Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Act No. 14 of 1947 81 sections

Text as published by the Legislative Department, from the copy archived on 14 May 2021. Amendments made after that date and before the repeal may be missing; check the official Gazette for them.

Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still governs matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides, which is why the judgments below apply it.

761 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Workmen Concerned, Represented by the Bihar Colliery Kamgar Union v. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. and Ors.
  1978 INSC 6410 March 1978Appeal(s) allowed
• Shivraj Fine Art Litho Works v. The State Industrial Court, Nagpur & Ors
  1978 INSC 5328 February 1978Partly allowed
• Bangalore Water-Supply & Sewerage Board, Etc v. R. Rajappa & Others
  1978 INSC 4121 February 1978Dismissed
• Madan Mohan Pathak v. Union of India & Ors. Etc.
  1978 INSC 4321 February 1978Allowed
• Punjab Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh v. Suresh Chand and Anr.
  1978 INSC 4821 February 1978Appeal(s) allowed
• Shambu Nath Goyal v. Bank of Baroda, Jullundur
  1978 INSC 212 February 1978Appeal(s) allowed
• New Standard Engineering Co. Ltd. v. N. L. Abhyankar and Ors.
  1978 INSC 202 February 1978Appeal(s) allowed
• Namor Ali Choudhury and Others v. Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd. and Another
  1977 INSC 22016 November 1977Appeal(s) allowed
• Heckett Engineering Co. v. Workmen
  1977 INSC 19711 October 1977Appeal(s) allowed
• Delhi Cloth & General Mills Ltd. v. Shambhu Nath Mukherjee & Ors.
  1977 INSC 1873 October 1977Dismissed
• Shukla Manseta Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. The Workmen Employed Under It
  1977 INSC 1592 August 1977Dismissed
• Cox & Kings (Agents) Ltd. v. Their Workmen and Ors.
  1977 INSC 9418 March 1977Dismissed
• State of Haryana v. Haryana Co-Operative Transport Ltd. & Ors.
  1976 INSC 3142 December 1976Dismissed
• Herbertsons Limited v. Workmen of Herbertsons Limited and Ors
  1976 INSC 2813 November 1976Dismissed
• Paradip Port Trust, Paradip v. Their Workmen
  1976 INSC 2139 September 1976Dismissed
• Mahendra Singh Dhantwal v. Hindustan Motors Ltd. & Ors.
  1976 INSC 1517 May 1976Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of M/S Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Limited v. Firestone Tyre & Rubber Company
  1976 INSC 2613 February 1976Appeal(s) allowed
• State Bank of India v. Shr N. Sundara Money
  1976 INSC 316 January 1976Dismissed
• Rohtas Industries Ltd. & Anr. v. Rohtas Industries Staff Union and Ors.
  1975 INSC 32818 December 1975Dismissed
• Bharat Iron Works v. Bhagubhai Balubhai Patel & Ors.
  1975 INSC 25910 October 1975Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of Indian Standards Institution v. Management of Indian Standards Institution
  1975 INSC 2406 October 1975Appeal(s) allowed
• Bombay Gas Co. Ltd. v. Jagannath Pandurang & Others
  1975 INSC 16212 August 1975Appeal(s) allowed
• Sahu Minerals & Properties Ltd. v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court & Ors.
  1975 INSC 1586 August 1975Dismissed
• Govind Sugar Mills Ltd. & Anr v. Hind Mazdoor Sabha & Ors.
  1975 INSC 1565 August 1975Appeal(s) allowed
• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. v. The Workmen and Ors.
  1975 INSC 1534 August 1975Appeal(s) allowed
• Mahabir Jute Mills Ltd. Gorakhpur v. Shibban Lal Saxena and Ors.
  1975 INSC 14630 July 1975Appeal(s) allowed
• Management of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. Its Workmen
  1975 INSC 13824 July 1975Dismissed
• Chemicals & Fibres of India Ltd. v. D. G. Bhoir & Ors.
  1975 INSC 1182 May 1975Dismissed
• Workmen of the Straw Board Manufacturing Company Limited v. M/S. Straw Board Manufacturing Company Limited
  1974 INSC 6521 March 1974Partly allowed
• Employers of Thungabhadra Industries Ltd. v. The Workmen and Another
  1973 INSC 1204 May 1973Appeal(s) allowed
• Assam Match Company Limited v. Bijoy Lal Sen & Others
  1973 INSC 10227 April 1973Appeal(s) allowed
• Shree Sita Ram Sugar Co. Ltd. v. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court and Others
  1973 INSC 9424 April 1973Dismissed
• Saxby and Farmer (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1973 INSC 6329 March 1973Allowed
• Hindustan Lever Ltd. v. Ram Mohan Ray & Ors.
  1973 INSC 407 March 1973Dismissed
• Management of Hindustan Steel Ltd. v. The Workmen & Ors.
  1973 INSC 912 January 1973Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. v. The Workmen & Ors.
  1972 INSC 1465 May 1972Dismissed
• Ballarpur Collieries Co, v. The Presiding Officer, C.G.I.T. Dhanbad and Anr.
  1972 INSC 7914 March 1972Appeal(s) allowed
• Air India Corporation, Bombay v. V. A. Rebellow & Anr.
  1972 INSC 6324 February 1972Appeal(s) allowed
• Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. v. Ludh Budh Singh
  1972 INSC 1011 January 1972Dismissed
• Management of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry v. Their Workman, Shri R. K. Mittal
  1971 INSC 31215 November 1971Appeal dismissed.