This is a petition by the accused to quash the criminal proceedings in C.C. No. 4097 of 1950 on the file of the Third Presidency Magistrate, Egmore.

The above proceedings arise out of a charge sheet filed by the police against the petitioner who is the Managing Director of Prabhat Talkies, Broadway, Madras. The circumstances under which the police filed the charge sheet are these. On a report by the Commissioner of Labour that an Industrial Dispute had arisen between the workers and the management of the Cinema Talkies in the City of Madras and that an amicable settlement could not be arrived at the Government by G.O. No. 2227, dated the 20th May, 1947, referred the dispute to the Industrial Tribunal, Madras, for adjudication under section 7 (1) and (2), read with section 10 (1) (c) of the Industrial Disputes Act. The Tribunal passed an award on 15th December, 1947, and the Government by its G.O.No. 677, dated 13th February, 1948, declared the said award shall come into operation on 25th February, 1948, and shall remain in force for a period of one year. It would therefore have normally expired on 24th February, 1949.

In the meantime in respect of an award made by the Tribunal consti

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