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Repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025.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

• M/S. Divgi Metal Wares Ltd. v. M/S. Divgi Metal Wares Employees Association & Anr.
  2024 INSC 23721 March 2024Disposed of

  Whether the Standing Orders read in conjunction with the terms of the appointment order restrain the transferability of employees.

• Ongc Ltd. v. Petroleum Coal Labour Union & Ors.
  2015 INSC 33817 April 2015Dismissed
• Sudarshan Rajpoot v. U.P. State Road Transport Corporation
  2014 INSC 78818 November 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Raghubir Singh v. General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Hissar
  2014 INSC 5923 September 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp. & Ors. v. Babu Lal Jangir
  2013 INSC 62416 September 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• Triveni Engineering & Indust. Ltd. v. Jaswant Singh & Anr.
  2010 INSC 49811 August 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• Vijaya Bank v. Shyamal Kumar Lodh
  2010 INSC 3536 July 2010Dismissed
• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation --I & Anr. v. Bal Mukund Bairwa
  2009 INSC 1412 January 2009Reference answered
• M.D. Balasaheb Desai Sahakari S.K. Ltd. v. Kashinath Ganapati Kambale
  2008 INSC 142412 December 2008Partly allowed
• Usha Breco Mazdoor Sangh v. Management of M/S. Usha Breco Ltd. and Anr.
  2008 INSC 54429 April 2008Dismissed
• U.P. State Road Transport Corporation v. U.P. Rajya Sadak Pariyahan Karamchari Union
  2007 INSC 2729 March 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Prasar Bharati v. Amarjeet Singh and Ors.
  2007 INSC 952 February 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Mineral Exploration Corporation Employees' Union v. Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited and Anr.
  2006 INSC 47226 July 2006Disposed of
• Ceat Ltd. v. Murphy India Employees Union
  2006 INSC 25025 April 2006Dismissed
• The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Mangalore v. M/S. Central Aercanut and Coca Marketing and Processing Co-Op Ltd., Man Galore
  2006 INSC 4730 January 2006Dismissed
• Bharat Forge Co. Ltd. v. Uttam Manohar Nakate
  2005 INSC 3918 January 2005Appeal(s) allowed
• U.P. State Bridge Corporation Ltd. and Ors. v. U.P. Rajya Setu Nigam S. Karamchari Sangh
  2004 INSC 10913 February 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of Nilgiri Coop. Mkt. Society Ltd. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
  2004 INSC 895 February 2004Dismissed
• Bajaj Auto Ltd. v. Bhojane Gopinath D. and Ors.
  2003 INSC 72917 December 2003Disposed of
• Air India Cabin Crew Association v. Yeshawinee Merchant and Ors.
  2003 INSC 30911 July 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Lakshmi Precision Screws Ltd. v. Ram Bahagat
  2002 INSC 33413 August 2002Dismissed
• B.D. Shetty and Ors. v. M/S. Ceat Ltd. and Anr.
  2001 INSC 53730 October 2001Leave Granted & Allowed
• Calcutta Electric Supply Corpn. Ltd. v. Shew Kr. Singh and Ors.
  2000 INSC 55630 November 2000Dismissed
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Maharashtra General Kamgar Union and Ors.
  1998 INSC 47814 December 1998Appeal(s) allowed
• Uptron India Ltd. v. Shammi Bhan and Anr.
  1998 INSC 746 February 1998Dismissed
• State of Rajasthan v. Kunji Raman
  1996 INSC 150217 December 1996Partly allowed
• National Council for Cement and Building Materials v. State of Haryana and Others
  1996 INSC 25715 February 1996Dismissed
• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation and Anr. Etc. v. Krishna Kant Etc. Etc.
  1995 INSC 3353 May 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• D.K. Yadav v. J.M.A. Industries Ltd.
  1993 INSC 1857 May 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• K.C. Joshi v. Union of India and Ors.
  1985 INSC 9823 April 1985Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen of the Food Corporation of India v. M/S. Food Corporation of India
  1985 INSC 4028 February 1985Appeal(s) allowed
• Workmen Employed by Hindustan Lever Ltd. v. Hindustan Lever Limited
  1984 INSC 16028 August 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Sudhir Chandra Sarkar v. Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. and Others.
  1984 INSC 6927 March 1984Appeal(s) allowed
• Glaxo Laboratories v. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court Meerut & Ors.
  1983 INSC 1416 October 1983Dismissed
• U.P State Electricity Board and Ors. v. Harl Shanker Jain and Ors.
  1978 INSC 14528 August 1978Appeal(s) allowed
• Ghaziabad Engineering Co. (P) Ltd. v. Certifying Officer, Kanpur and Anr.
  1978 INSC 613 January 1978Dismissed
• Western India Match Company Ltd. v. Workmen
  1973 INSC 14520 August 1973Dismissed
• United Provinces Electric. Supply Co. Ltd., Allahabad v. T. N. Chatterjee
  1972 INSC 7413 March 1972Appeal(s) allowed
• Heavy Engineering Mazdoor Union v. The State of Bihar & Ors.
  1969 INSC 7712 March 1969Dismissed
• Management Shahdara (Del,Hi) Saharanpur Light Railway Co., Ltd. v. S.S. Railway Workers Union
  1968 INSC 24318 September 1968Partly allowed