Repealed by IR Code 2020, s. 104(1). Still named by the MU syllabus, so it is taught as the spine with the Code mapped at every point.
The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.
Sections in the syllabus
s. 1(3)
Covered in Unit 2 · Trade Unions Act: concept, definitions and registration.
s. 2
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- Syndicate Bank v K. Umesh Nayak (1994)
- Bharat Sugar Mills Ltd v Jai Singh (1961)
- Ardeshir H. Bhiwandiwala v State of Bombay (1962)
- Retrenchment under s. 2(oo): *Hariprasad Shukla* (1957) and *Sundara Money* (1976)
- Bank of India v T.S. Kelawala (1990)
- Mohan Lal v Management of M/s Bharat Electronics Ltd (1981)
- Santosh Gupta v State Bank of Patiala (1980)
- L. Robert D'Souza v Executive Engineer, Southern Railway (1982)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- Damyanti Naranga v Union of India (1971)
- Delhi Cloth & General Mills Ltd v Shambhu Nath Mukherjee (1977)
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v The Central Government Industrial Tribunal (1953)
- S.M. Nilajkar v Telecom District Manager, Karnataka (2003)
- Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v A.D. Divikar (1956)
- Hindustan Steel Ltd v The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Orissa (1976)
- Surendra Kumar Verma v Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court (1980)
- V. P. Gopala Rao v Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh (1969)
s. 2(00)
s. 2(1)(a)
s. 2(10)
s. 2(12)
s. 2(13)
s. 2(14)
s. 2(24)
s. 2A
s. 2A(1)
s. 2A(3)
s. 2(a)
s. 2(b)
s. 2(c)
s. 2(d)
s. 2(g)
s. 2(h)
Covered in Unit 2 · Trade Unions Act: concept, definitions and registration.
s. 2(j)
- Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v A. Rajappa (1978)
- D.N. Banerji v P.R. Mukherjee (1952)
- State of Bombay v The Hospital Mazdoor Sabha (1960)
- The Management of Safdarjung Hospital v Kuldip Singh Sethi (1970)
- University of Delhi v Ram Nath (1963)
- Physical Research Laboratory v K.G. Sharma (1997)
- State of U.P. v Jai Bir Singh (2005)
- Chief Conservator of Forests v Jagannath Maruti Kondhare (1996)
- Coir Board, Ernakulam, Cochin v Indira Devi P.S. (1998)
- Aeltemesh Rein, Advocate, Supreme Court of India v Union of India (1988)
- Baroda Borough Municipality v Its Workmen (1956)
- Secretary, Madras Gymkhana Club Employees' Union v Management of the Gymkhana Club (1967)
s. 2(k)
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- Ardeshir H. Bhiwandiwala v State of Bombay (1962)
- D.N. Banerji v P.R. Mukherjee (1952)
- The Management of Safdarjung Hospital v Kuldip Singh Sethi (1970)
- Central Provinces Transport Services Ltd v Raghunath Gopal Patwardhan (1956)
- Gujarat Electricity Board, Thermal Power Station, Ukai v Hind Mazdoor Sabha (1995)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v The Central Government Industrial Tribunal (1953)
- The Standard-Vacuum Refining Co. of India Ltd v Its Workmen (1960)
- Western India Automobile Association v Industrial Tribunal, Bombay (1949)
- Workmen of Meenakshi Mills Ltd v Meenakshi Mills Ltd (1992)
- V. P. Gopala Rao v Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh (1969)
s. 2(l)
s. 2(m)
s. 2(n)
s. 2(o)
s. 2(p)
s. 2(q)
s. 2(r)
s. 2(s)
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- D.N. Banerji v P.R. Mukherjee (1952)
- The Management of Safdarjung Hospital v Kuldip Singh Sethi (1970)
- University of Delhi v Ram Nath (1963)
- L. Robert D'Souza v Executive Engineer, Southern Railway (1982)
- Dharangadhara Chemical Works Ltd v State of Saurashtra (1956)
- Indian Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. v Their Workmen (1957)
s. 2(w)
s. 3
s. 3(1)
s. 4
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- Dr. N.B. Khare v The State of Delhi (1950)
- The Management of Safdarjung Hospital v Kuldip Singh Sethi (1970)
- University of Delhi v Ram Nath (1963)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- Federated State School Teachers' Association of Australia v The State of Victoria (1929)
s. 4(1)(c)
s. 4(2)
s. 4(9)
s. 4(10)
s. 4(11)
s. 5
s. 6
s. 6B
s. 7
- A.K. Gopalan v The State of Madras (1950)
- Air India Statutory Corporation v United Labour Union (1996)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- Ebrahim Aboobakar v Custodian General of Evacuee Property (1952)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- Phulbari Tea Estate v Its Workmen (1959)
s. 8
Covered in Unit 2 · Trade Unions Act: concept, definitions and registration.
s. 9
s. 9A
s. 10
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- Workmen of Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Ltd v Management (1973)
- Steel Authority of India Ltd v National Union Waterfront Workers (2001)
- The Management of Safdarjung Hospital v Kuldip Singh Sethi (1970)
- Workmen of Motipur Sugar Factory (Private) Ltd v Motipur Sugar Factory (1965)
- Air India Statutory Corporation v United Labour Union (1996)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- Dharangadhara Chemical Works Ltd v State of Saurashtra (1956)
- Engineering Mazdoor Sabha v The Hind Cycles Ltd., Bombay (1962)
- Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation v Smt. Lakshmidevamma (2001)
- Heavy Engineering Mazdoor Union v State of Bihar (1969)
- Brij Mohan Bagaria v N.C. Chatterjee (1958)
- Coir Board, Ernakulam, Cochin v Indira Devi P.S. (1998)
- Delhi Cloth & General Mills Ltd v Shambhu Nath Mukherjee (1977)
- Gujarat Electricity Board, Thermal Power Station, Ukai v Hind Mazdoor Sabha (1995)
- R.K. Panda v Steel Authority of India (1994)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- Manager, United Commercial Bank Ltd v Commissioner of Labour, Madras (1950)
- Western India Automobile Association v Industrial Tribunal, Bombay (1949)
- India General Navigation and Railway Co. Ltd. v Their Workmen (1959)
- Workmen of Meenakshi Mills Ltd v Meenakshi Mills Ltd (1992)
- Shambu Nath Goyal v Bank of Baroda (1983)
- Shankar Chakravarti v Britannia Biscuit Co Ltd (1979)
- Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. v Ludh Budh Singh (1972)
s. 10(1)
- Steel Authority of India Ltd v National Union Waterfront Workers (2001)
- University of Delhi v Ram Nath (1963)
- Air India Statutory Corporation v United Labour Union (1996)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v The Central Government Industrial Tribunal (1953)
s. 10(1)(c)
s. 10(1)(d)
s. 10(2)
- Steel Authority of India Ltd v National Union Waterfront Workers (2001)
- Air India Statutory Corporation v United Labour Union (1996)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- Engineering Mazdoor Sabha v The Hind Cycles Ltd., Bombay (1962)
- Gujarat Electricity Board, Thermal Power Station, Ukai v Hind Mazdoor Sabha (1995)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v The Central Government Industrial Tribunal (1953)
s. 10(3)
s. 10A
s. 10A(1)
s. 10A(2)
s. 10A(3)
s. 10A(4)
s. 10A(5)
s. 11
s. 11(1)
s. 11A
s. 12
- A.K. Gopalan v The State of Madras (1950)
- Air India Statutory Corporation v United Labour Union (1996)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- State of U.P. v Jai Bir Singh (2005)
- R.K. Panda v Steel Authority of India (1994)
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v The Central Government Industrial Tribunal (1953)
s. 12(1)(a)
s. 12(5)
s. 14
s. 15
Covered in Unit 3 · Trade unions: rights, immunities, funds and recognition.
- Cooper Engineering Ltd v P.P. Mundhe (1975)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- State of Madras v V.G. Row (1952)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v A.D. Divikar (1956)
- Premium Granites v State of Tamil Nadu (1994)
- Phulbari Tea Estate v Its Workmen (1959)
s. 15(2)
s. 15(2)(b)
s. 16
s. 16(1)
s. 16(2)
s. 17
s. 17(2)
s. 17A
s. 18
Covered in Unit 11 · Other Specific Torts.
s. 18(1)
Covered in Unit 3 · Trade unions: rights, immunities, funds and recognition.
s. 18(2)
s. 18(3)
s. 19
s. 19(3)
s. 20
s. 20(3)
s. 21
s. 21A
s. 22
Covered in Unit 3 · Trade unions: rights, immunities, funds and recognition.
s. 22(1)
s. 23
s. 23(a)
s. 24
s. 24(1)(i)
s. 24(3)
s. 25
s. 25B
s. 25B(1)
s. 25B(2)
s. 25B(2)(a)
s. 25E
s. 25F
- Retrenchment under s. 2(oo): *Hariprasad Shukla* (1957) and *Sundara Money* (1976)
- State of Bombay v The Hospital Mazdoor Sabha (1960)
- University of Delhi v Ram Nath (1963)
- Mohan Lal v Management of M/s Bharat Electronics Ltd (1981)
- Santosh Gupta v State Bank of Patiala (1980)
- L. Robert D'Souza v Executive Engineer, Southern Railway (1982)
- S.M. Nilajkar v Telecom District Manager, Karnataka (2003)
- Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v A.D. Divikar (1956)
- Hindustan Steel Ltd v The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Orissa (1976)
- Surendra Kumar Verma v Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court (1980)
s. 25F(a)
s. 25F(b)
- Retrenchment under s. 2(oo): *Hariprasad Shukla* (1957) and *Sundara Money* (1976)
- State of Bombay v The Hospital Mazdoor Sabha (1960)
- Mohan Lal v Management of M/s Bharat Electronics Ltd (1981)
- S.M. Nilajkar v Telecom District Manager, Karnataka (2003)
- Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v A.D. Divikar (1956)
s. 25G
s. 25H
s. 25I
s. 28(1)
s. 29
s. 30
s. 32
s. 33
- Workmen of Motipur Sugar Factory (Private) Ltd v Motipur Sugar Factory (1965)
- Indian Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. v Their Workmen (1957)
- Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation v Smt. Lakshmidevamma (2001)
- Sasa Musa Sugar Works (P) Ltd v Shobrati Khan (1959)
- Shambu Nath Goyal v Bank of Baroda (1983)
- Shankar Chakravarti v Britannia Biscuit Co Ltd (1979)
- Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. v Ludh Budh Singh (1972)
- Phulbari Tea Estate v Its Workmen (1959)
- Rajendra Jha v Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Bokaro Steel City (1984)
s. 33(1)(b)
s. 33(2)(b)
s. 33A
s. 33C
s. 33C(2)
s. 36
s. 36(1)
s. 36(4)
s. 36(7)
s. 36A
s. 38
s. 38(2)
s. 39
s. 40
s. 41
Covered in Unit 2 · Trade Unions Act: concept, definitions and registration.
s. 41(2)
s. 42(5)
s. 43
s. 44
s. 44(2)
s. 44(3)
s. 44(7)
s. 44(7)(b)
s. 44(8)
s. 45
s. 46
s. 47
s. 50
s. 50(2)
s. 51
s. 52
s. 53
s. 53(6)
s. 54
s. 54(2)
s. 55
s. 55(1)
s. 55(2)
s. 56
s. 57
s. 58
s. 59
s. 59(2)
s. 62
s. 62(1)
s. 63
s. 63(1)
s. 64(2)(d)
s. 64(5)
s. 66
s. 67
s. 70
s. 71
s. 72
s. 73
s. 75
s. 77
s. 79
s. 83
s. 84
s. 86(5)
s. 86(6)
s. 92
s. 100(1)(c)
s. 100(2)(c)
s. 104
s. 104(1)(a)
s. 104(1)(c)
- Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v A. Rajappa (1978)
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- Workmen of Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Ltd v Management (1973)
- Syndicate Bank v K. Umesh Nayak (1994)
- Retrenchment under s. 2(oo): *Hariprasad Shukla* (1957) and *Sundara Money* (1976)
s. 104(2)
s. 105
s. 107
s. 108
s. 111(3)
s. 111(7)
s. 128(1)
s. 143
s. 144
s. 155
s. 188
s. 312
s. 313
s. 314
s. 441
s. 617
Cases on this Act
- Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v A. Rajappa (1978)
- Workmen of Dimakuchi Tea Estate v Management of Dimakuchi Tea Estate (1958)
- Workmen of Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Ltd v Management (1973)
- Steel Authority of India Ltd v National Union Waterfront Workers (2001)
- Syndicate Bank v K. Umesh Nayak (1994)
- A.K. Gopalan v The State of Madras (1950)
- B.R. Singh v Union of India (1989)
- Dr. N.B. Khare v The State of Delhi (1950)
- O.K. Ghosh v E.X. Joseph (1962)
- Munn v Illinois (1876)
- Bharat Sugar Mills Ltd v Jai Singh (1961)
- Ardeshir H. Bhiwandiwala v State of Bombay (1962)
- Retrenchment under s. 2(oo): *Hariprasad Shukla* (1957) and *Sundara Money* (1976)
- D.N. Banerji v P.R. Mukherjee (1952)
- State of Bombay v The Hospital Mazdoor Sabha (1960)
- The Management of Safdarjung Hospital v Kuldip Singh Sethi (1970)
- University of Delhi v Ram Nath (1963)
- Crompton Greaves Ltd v Its Workmen (1978)
- Bank of India v T.S. Kelawala (1990)
- Gujarat Steel Tubes Ltd v Gujarat Steel Tubes Mazdoor Sabha (1979)
- Workmen of Motipur Sugar Factory (Private) Ltd v Motipur Sugar Factory (1965)
- Mohan Lal v Management of M/s Bharat Electronics Ltd (1981)
- Santosh Gupta v State Bank of Patiala (1980)
- L. Robert D'Souza v Executive Engineer, Southern Railway (1982)
- Cooper Engineering Ltd v P.P. Mundhe (1975)
- Air India Statutory Corporation v United Labour Union (1996)
- Dena Nath v National Fertilizers Ltd (1991)
- Central Provinces Transport Services Ltd v Raghunath Gopal Patwardhan (1956)
- Dharangadhara Chemical Works Ltd v State of Saurashtra (1956)
- Physical Research Laboratory v K.G. Sharma (1997)
- State of U.P. v Jai Bir Singh (2005)
- Engineering Mazdoor Sabha v The Hind Cycles Ltd., Bombay (1962)
- Indian Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. v Their Workmen (1957)
- Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation v Smt. Lakshmidevamma (2001)
- Orissa Textile and Steel Ltd v State of Orissa (2002)
- Damyanti Naranga v Union of India (1971)
- State of Madras v V.G. Row (1952)
- Heavy Engineering Mazdoor Union v State of Bihar (1969)
- Corporation of the City of Nagpur v Its Employees (1960)
- Chief Conservator of Forests v Jagannath Maruti Kondhare (1996)
- Brij Mohan Bagaria v N.C. Chatterjee (1958)
- Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community v State of Maharashtra (2004)
- Coir Board, Ernakulam, Cochin v Indira Devi P.S. (1998)
- Delhi Cloth & General Mills Ltd v Shambhu Nath Mukherjee (1977)
- Aeltemesh Rein, Advocate, Supreme Court of India v Union of India (1988)
- Baroda Borough Municipality v Its Workmen (1956)
- Ebrahim Aboobakar v Custodian General of Evacuee Property (1952)
- Federated State School Teachers' Association of Australia v The State of Victoria (1929)
- Gujarat Electricity Board, Thermal Power Station, Ukai v Hind Mazdoor Sabha (1995)
- R.K. Panda v Steel Authority of India (1994)
- The Kandan Textile Ltd. v The Industrial Tribunal I (1949)
- Secretary, Madras Gymkhana Club Employees' Union v Management of the Gymkhana Club (1967)
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v The Central Government Industrial Tribunal (1953)
- The Standard-Vacuum Refining Co. of India Ltd v Its Workmen (1960)
- Delhi Transport Corporation v D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress (1990)
- Manager, United Commercial Bank Ltd v Commissioner of Labour, Madras (1950)
- Western India Automobile Association v Industrial Tribunal, Bombay (1949)
- Olga Tellis v Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985)
- S.M. Nilajkar v Telecom District Manager, Karnataka (2003)
- Air Corporation Employees' Union v D.V. Vyas (1962)
- Durga Shankar Mehta v Thakur Raghuraj Singh and Others (1954)
- M/s Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd v Shyam Sundar Jhunjhunwala (1961)
- Management of Churakulam Tea Estate (P) Ltd v Workmen (1968)
- Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Company Ltd v Veitch (1941)
- Cutter v Powell (1795)
- Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v A.D. Divikar (1956)
- Hindustan Steel Ltd v The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Orissa (1976)
- India General Navigation and Railway Co. Ltd. v Their Workmen (1959)
- Kameshwar Prasad and Others v The State of Bihar and Another (1962)
- Premium Granites v State of Tamil Nadu (1994)
- Surendra Kumar Verma v Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court (1980)
- Workmen of Meenakshi Mills Ltd v Meenakshi Mills Ltd (1992)
- Sasa Musa Sugar Works (P) Ltd v Shobrati Khan (1959)
- Western India Match Company Ltd v Workmen (1973)
- Shambu Nath Goyal v Bank of Baroda (1983)
- Shankar Chakravarti v Britannia Biscuit Co Ltd (1979)
- Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. v Ludh Budh Singh (1972)
- Phulbari Tea Estate v Its Workmen (1959)
- Rajendra Jha v Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Bokaro Steel City (1984)
- State Bank of India v R.K. Jain (1971)
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd v Chief Inspector of Factories (1998)
- V. P. Gopala Rao v Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh (1969)