Unit 1 of Labour Law and Industrial Relations – I (syllabus: Module 1 — Constitution Arts. 19(1)(c), 23, 24, 43A; List III Entry 22; ILO). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Does Article 19(1)(c) give a trade union a right to recognition, to bargain or to strike?
- When does payment below the minimum wage amount to 'forced labour' under Article 23?
- What exactly does Article 24 prohibit, and what follows once it is breached?
- How does Article 21 protect a worker's livelihood and control the way he is dismissed?
- How is a State labour law that conflicts with a central labour law resolved?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Constitution of India, s. 19(1)(c)
- Constitution of India, s. 23(1)
- Constitution of India, s. 24
- Constitution of India, s. 21
- Constitution of India, s. 254
Leading cases
- All India Bank Employees' Association v National Industrial Tribunal
- People's Union for Democratic Rights v Union of India (the Asiad Workers case)
- M.C. Mehta v State of Tamil Nadu (the Sivakasi case)
- Olga Tellis v Bombay Municipal Corporation
- Constitution of India
Full case summaries
- D.K. Yadav v J.M.A. Industries Ltd (1993)
- T.K. Rangarajan v Government of Tamil Nadu (2003)
- All India Bank Employees' Association v National Industrial Tribunal (1962)