978, as Secretary to the Station Manager. Prior to joining the petitioner's service, she was working in Indian Airlines from 23rd March 1972 to 29th September 1975. It is her case that, though she was designated as Secretary to the Station Manager, she was compelled to perform the higher fun

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