Unit 3 of Labour Law and Industrial Relations – I (syllabus: Module 3 — TU Act 1926, ss. 15–28; IR Code ss. 14, 21–25). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- When may a registered trade union claim immunity from a suit in tort?
- On what objects may the general funds of a registered trade union be spent?
- How many outsiders may sit on the executive of a registered trade union?
- The 1926 Act gave registration but not recognition — what fills the gap?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Trade Unions Act 1926, s. 18(1)
- Trade Unions Act 1926, s. 15
- Trade Unions Act 1926, s. 22
- Industrial Relations Code 2020, s. 14
Leading cases
- Jay Engineering Works Ltd v State of West Bengal
- Trade Unions Act 1926
- Bokajan Cement Corporation Employees' Union v Cement Corporation of India Ltd
- All India Bank Employees' Association v National Industrial Tribunal