Ceylon Bank Employees Union V. Yatawara

1962 Present : Sansoni, J.

THE CEYLON BANK EMPLOYEES UNION, Applicant,
 and S. B. YATAWARA et al, Respondents

S. C. 4111962-I. D. 306 of 19611 Application for Mandates in the
nature of Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition under Section 42 of
the Courts Ordinance (Cap. 6)

    Industrial Disputes Act No. 43 of 1950, as amended by Act No. 62 of 1957- Sections 4 (2), 22, 24 (1), 24 (3), 26, 27, 33 (1) (b), 36 (5), 36 (6), 40 (1) (p), 43, 46 (3) (b), 47, 48-Dispute between a body of employers and their workmen-Power of Minister to refer it to an industrial court for settlement-Liability of workmen to be punished by employer pending inquiry-" Employer "-" Industrial dispute "-" Trade union "- " Workman "-Public corporation-Constitutional position of public corporation-Difference between a corporation and a Government Department- Liability of Bank of Ceylon to be made a party to an industrial dispute- Finance Act No. 65 of 1961, ss. 2, 5, 8, 10, 11-Certiorari.

    The definitions of the terms " employer ", " industrial dispute ", " trade union" and "workman " in section 47 of the Industrial Disputes Act No. 43 of 1950 do not

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