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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• Vijay Kumar and Ors. v. Whirlpool of India Ltd. and Ors.
  2007 INSC 117322 November 2007Dismissed
• Managing Director, Karnataka Forest Development Corporation Ltd. v. Workmen of Karnatak.A Pulpwood Ltd. and Ors,
  2007 INSC 104111 October 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Karan Singh v. M/S Executive Engineer Haryana State Marketing Board
  2007 INSC 98828 September 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• U.B. Gadhe and Ors. Etc. Etc v. G.M. Gujarat Ambuja Cement Pvt. Ltd.
  2007 INSC 99128 September 2007Disposed of
• Ganga Kisan Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd. v. Jaivir Singh
  2007 INSC 96724 September 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Mohan Mahto v. M/S. Central Coal Field Ltd. & Ors.
  2007 INSC 94318 September 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Brijbhushan Yadav and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr.
  2007 INSC 91514 September 2007Disposed of
• Union of India v. Shree Shankar Textiles Ex-Employees Union and Ors.
  2007 INSC 92614 September 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Maharashtra v. Datiatraya Digamber Birajdar
  2007 INSC 87327 August 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• United Bank of India v. Sidhartha Chakraborty
  2007 INSC 87227 August 2007Disposed of
• Canteen Mazdoor Sabha v. Metallurgical Engg. Consultants (I) Ltd. & Ors.
  2007 INSC 85221 August 2007Dismissed
• District Red Cross Society v. Babita Arora and Ors.
  2007 INSC 83114 August 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Microwave Project, Kota and Anr. v. Ramesh Chand
  2007 INSC 76318 July 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Mr.C.Gupta v. Glaxosmithklin Pharmaceutical Limited
  2007 INSC 66625 May 2007Dismissed
• Ajnala Coop. Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Sukhraj Singh
  2007 INSC 66323 May 2007Disposed of
• Garrison Engineer (Utility) Bhatinda v. Shri Narinder Singh
  2007 INSC 65821 May 2007Disposed of
• Management, Pandiyan Roadways Corp. Lid. v. N. Balakrishnan
  2007 INSC 59115 May 2007Dismissed
• Post Master General, Kolka Ta and Ors. v. Tutu Das (Dutta)
  2007 INSC 5092 May 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Bikash Bhushan Ghose and Ors. v. M/S. Novaratis India Limited and Ors.
  2007 INSC 49727 April 2007Appeal allowed.
• M/S. Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories v. Deputy Labour Commr. and Ors.
  2007 INSC 48727 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Punjab Water Supply Sewerage Board and Anr. v. Ram Sajivan and Anr.
  2007 INSC 47126 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Dharappa v. Bijapur Co-Op. Milk Producers Societies Union Ltd.
  2007 INSC 47526 April 2007Dismissed
• Fazika Coop. Sugar Mills v. Jatinder Kumar Gupta and Anr.
  2007 INSC 46525 April 2007Disposed of
• State of Punjab v. Anil Kumar
  2007 INSC 46725 April 2007Partly allowed
• Rashtriya Chem. & Fertilizers Ltd. and Anr. v. General Employees Association and Ors.
  2007 INSC 45023 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Management of Coimbatore District Central Co-Operative Bank v. Secretary, Coimbatore District Central Co-Operative Bank Employees Association and Anr.
  2007 INSC 44823 April 2007Disposed of
• U .P. Power Corporation Ltd. and Anr. v. Bijli Mazdoor Sangh and Ors.
  [2007] 5 S.C.R. 25617 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Director, Food and Supplies, Punjab and Anr. v. Gurmit Singh
  2007 INSC 43117 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Haryana Urban Development Authority v. Om Pal
  2007 INSC 40110 April 2007Partly allowed
• Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samity, Mangalore v. Pahal Singh
  2007 INSC 40010 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Madhya Pradesh Administration v. Tribhuban
  2007 INSC 3825 April 2007Partly allowed
• National Thermal Power Corpn. v. Jawahar Lal and Anr.
  2007 INSC 34428 March 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Bharat Co-Operative Bank (Mumbai) Ltd. v. Co-Operative Bank Employees Union
  2007 INSC 33122 March 2007Dismissed
• State of Punjab and Ors. v. Des Sandhu
  2007 INSC 29915 March 2007Disposed of
• U.P. State Road Transport Corporation v. U.P. Rajya Sadak Pariyahan Karamchari Union
  2007 INSC 2729 March 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Sriram Industrial Enterprises Ltd. v. Mahak Singh and Ors.
  2007 INSC 2668 March 2007Dismissed
• New Delhi Municipal Council v. Pan Singh and Ors.
  2007 INSC 2608 March 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Spic Pharmaceuticals Division v. Authority Under Sec. 48(1) of A.P. and Anr.
  2007 INSC 23228 February 2007Disposed of
• Uttranchal Forest Development Corporation v. M.C. Joshi
  2007 INSC 19423 February 2007Partly allowed
• Punjab State Electricity Board and Anr. v. Sudesh Kumar Puri
  2007 INSC 1239 February 2007Appeal(s) allowed