Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

Act No. 20 of 1946 20 sections

Text from the copy of this central Act that the Government of Bihar uploaded to India Code. It may not include every amendment made before the repeal; 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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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.

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

• Management of Bangalore Woollen, Cotton & Silk Mills Co. Ltd. v. The Workmen & Anr.
  1967 INSC 21418 September 1967Partly allowed
• Rohtak Hissar District Electricity Supply Co. Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
  1965 INSC 2753 December 1965Partly allowed
• Salem Erode Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. v. Salem Erode Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. Employees Union
  1965 INSC 2403 November 1965Dismissed
• Workmen of Dewan Tea Estate and Ors. v. The Management
  1963 INSC 23225 November 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• General Manager, Bhilai Steel Project, Bhilai v. Steel Workers Union, Bhopal and Ors.
  1963 INSC 2228 November 1963Appeal(s) allowed
• The Bagalkot Cement Co. Ltd. v. R. K. Pathan & Ors
  1962 INSC 1822 January 1962Dismissed
• The Associated Cement Company Ltd. v. Shri P. D. Vyas and Others.
  1960 INSC 2311 February 1960Dismissed
• The Nagpur Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd. & Others v. K. Shreepathirao
  1958 INSC 4011 April 1958Appeal(s) allowed