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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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.

• The Workmen v. Greaves Cotton & Co; Ltd. & Ors.
  1971 INSC 21324 August 1971Dismissed
• Hindustan General Electrical Corporation Ltd. v. Visw Anath Prasad and Another
  1971 INSC 20217 August 1971Appeal(s) allowed
• Bombay Panjrapole, Bhuleshwar v. The Workmen and Another
  1971 INSC 19816 August 1971Dismissed
• Statf Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur v. Shri Hari Har Nath Bhargava
  1971 INSC 18811 August 1971Dismissed
• M/S. Voltas Ltd. v. J. M. Demello & Anr.
  1971 INSC 16221 July 1971Appeal(s) allowed
• Polychem Limited v. R. D. Tulpule, Industrial Tribunal, Bombay & Anr
  1971 INSC 7515 March 1971Appeal(s) allowed
• Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distribution Co. of India v. Burmah Shell Management Staff Association & Ors.
  1970 INSC 23412 November 1970Partly allowed
• Management of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi v. Kuldip Singh Sethi
  1970 INSC 801 April 1970Appeal(s) allowed
• Asbestos Cement Ltd. v. P. D. Sawarkar & Ors.
  1970 INSC 3423 February 1970Appeal(s) allowed
• Vizagapatam Dock Labour Board v. Stevedores Association, Vishakhapatnam & Ors.
  1969 INSC 23110 September 1969Appeal(s) allowed
• Harakchand Ratanchand Banthia and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
  1969 INSC 13330 April 1969Partly allowed
• U.P Electric Supply Co. Ltd. v. R. K. Shukla and Anr. Etc.
  1969 INSC 13430 April 1969Appeal(s) allowed
• Co-Operative Central Bank Ltd. & Ors. v. Additional Industrial Tribunal, Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
  1969 INSC 1023 April 1969Dismissed
• Tulsipur Sugar Company Ltd. v. State of U.P. & Ors.
  1969 INSC 8518 March 1969Dismissed
• Heavy Engineering Mazdoor Union v. The State of Bihar & Ors.
  1969 INSC 7712 March 1969Dismissed
• Praga Tools Corporation v. Shri C. A. Imanual & Ors.
  1969 INSC 5219 February 1969Appeal(s) allowed
• Payment of Wages Inspector v. Surajmal Mehta & Anr.
  1968 INSC 3283 December 1968Dismissed
• Workmen of Indian Express (P) Ltd. v. The Management
  1968 INSC 31626 November 1968Appeal(s) allowed
• Board of Directors of the South Arcot Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. v. N. K. Mohammad Khan, Etc.
  1968 INSC 31325 November 1968Dismissed
• Workmen of the Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Company Limited, Guntur v. Management of the Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Co. Ltd., Guntur
  1968 INSC 25827 September 1968Dismissed
• Chairman, M/S. Brooke Bond India Pvt. Ltd. v. Chandra Nath Choudhary
  1968 INSC 2173 September 1968Dismissed
• Central Bank of India Ltd., New Delhi v. Shri Prakash Chand Jain
  1968 INSC 20020 August 1968Dismissed
• Cricket Club of India Ltd. v. The Bombay Labour Union & Another
  1968 INSC 1827 August 1968Appeal(s) allowed
• G.E.C. (P) Ltd. Naini, Allahabad v. The Labour Court, Allahabad
  1968 INSC 1755 August 1968Dismissed
• Kalinga Tubes Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1968 INSC 1423 May 1968Appeal(s) allowed
• Secretary, Madras Gymkhana Club Employees' Union v. Management of the Gymkhana Club
  1967 INSC 2293 October 1967Dismissed
• Management of Bangalore Woollen, Cotton & Silk Mills Co. Ltd. v. The Workmen & Anr.
  1967 INSC 21418 September 1967Partly allowed
• Syndicate Bank Ltd. v. K. R. v. Bhat
  1967 INSC 18722 August 1967Appeal(s) allowed
• The Remington Rand of India Ltd. v. The Workmen
  1967 INSC 17211 August 1967
• Treogi Nath v. The Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  1967 INSC 1653 August 1967Dismissed
• National Engineering Industries Lid. v. Hanuman
  1967 INSC 16025 July 1967Appeal(s) allowed
• Commissioner of Income-Tax, Kerala v. Gemini Cashew Sales Corporation, Quilon
  1967 INSC 12020 April 1967Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of Shri Rangavilas Motors (P) Ltd. & Anr v. Shri Rangavilas Motors (Pj Ltd. and Ors.
  1967 INSC 271 February 1967Appeal(s) allowed
• Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. v. The Workmen & Ors.
  1966 INSC 1953 October 1966Dismissed
• Jalan Trading Co. (Private Ltdj) v. Mill Mazdoor Union
  1966 INSC 1315 August 1966Appeal(s) allowed
• Rohtak Hissar District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
  1965 INSC 2753 December 1965Partly allowed
• All India Reserve Bank Employees Association v. Reserve Bank of India
  1965 INSC 12023 April 1965Dismissed
• The Tata Oil Mills Co. Ltd. v. K. v. Gopalan and Ors.
  1965 INSC 10315 April 1965Appeal(s) allowed
• Employers in Relation to Digwadih Colliery v. Their Workmen
  1965 INSC 7522 March 1965Dismissed
• Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd v. S. N. Modak
  1965 INSC 7119 March 1965Dismissed