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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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 of M/S Dharampal Premchand (Saughandhi) v. Mis. Dharampal Premchand (Saughandhi)
  1965 INSC 6916 March 1965Appeal(s) allowed
• Kays Construction Co. (P) Ltd. v. State of Uitar Pradesh and Others
  1964 INSC 27026 November 1964Dismissed
• Hochtief Gammon v. Industrial Lribunal, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa and Ors.
  1964 INSC 1041 April 1964Dismissed
• Lalji Haridas v. State of Maharashtra and Another
  1964 INSC 317 February 1964Dismissed
• State Bank of India v. Nanak Chand Jain
  1963 INSC 2392 December 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of Subong Tea Estate v. The Outgoing Management of Subong Tea Estate & Another
  1963 INSC 2412 December 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• South Indian Bank Ltd. v. A.R.Chacko
  1963 INSC 2402 December 1963Dismissed
• Workmen of Dewan Tea Estate and Ors. v. The Management
  1963 INSC 23225 November 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• Management of R.S. Madhoram and Sons Agencies (P) Ltd. v. Its Workmen
  1963 INSC 22414 November 1963Dismissed
• H.H. the Maharana Sahib Shri Bhagwat Singh Bahadur of Udaipur v. The State of Rajasthan and Others
  1963 INSC 2003 October 1963Dismissed
• Bombay Gas Co. Ltd v. Gopal Bhiva & Ors.
  1963 INSC 1429 May 1963Dismissed
• Associated Cement Co. Ltd. v. The Workmen and Anr.
  1963 INSC 1388 May 1963Partly allowed
• Ananda Bazar Patrika (P) Ltd. v. Its Workmen
  1963 INSC 1337 May 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• Sur Enamel and Stamping Works (P) Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1963 INSC 1347 May 1963Partly allowed
• Western India Match Co. Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1963 INSC 1303 May 1963Dismissed
• The Canara Bank Ltd. v. Anant Narayan Surkund and Others
  1963 INSC 11122 April 1963Dismissed
• Canara Banking Corporation Ltd. v. U. Vittal
  1963 INSC 11222 April 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• The Management of Express Newspapers Ltd. v. B. Somayajulu and Others
  1963 INSC 10518 April 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• University of Delhi & Anr. v. Ram Nath
  1963 INSC 801 April 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• Management of Wenger & Co. v. Their Workmen
  1962 INSC 37211 December 1962Nos. 622-623 of 1962 dismissed.
• Rai Sahib Ramdayal Ghasiram Oil Mills v. The Labour Appellate Tribunal and Another
  1962 INSC 36510 December 1962Appeal(s) allowed
• Anakapalla Co-Operative Agricultural and Industrial Society Limited v. Workmen
  1962 INSC 29823 October 1962Appeal(s) allowed
• The Engineering Mazdoor Sabha Representing Workmen Employed Under the Hind Cycles Ltd. and Another v. The Hind Cycles Ltd., Bombay
  1962 INSC 29218 October 1962Dismissed
• Union Territory of Tripura, Agartala v. Gopal Chander Dutta Choudhury
  1962 INSC 26825 September 1962Appeal(s) allowed
• Jaswant Sugar Mills Ltd., Meerut v. Lakshmichand and Others
  1962 INSC 26725 September 1962Dismissed
• Management of Ritz Theatre (P) Ltd. v. Its Workmen
  1962 INSC 21927 July 1962Partly allowed
• M/S. Tulsidas Khimji v. Their Workmen
  1962 INSC 13511 April 1962
• Tatanagar Foundry Company v. Their Workmen
  1962 INSC 919 March 1962Appeal(s) allowed
• The Management of Indian Cable Co., Ltd., Calcutta v. Its Workmen
  1962 INSC 825 March 1962Appeal(s) allowed
• The National Union of Commercial Employees and Another v. M. M. R. Meher, Industrial Tribunal, Bombay and Others
  1962 INSC 5213 February 1962Dismissed
• The Atlas Cycle Industries, Ltd., Sonepat v. Their Workmen
  1962 INSC 488 February 1962Dismissed
• Punjab National Bank Limited v. K. L. Kharbanda
  1962 INSC 412 February 1962Dismissed
• The Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd., Kirkee, Poona v. The Workmen and Others
  1961 INSC 31617 November 1961Dismissed
• All India Bank Employees' Association v. National Industrial Tribunal & Others
  1961 INSC 24828 August 1961Dismissed
• The Garment Cleaning Works v. Its Workmen
  1961 INSC 1313 April 1961Dismissed
• M/S. Jeewanlal (1929) Ltd., Calcutta v. Its Workmen
  1961 INSC 1323 April 1961Dismissed
• State of Uttar Pradesh v. Lakshmi Ice Factory & Others
  1961 INSC 337 February 1961Dismissed
• The Bat A Shoe Co. (P) Ltd. v. D. N. Ganguly & Others
  1960 INSC 27315 December 1960
• The Lord Krishna Textile Mills v. Its Workmen
  1960 INSC 26412 December 1960Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of the Hercules Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Hercules Insurance Co. Ltd. Calcutta
  1960 INSC 2497 December 1960Dismissed