Arbitration proceedings are not the same as negotiations for settlement out of court; a consent judgment requires court confirmation and becomes binding only upon that confirmation,…

Once an award has been made and not challenged, it constitutes a final judgment on all matters referred to the arbitrator; the losing party cannot be…

The only jurisdiction conferred on the court regarding an arbitral award is to give leave to enforce it as a judgment unless there is a real…

The court has no power to make an arbitral award its own judgment because the award already has the status of a judgment by law and…

An arbitrator's award under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, when filed in court, has the force and effect as a judgment for all purposes without any…

Where the employer assures the employee that the notice period will be waived, it is no longer a condition; the resignation is effective immediately without the…

The requirement of notice of resignation is for the benefit of the employer, not the employee.

A notice of resignation is good without any reply or acceptance; it is not necessary for the employer to reply that the resignation is accepted.

There is absolute power to resign, and the employer has no discretion to refuse to accept notice of resignation.

A resignation letter takes effect without formal acceptance by the employer; the resignation need not be formally accepted before taking effect.

Locus standi goes to the competence of the plaintiff to institute the action at all and affects capacity to sue, while estoppel is a defence that…

A plaintiff who has resigned from office loses the legal basis to challenge the dissolution of that body because his civil rights and obligations were qua…