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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• M/S. Muller & Phipps (Indja) Ltd. v. K. C. Sud
  1960 INSC 7511 April 1960Dismissed
• Muir Mills Co. Ltd., Kanpur v. Its Workmen.
  1960 INSC 747 April 1960Dismissed
• The Standard.Vacuum Refining Co. of India Ltd. v. Its Workmen and Others.
  1960 INSC 716 April 1960Dismissed
• M/S. North Brook Jute Co. Ltd. and Another v. Their Workmen
  1960 INSC 5623 March 1960Dismissed
• M/S. New India Motors (P) Ltd. New Delhi v. K. T. Morris
  1960 INSC 5522 March 1960Dismissed
• Management of Vishnu Sugar Mills Limited, Harkhua, District Saran, Bihar v. Their Workmen Represented by Chini Mill Mazdoor Union, Harkhua, Dist. Saran, Bihar
  1960 INSC 449 March 1960Appeal(s) allowed
• The Corporation of the City of Nagpur v. Its Employees
  1960 INSC 2210 February 1960Dismissed
• State 0]' Bombay & Others v. The Hospital Mazdoor Sabha & Other
  1960 INSC 1529 January 1960Dismissed
• Messrs. Brahmachari Research Institute v. Its Workmen
  1959 INSC 13516 October 1959Appeal(s) allowed
• The Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. v. The Workmen and Another
  1959 INSC 13416 October 1959Dismissed
• India General Navigation and Railway Co. Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1959 INSC 13214 October 1959Partly allowed
• The Punjab National Bank, Ltd. v. Its Workmen
  1959 INSC 11924 September 1959Dismissed
• The Associated Cement Companies Limited, Chaibassa Cement Works, Jhinkpani v. Their Workmen
  1959 INSC 11211 September 1959Appeal(s) allowed
• Messrs. Kamarhatty Co. Ltd. v. Shri Ushnath Pakrashi
  1959 INSC 9421 May 1959Dismissed
• The Management of Hotel Imperial, New Delhi & Others v. Hotel Workers Union
  1959 INSC 9521 May 1959Partly allowed
• Great Indian Motor Works Ltd., and Another v. Their Employees and Others
  1959 INSC 656 May 1959Dismissed
• Phulbari Tea Estate v. Its Workmen
  1959 INSC 676 May 1959Dismissed
• Andheri Marol Kurla Bus Service & Another v. The State of Bombay
  1959 INSC 4321 April 1959Dismissed
• The Management of Ranipur Colliery v. Bhuban Singh and Others
  1959 INSC 4121 April 1959Appeal(s) allowed
• Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd., Calcutta v. Their Workmen
  1959 INSC 928 January 1959Dismissed
• The State of Bihar v. D.N. Ganguly & Others
  [1959] 1 S.C.R. 119122 August 1958Dismissed
• Express Newspapers (Private) Ltd., and Another v. The Union of India and Others
  1958 INSC 2019 March 1958Disposed of
• Workmen of Dimakuchl Tea Estate v. The Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate
  1958 INSC 24 February 1958Dismissed
• The State of Uttar Pradesh v. M/S Swadeshi Cotton Mills Co. Ltd. and Another
  1957 INSC 10420 November 1957Partly allowed
• Patna Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Patna v. Bali Rai & Another
  1957 INSC 975 November 1957Appeal(s) allowed
• Punjab National Bank Ltd. v. Industrial Tribunal, Sri Ram Kanwar, Delhi.
  1956 INSC 8020 December 1956Appeal(s) allowed
• Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v. A. D. Divikar
  1956 INSC 7227 November 1956Appeal(s) allowed
• Dharangadhara Chemical Works Ltd. v. State of Saurashtra.
  1956 INSC 7123 November 1956Dismissed
• Lakshmi Devi Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Pt. Ram Sarup
  1956 INSC 5924 October 1956Appeal(s) allowed
• J. K. Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Kanpur v. The Iron and Steel Mazdoor Union, Kanpur
  1955 INSC 8323 December 1955Directions issued
• Automobile Products of India Ltd. v. Rukl\Iaji Bala and Others
  1955 INSC 43 February 1955Dismissed
• Minerva Mills Ltd v. Their Workers.
  1953 INSC 618 October 1953
• Punjab National Bank Ltd v. Employees of the Bank
  1953 INSC 3210 April 1953Dismissed
• Atherton West & Co. Ltd v. Suti Mill Mazdoor Union and Others
  1953 INSC 2516 March 1953Dismissed
• Strawboard Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Gutta Mill Workers Union
  1952 INSC 7617 December 1952Appeal(s) allowed
• Workers of the Industry Colliery, Dhanbad v. Management of the Industry Colliery
  1952 INSC 7512 December 1952Dismissed
• D. N. Banerji v. P. R. Mukherjee and Others
  1952 INSC 655 December 1952Dismissed
• Buckingham and Carnatic Co. Ltd. v. Workers of the Buckingham and Carnatic Co. Ltd.
  1952 INSC 602 December 1952Appeal(s) allowed
• Vishwamitra Press Karyalaya v. The Workers of Vishwamilra Press.
  1952 INSC 612 December 1952Dismissed
• The United Commercial Bank Ltd. v. Their Workmen
  1951 INSC 259 April 1951