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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• Asst. Provident Fund Commissioner Epfo, Bareillym/S U.P. State Warehousing Corp. & Anr. v. M/S U.P. State Warehousing Corp. & Anr.
  2019 INSC 90314 August 2019Remitted to Lower Court
• The Director Steel Authority of India Ltd.V. Ispat Khadan Janta Mazdoor Union v. Ispat Khadan Janta Mazdoor Union
  2019 INSC 7285 July 2019Disposed of
• Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Anr. v. Jaggu & Ors. Etc.
  2019 INSC 7275 July 2019Disposed of
• The Superintending Engineer Twad Board & Another v. M. Natesan Etc.
  2019 INSC 67210 May 2019Disposed of
• Globe Ground India Employees Union v. Lufthansa German Airlines & Anr.
  2019 INSC 55923 April 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority & Anr. v. Karamjit Singh
  2019 INSC 52915 April 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Chairman and Managing Director,The Fertilizers and Chemicals Tranvancore Ltd. & Anr. v. General Secretary Fact Employees Association & Ors.
  2019 INSC 51411 April 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Sunil Kumar Biswas v. Ordinance Factory Board & Ors.
  2019 INSC 43629 March 2019Dismissed
• Dilip Mani Dubey v. M/S Siel Ltd. & Anr.
  2019 INSC 34512 March 2019Dismissed
• Fed. of Bank of India Staff Unions & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr
  2019 INSC 3001 March 2019Dismissed
• Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Rep. by Its Chairman v. Tneb-Thozhilalar Aykkiya Sangam by Its General Secretary
  2019 INSC 19213 February 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Bundi Zila Petrol Pump Dealers Association Bundi v. Sanyojak Bundi Zila Petrol Mazdoor Sangh(B.M.S.)
  2019 INSC 17912 February 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Deputy Executive Engineer v. Kuberbhai Kanjibhai
  2019 INSC 197 January 2019Partly allowed
• Badri Vishal Pandey and Ors. v. Rajesh Mittal and Ors.
  2019 INSC 124 January 2019Dismissed
• Management of the Barara Cooperative Marketing-Cum-Processing Society Ltd. v. Workman Pratap Singh
  2019 INSC 12 January 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Manju Saxena v. Union of India & Anr.
  2018 INSC 11413 December 2018Dismissed
• Management, Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd v. Ghanshyam Sharma
  2018 INSC 101630 October 2018Partly allowed
• The Management of Regional Chief Engineer P.H.E.D. Ranchi v. Their Workmen Rep. by District Secretary
  2018 INSC 84920 September 2018Partly allowed
• M. L. Singla v. Punjab National Bank and Anr.
  2018 INSC 84120 September 2018Dismissed
• K.K. Suresh & Anr. Etc. v. Food Corporation of India & Ors. Etc.
  2018 INSC 72020 August 2018Dismissed
• Currency Note Press & Anr. v. N. N. Sardesai & Ors.
  2018 INSC 62520 July 2018Dismissed
• M/S. Haryana Suraj Malting Ltd. v. Phool Chand
  2018 INSC 53718 May 2018Disposed of
• Paradeep Phosphates Limited v. State of Orissa & Ors.
  2018 INSC 37719 April 2018Dismissed
• Mohd. Ali v. State of H.P. and Others
  2018 INSC 34616 April 2018Dismissed
• Bhupendra Kumar Chimanbhai Kachiya Patel v. Divisional Controller Gsrtc Nadiad
  2018 INSC 2187 March 2018Dismissed
• Rajeshwar Mahto v. Alok Kumar Gupta, G.M. M/S Birla Corporation Ltd.
  2018 INSC 19723 February 2018Disposed of
• Kurukshetra University v. Prithvi Singh
  2018 INSC 14315 February 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• Smt. K. A. Annamma v. The Secretary, Cochin Co-Operative Hospital Society Ltd.
  2018 INSC 2612 January 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• National Kamgar Union v. Kran Rader Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
  2018 INSC 35 January 2018Disposed of
• District Development Officer & Anr. v. Satish Kantilal Amrelia
  2017 INSC 114828 November 2017Partly allowed
• Management of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. v. M. Mani
  2017 INSC 10889 November 2017Appeal(s) allowed
• P. Karupaiah (D) Thr v. The General Manager Thruuvalluvar Transport Corporation Ltd.
  2017 INSC 103512 October 2017Dismissed
• Avishek Raja & Ors. v. Sanjay Gupta
  2017 INSC 48819 June 2017Disposed of
• Workmen Rastriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh v. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. & Anr.
  2016 INSC 9373 October 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• A. Satyanarayana Reddy and Others v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court and Others
  2016 INSC 120230 September 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• The Management of Tnstc (Coimbatore) Ltd. v. M.Chandrasekaran
  2016 INSC 8482 September 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• Raj Kumar v. Director of Education & Ors.
  2016 INSC 31813 April 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• Nashik Workers Union v. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
  2016 INSC 117026 February 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• Mis Rahman Industries Pvt. Ltd v. State of Lj.P. and Others
  2016 INSC 5318 January 2016Partly allowed
• Prabhakar v. Joint Director, Sericulture Department &Anr.
  2015 INSC 10147 September 2015Dismissed