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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• Morinda Co-Op. Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Ram Kishan and Ors. Etc.
  1995 INSC 50025 August 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• Aspinwal and Co., Kulshekar, Mangalore v. Laitha Padugady and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  1995 INSC 42326 July 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• Gujarat Electricity Board, Thermal Power Station Ukai, Gujarat v. Hind Mazdoor Sabha and Ors. Etc.
  1995 INSC 3549 May 1995Disposed of
• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation and Anr. Etc. v. Krishna Kant Etc. Etc.
  1995 INSC 3353 May 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd. Etc. v. Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd. Employees Union, Hyderabad and Anr. Etc.
  1995 INSC 10910 February 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• Ashok Kumar Jain and Ors. v. The State of Bihar and Ors.
  1994 INSC 5868 December 1994Appeal(s) allowed
• The Papnasam Labour Union v. Madura Coats Ltd. and Anr.
  1994 INSC 5858 December 1994Appeal(s) allowed
• Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Ganesh Razak and Anr.
  1994 INSC 47320 October 1994Appeals allowed.
• Syndicate Bank and Anr. Etc. Etc v. Sh. K. Umesh Nayak Etc. Etc.
  1994 INSC 38513 September 1994Appeal(s) allowed
• H.R. Adyanthaya v. Sandoz (India) Ltd.
  1994 INSC 31311 August 1994
• Hindustan Lever Ltd. v. B.N. Dongre and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  1994 INSC 28426 July 1994Disposed of
• Shri S.K. Maini v. M/S. Carona Sahu Company Ltd. and Ors.
  1994 INSC 1078 March 1994Dismissed
• M. Venugopal v. The Divisional Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Machilipatnam, Andhra and Anr.
  1994 INSC 3531 January 1994Dismissed
• Workmen of Kettlewell Bullen and Company Ltd. v. Kettlewell Bullen and Company Ltd.
  1994 INSC 46 January 1994Appeal allowed.
• Sh. Rameshwar Manjhi (Deceased) Through B His Son Sh. Lakhiram Manjhi v. The Management of Sangramgarh Colliery and Ors.
  1993 INSC 37016 November 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• Wellman (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. The Employees State Insurance Corporation
  1993 INSC 3603 November 1993Appeal dismissed .
• Shri Yovan, India Cements Employees Union and Anr. v. The Management of India Cements Ltd. and Ors.
  1993 INSC 33815 October 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• D.K. Yadav v. J.M.A. Industries Ltd.
  1993 INSC 1857 May 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• Sarva Shramik Sangh, Bombay v. Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. and Anr.
  1993 INSC 5512 February 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• Crescent Dyes and Chemicals Ltd. v. Ram Naresh Tripathi
  1992 INSC 34316 December 1992Appeal(s) allowed
• Crescent Iron and Steel Corporation Ltd. v. Union of India and Another
  1992 INSC 2729 October 1992Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of Meenakshi Mills Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Meenakshi Mills Ltd. and Anr. Etc. Etc.
  1992 INSC 16415 May 1992
• Management of M/S. Puri Urban Cooperative Bank v. Madhusudan Sahu and Anr.
  1992 INSC 14329 April 1992Appeal(s) allowed
• T .P. Srivastava v. National Tobacco Co. of India Ltd ..
  1991 INSC 26011 October 1991Dismissed
• General Manager, E.L.D. Parry (India} Ltd v. Presiding Officer, 2Nd Addl. Labour Court, Madras and Ors.
  1991 INSC 1262 May 1991Dismissed
• Anand Bihari and Ors v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur Through Its Managing Director and Anr. Etc.
  1990 INSC 39520 December 1990Disposed of
• Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. v. Chand Lal Saha and Ors.
  1990 INSC 3361 November 1990Dismissed
• Gurmail Singh and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Punjab and Ors.
  1990 INSC 32525 October 1990Disposed of
• Rajasthan State Electricity Board and Ors. v. Laxman Lal Etc. Etc.
  1990 INSC 31811 October 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• Desh Raj Gupta v. Industrial Tribunal Iv, U .P. Lucknow and Another
  1990 INSC 27612 September 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• State Bank of India v. Workmen of State Bank of India and Anr.
  1990 INSC 25424 August 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• Karnani Properties Ltd. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
  1990 INSC 25022 August 1990Dismissed
• Jamshedpur Contractors' Workers' Union v. State of Bihar and Ors.
  1990 INSC 24922 August 1990Disposed of
• J.K. Cotion Spg. and Wvg Mills Co. Ltd., Kalpi Road, Kanpur v. State of U.P. and Ors.
  1990 INSC 21327 July 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• Barauni Refinery Pragatisheel Shramik Parishad and Others v. Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Others
  1990 INSC 19912 July 1990Dismissed
• Punjab Land Development and Reclamation Corporation Ltd., Chandigarh Etc. v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Chandigarh Etc.
  1990 INSC 1864 May 1990Disposed of
• Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore v. Industrial Tribunal, Karnataka, Bangalore and Anr.
  1990 INSC 8615 March 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• Management of M/S M.S. Nally Bharat Engg. Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar & Ors.
  1990 INSC 319 February 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• B.R. Singh & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors.
  1989 INSC 29326 September 1989Allowed
• Karnal Leather Karamchari Sanghatan (Regd.) v. Liberty Footwear Company (Regd.) & Ors.
  1989 INSC 26131 August 1989Disposed of