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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• Rajinder Kumar Kindra v. Delhi Administration Through Secretary (Labour) and Ors.
  1984 INSC 18327 September 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Karnataka v. Workmen Represented by the General Secretary, Karnataka Provident Fund Employees Union & Anr.
  1984 INSC 17726 September 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen Employed by Hindustan Lever Ltd. v. Hindustan Lever Limited
  1984 INSC 16028 August 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Rajendra Jha v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Bokaro Steel City, District Dhanbad and Anr.
  1984 INSC 14821 August 1984Dismissed
• Nirmal Singh v. State of Punjab and Ors.
  1984 INSC 1359 August 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Associated Cement Companies Ltd. Etc. v. T.C. Shrivastava & Ors.
  1984 INSC 7329 March 1984Disposed of
• Union of India and Another v. G.M. Kokil and Others
  1984 INSC 6521 March 1984Dismissed
• Jitendra Singh Rathor v. Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Ltd. & Anr.
  1984 INSC 6115 March 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Ved Prakash Gupta v. Delton Cable India (P) Ltd.
  1984 INSC 568 March 1984Disposed of
• Workmen of M/S Hindustan Lever Ltd. & Ors. v. Management of M/S Hindustan Lever Ltd.
  1984 INSC 55 January 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Gamon India Limited v. Niranjan Dass
  1983 INSC 1885 December 1983Dismissed
• Management of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Bangalore & Ors v. M. Boraiah & Ors.
  1983 INSC 1701 November 1983Dismissed
• Glaxo Laboratories v. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court Meerut & Ors.
  1983 INSC 1416 October 1983Dismissed
• S. K. Verma v. Mahesh Chandra and Another
  1983 INSC 1092 September 1983Appeal(s) allowed
• Rama Kant Misra v. State of U.P. and Others
  1982 INSC 7721 October 1982Appeal(s) allowed
• L. Robert D'Souza v. The Executive Engineer Southern Railway & Anr.
  1982 INSC 2116 February 1982Appeal(s) allowed
• A.V. Nachane & Another v. Union of India & Another
  1981 INSC 21128 December 1981Partly allowed
• J. D. Jain v. The Management of State Bank of India & Anr.
  1981 INSC 20717 December 1981Dismissed
• Workmen of Williamson Magor & Co. Ltd. v. Williamson Magor & Co. Ltd. & Anr.
  1981 INSC 1977 December 1981Appeal(s) allowed
• Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co. Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1981 INSC 17916 October 1981Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of Metro Theatre Ltd., Bombay v. Metro Theatre Ltd., Bombay
  1981 INSC 13531 July 1981Appeal allowed in part.
• Reserve Bank of India, Bombay v. C.T. Dighe and Others
  1981 INSC 12827 July 1981Appeal(s) allowed
• Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company of India Private Limited v. The Workmen Employed Represented by Firestone Tyre Employees Union
  1981 INSC 11922 July 1981Appeal(s) allowed
• Brooke Bond India Ltd. v. The Workmen
  1981 INSC 12022 July 1981Dismissed
• Ahmedabad Manufacturing & Calico Printing Co. Ltd. v. Workmen & Anr.
  1981 INSC 6612 March 1981Appeal(s) allowed
• Madura Coats Limited v. Inspector of Factories, First Circle, Madurai & Anr.
  1980 INSC 2292 December 1980Appeal(s) allowed
• The Life Insurance Corporation of India v. D. J. Bahadur & Ors.
  1980 INSC 20910 November 1980Dismissed
• Surendra Kumar Verma Etc. v. The Central Government Industrial Tribunal Cum-Labour Court, New Delhi & Anr.
  1980 INSC 18723 September 1980Appeal(s) allowed
• Ameteep Machine Tools v. Labour Court Haryana & Another
  1980 INSC 18522 September 1980Dismissed
• Santosh Gupta v. State Bank of Patiala
  1980 INSC 9729 April 1980Appeal(s) allowed
• M. S. Shivananda v. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Others
  1979 INSC 18518 September 1979Dismissed
• Jaswant Singh & Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors. Etc.
  1979 INSC 16229 August 1979Dismissed
• Shankar Chakravarti v. Britannia Biscuit Co. Ltd. & Anr.
  1979 INSC 1074 May 1979Appeal(s) allowed
• Indian Oxygen Ltd. v. The Workmen As Represented by Indian Oxygen Karamchari Union
  1979 INSC 39 January 1979Dismissed
• G. T. Lad & Ors v. Chemicals & Fibres of India Ltd.
  1978 INSC 2526 December 1978Appeal(s) allowed
• Pottery Mazdoor Panchayat v. The Perfect Pottery Co. Ltd. & Anr.
  1978 INSC 21119 October 1978Dismissed
• Avon Services (Production Agencies) Pvt. Ltd. v. Industrial Tribunal, Haryana Faridabad & Ors .
  1978 INSC 2076 October 1978Dismissed
• Basti Sugar Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
  1978 INSC 16111 September 1978Dismissed
• Hindustan Tin Works Pvt. Ltd v. Employees of Hindustan Tin Works Pvt. Ltd.
  1978 INSC 1577 September 1978Dismissed
• Tata Chemicals Ltd. v. Its Workmen
  1978 INSC 7223 March 1978Dismissed