61. A Court may in relation to a trade dispute of which it has cognizance or any other matter before it —
(a)
take evidence on oath or affirmation;
(b)
summon before it the parties to the trade dispute or matter and witnesses and compel the production before it of books, papers, documents and things;
(c)
hear and determine the trade dispute or matter in the absence of a party who has been summoned or served with notice to appear;
(d)
conduct its proceedings or any part of its proceedings in private;
(e)
refer a matter to an expert and accept his report as evidence;
(f)
direct parties to be joined or struck out;
(g)
order the reinstatement of a dismissed employee or grant such other relief as it may consider desirable;
(h)
dismiss the trade dispute or matter or part thereof if it appears that it is trivial or that further proceedings are not necessary or desirable in the public interest or that, having regard to the provisions of any relevant award made by a Court, or of any relevant collective agreement registered under this Act or made before 15th September 1960 and not so registered, the trade dispute or matter or part thereof ought to be dismissed; and
(i)
generally give all such directions and do all such things as are necessary or expedient for the expeditious and just hearing and determination of the trade dispute or matter.