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Madras High Court Suggests Amendments to Industrial Disputes Act(05.01.2016)
Madras HC has made suggestion to amend Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and empower Labour Courts to directly initiate criminal action against employers .....
Tags : Madras High Court , Industrial Disputes Act
Cal HC: Repeal and Amendment Act of 2016 Does Not Remove S. 2A(2) of Industrial Disputes Act(17.04.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that Repeal and Amendment Act of 2016 does not have the effect of removing section 2A(2) from Industrial Disputes Act, 19.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Labour Courts/Tribunals, Jurisdiction, Repeal, Industrial Disputes Act
Gujarat High Court: Past Service of Daily Wagers to Qualify for Pension(05.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that past services of the daily wagers where they have completed 240 days of continuous service under Section 25B of t.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, daily-wagers, past services, 240 days of continuous service, Section 25B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, pension
Supreme Court Refers Case Seeking Redefinition of 'Industry' to Nine Judge Bench(03.01.2017)
Supreme Court has referred a case seeking to redefine the term ‘industry’ under Industrial Disputes Act (IDA), 1947 to a nine-judge bench.
Tags : Supreme Court, nine-judge bench, Industrial Disputes Act
Orissa HC: Government is Not Required to Refer National Security Issues to National Tribunal(11.05.2022)
Orissa High Court has ruled that it is not obligatory for the Central Government to refer a matter of national importance to the National Industrial T.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Central Government, National Industrial Tribunal, Section 7-B, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
JKL HC: Failure of Employer to Assign Work Would be Deemed Retrenchment(16.08.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in case the employer fails to issue termination order against the employee, the subsequent failu.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Retrenchment, Industrial Disputes Act
Notifications & Circulars
Central Government hereby declares the services in the Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, Mysore, Karnataka to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(11.02.2021)
Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the public interest so requires that the services in the Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, .....
Tags : Bank Note Paper Mill, Public utility, Industrial Disputes Act
Central Government hereby declares the services engaged in the Banking industry to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(18.04.2019)
Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the Banking industry, which is covered under.....
Tags : Services, Declaration Industrial Disputes
Raj. HC: Delay Itself Can’t be a Ground for Refusing to Make a Reference U/S 10 of ID Act(24.08.2023)
Rajasthan High Court while observing that delay and latches itself cannot be a ground for refusing to make a Reference u/s 10 of Industrial Disputes (.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Industrial Disputes, Reference
AP HC: Shutdown of Specific Unit Constitutes Closure, Workers Entitled to Compensation under S.25FFF(29.10.2025)
Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled that shutting down a part of an industrial unit with functional integration with other units amounts to a closure. Con.....
Tags : Industrial Disputes Act, Compensation, Workers
SC: Prior Written Demand is Not Mandatory For an Industrial Dispute to Exist or be Referred(28.01.2026)
Supreme Court held that a trade union is not required to issue a formal “charter of demands” to the management before approaching the Conciliation Off.....
Tags : Written Demand, Industrial Disputes Act, Conciliation Officer
Del HC: Probationers are ‘Workmen’ under ID Act; S.17B Wages not Recoverable if Termination Upheld(29.01.2026)
Delhi High Court held that probationary employees are ‘workmen’ under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, but their termination without.....
Tags : Probationers, Industrial Disputes Act, Termination
Supreme Court: Temple Trust Does Not Qualify as an ‘Industry’ under the Industrial Disputes Act(03.02.2026)
The court observed that “the respondent-Trust is a temple and as such, it would not fall within the four corners of the expression “industry”.” The c.....
Tags : Temple Trust, Industrial Disputes Act, Industry
Delhi HC: Workman Cannot Claim Section 17(B) of the ID Act Wages after Reaching Superannuation Age(12.02.2026)
Delhi HC has held that a workman is not entitled to Section 17(B) wages under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, after reaching superannuation, as the.....
Tags : Workman, Industrial Disputes Act, Wages
Kerala HC: Labour Court Can Extend Time to Comply With Award Even After Enforceability under ID Act(23.02.2026)
Kerala High Court recently held that a Labour Court can extend the time for compliance with its awards under Section 17A of the Industrial Disputes Ac.....
Tags : Labour Court, Award, Industrial Disputes Act
Delhi High Court: Labour Courts Cannot Decide Disputed TA/DA Claims under Section 33C(2) of ID Act(13.05.2026)
Delhi High Court held that under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, Labour Courts can only compute or recover pre-existing service benefit.....
Tags : Labour Courts; Industrial Disputes Act; Service
Delhi HC: Minimum Wages During Pending Litigation Cannot be Frozen and Must be Updated Periodically(21.05.2026)
Delhi High Court held that minimum wages payable under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 during pending litigation cannot be kept stati.....
Tags : Minimum Wages; Industrial Disputes Act; Litigation
Supreme Court Revisits the definition of “Industry”: 9-Judge Bench Reformulates the 1978 Triple Test(20.08.2026)
By a 5:4 majority, the Supreme Court reformulated the Bangalore Water Supply “triple test” for defining “industry” under the ID Act, 1947, clarifying .....
Tags : Industry; Triple Test; Industrial Disputes Act