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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• U.P. State Road Transport Corp. &Anr. v. Gopal Shukla & Anr.
  2015 INSC 10111 September 2015Appeal(s) allowed
• Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation &Anr. Etc. v. Rajubhai Somabhai Bharwad and Anr. Etc.
  2015 INSC 4611 July 2015Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S Ariane Orgachem Pvt. Ltd. v. Wyeth Employees Union & Ors.
  2015 INSC 37229 April 2015Dismissed
• Ongc Ltd. v. Petroleum Coal Labour Union & Ors.
  2015 INSC 33817 April 2015Dismissed
• Umrala Gram Panchayat v. The Secretary, Municipal Employees Union & Ors.
  2015 INSC 27327 March 2015Dismissed
• Tamilnadu Terminated Full Time Temporary Uc Employees Association v. Life Insurance Corporation of India& Ors.
  2015 INSC 23518 March 2015Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S Bennet Coleman & Co. Ltd v. State of Bihar & Ors
  2015 INSC 10310 February 2015Allowed
• Oshiar Prasad and Others v. The Employers in Relation to Management of Sudamdih Coal Washery of M/S Bccl, Dhanbad, Jharkhand
  2015 INSC 822 February 2015Disposed of
• K. K. Saksena v. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage & Ors.
  2014 INSC 89218 December 2014Dismissed
• Durgapur Casual Workers Union & Ors. v. Food Corporation of India & Ors.
  2014 INSC 8489 December 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation Etc. v. Jadeja Govubha Chhanubha & Anr.
  2014 INSC 8323 December 2014Partly allowed
• Sudarshan Rajpoot v. U.P. State Road Transport Corporation
  2014 INSC 78818 November 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Collector Singh v. L.M.L. Ltd., Kanpur
  2014 INSC 76911 November 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Raghubir Singh v. General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Hissar
  2014 INSC 5923 September 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Bhuvnesh Kumar Dwivedi v. M/S Hindalco Industries Ltd.
  2014 INSC 33525 April 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Goa Foundation v. Union of India & Ors.
  2014 INSC 96221 April 2014Disposed of
• State Bank of Patiala and Another v. Ram Niwas Bansal (Dead) Through Lrs.
  2014 INSC 1593 March 2014Disposed of
• Tapash Kumar Paul v. Bsnl & Anr.
  2014 INSC 5928 January 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• J.H. Patel (D) by Lrs. and Ors. v. Nuboard Manufacturing Co. Ltd. & Ors.
  [2014] 1 S.C.R. 77322 January 2014Partly allowed
• Management of Sundaram Industries Ltd. v. Sundaram Industries Employees Union
  2013 INSC 83313 December 2013Dismissed
• B.S.N.L. v. Bhurumal
  2013 INSC 82111 December 2013Disposed of
• State of Jharkhand and Another v. Harihar Yadav and Others
  2013 INSC 77522 November 2013Disposed of
• E.S.Ic. Medical Officer'S Association v. E.S.L.C. & Anr.
  2013 INSC 76921 November 2013Dismissed
• Balwant Rai Saluja & Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Air India Ltd. & Ors.
  2013 INSC 75513 November 2013Matter referred to larger bench
• State of Maharashtra and Anr. v. Sarva Shramik Sangh, Sangli and Ors.
  2013 INSC 70821 October 2013Disposed of
• Davalsab Husainsab Mulla v. North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation
  2013 INSC 65224 September 2013Dismissed
• M/S. Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. v. State of Jharkhand & Ors.
  2013 INSC 62516 September 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• Assistant Engineer, Rajasthan State Agriculture Marketing Board, Sub-Division, Kota v. Mohan Lal
  2013 INSC 54216 August 2013Partly allowed
• Deepali Gundu Surwase v. Kranti Junior Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya (D.Ed.) and Others
  2013 INSC 52912 August 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation v. Salimbhai Umarbhai Mansuri
  2013 INSC 47116 July 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Gujarat & Ors. v. Pwd Employees Union & Ors. Etc
  2013 INSC 4509 July 2013Disposed of
• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation and Another v. Satya Prakash
  2013 INSC 2309 April 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• General Manager, Karnataka State Financial Corporation v. General Secretary, Mysore Division Industrial Workers General Union and Ors.
  2013 INSC 2113 April 2013SLP dismissed.
• Asst. Engineer, Rajasthan Dev. Corp. & Anr. v. Gitam Singh
  2013 INSC 6831 January 2013Partly allowed
• Sunil Kr. Ghosh & Ors. v. K. Ram Chandran & Ors.
  2011 INSC 81118 November 2011Appeal(s) allowed
• Employees Provident Fund Commissioner v. O.L. of Esskay Pharmaceuticals Limited
  2011 INSC 7878 November 2011Appeal(s) allowed
• Siemens Ltd. & Another v. Siemens Employees Union & Another
  2011 INSC 75412 October 2011Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2011 INSC 68615 September 2011Disposed of
• Marathwada Gramin Bank Karamchari Sanghatana and Another v. Management of Marathwada Gramin Bank and Others
  2011 INSC 6669 September 2011Dismissed
• Bihar State Electricity Board & Anr. v. Ram Deo Prasad Singh & Ors.
  2011 INSC 6638 September 2011Appeal(s) allowed