Lok Sabha Question No. 2350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2350 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2017

## LABOUR COURTS

2350. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)the  details  of  the  existing  number  of  labour  courts  set  up  for  resolution  of labour disputes in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the number of cases pending with them for the last three years along with the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise, and
- (c)the steps taken/being taken by the Government for expeditious settlement of these cases?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a):    As  per  the  provisions  of  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947,  the  Central Government has set up twenty-two (22) Central Government Industrial Tribunalcum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) in various states for resolution of industrial disputes  arising  in  Central  Sphere.  Out  of  these,  two  CGIT-cum-LCs  one  at Mumbai and the second at Kolkata also function as National Industrial Tribunals (NITs). The list of CGIT-cum-LCs is at Annexure-I.
- (b):    The  number  of  industrial  disputes  received,  disposed  of  and  pending  in various  labour  courts/tribunals  during  the  last  three  years,  i.e.  during  2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 are at Annexure-II, III & IV, respectively.

The reasons for pendency of cases, inter alia, include:

- (i) Absence of affected parties at the time of hearing;
- (ii) Seeking of frequent adjournments by the parties to file documents;
- (iii) Parties approaching the High Courts challenging orders of reference issued by the appropriate government as well as orders issued by the Tribunals on preliminary points.
- (c): A Scheme of Holding of Lok Adalats as an 'Alternative Grievance Redressal Mechanism'  has  been  introduced  from  the  Tenth  Five  Year  Plan  (2002-07)  for speedy  disposal  of  industrial  disputes  in  the  CGIT-cum-LCs  as  a  remedial measure to tide over the backlog of industrial disputes. In addition, the Presiding Officers of the CGIT-cum-LCs hold camp courts in various parts of the area under their  jurisdiction  so  that  workers  are  not  required  to  travel  long  distance  for disposal of their disputes.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question NO. 2350 to be answered on 31.07.2017.

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## List  of  Central  Government  Industrial  Tribunal-cum-Labour  Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) and National Industrial Tribunals (NITs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of CGIT-cum-LC   | State/U.T.                   |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Mumbai I              | Maharashtra                  |
|         2 | Mumbai II             | Maharashtra                  |
|         3 | Dhanbad I             | Jharkhand                    |
|         4 | Dhanbad II            | Jharkhand                    |
|         5 | Asansol               | West Bengal                  |
|         6 | Kolkata               | West Bengal                  |
|         7 | Chandigarh I          | Chandigarh                   |
|         8 | New Delhi I           | Delhi                        |
|         9 | Kanpur                | Uttar Pradesh                |
|        10 | Jabalpur              | Madhya Pradesh               |
|        11 | Chennai               | Tamil Nadu                   |
|        12 | Bangalore             | Karnataka                    |
|        13 | Hyderabad             | Telangana and Andhra Pradesh |
|        14 | Nagpur                | Maharashtra                  |
|        15 | Bhubaneswar           | Odisha                       |
|        16 | Lucknow               | Uttar Pradesh                |
|        17 | Jaipur                | Rajasthan                    |
|        18 | New Delhi II          | Delhi                        |
|        19 | Guwahati              | Assam                        |
|        20 | Ernakulam             | Kerala                       |
|        21 | Ahmedabad             | Gujarat                      |
|        22 | Chandigarh II         | Chandigarh                   |

| Mumbai I   | National Industrial Tribunal   |
|------------|--------------------------------|
| Kolkata    | National Industrial Tribunal   |

ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in the reply to Parts (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question NO. 2350 to be answered on 31.07.2017.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications during the Financial Year 2014-15 Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-

## cum-LC) and National Tribunals.

| Sl. No.   | CGIT             | CASES                   | CASES     | CASES     | CASES   | APPLICATIONS            | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|           |                  | B/F from previou s year | Receive d | Dispose d | Pending | B/F from previou s year | Receive d      | Dispose d      | Pendin g       |
| 1         | Mumbai I         | 242                     | 23        | 22        | 243     | 138                     | 15             | 17             | 136            |
| 2         | Mumbai II        | 470                     | 106       | 57        | 519     | 376                     | 29             | 10             | 395            |
| 3         | Dhanbad I        | 1397                    | 79        | 183       | 1,293   | 199                     | 10             | 127            | 82             |
| 4         | Dhanbad II       | 781                     | 71        | 145       | 707     | 36                      | 0              | 14             | 22             |
| 5         | Asansol          | 471                     | 27        | 79        | 419     | 42                      | 9              | 6              | 45             |
| 6         | Kolkata          | 325                     | 74        | 80        | 319     | 45                      | 11             | 1              | 55             |
| 7         | Chandigarh I     | 442                     | 143       | 122       | 463     | 48                      | 8              | 32             | 24             |
| 8         | New Delhi I      | 376                     | 360       | 47        | 689     | 43                      | 38             | 0              | 81             |
| 9         | Kanpur           | 740                     | 103       | 40        | 803     | 223                     | 26             | 94             | 155            |
| 10        | Jabalpur         | 1595                    | 122       | 374       | 1,343   | 171                     | 5              | 35             | 141            |
| 11        | Chennai          | 298                     | 144       | 173       | 269     | 13                      | 10             | 8              | 15             |
| 12        | Bangalore        | 529                     | 34        | 145       | 418     | 115                     | 47             | 15             | 147            |
| 13        | Hyderabad        | 900                     | 222       | 121       | 1,001   | 589                     | 12             | 527            | 74             |
| 14        | Nagpur           | 251                     | 78        | 99        | 230     | 13                      | 8              | 6              | 15             |
| 15        | Bhubanesw ar     | 384                     | 69        | 31        | 422     | 380                     | 25             | 10             | 395            |
| 16        | Lucknow          | 514                     | 78        | 68        | 524     | 51                      | 24             | 8              | 67             |
| 17        | Jaipur           | 398                     | 81        | 32        | 447     | 111                     | 1              | 4              | 108            |
| 18        | New Delhi II     | 551                     | 145       | 89        | 607     | 109                     | 86             | 108            | 87             |
| 19        | Guwahati         | 91                      | 7         | 60        | 38      | 32                      | 20             | 21             | 31             |
| 20        | Ernakulam        | 128                     | 54        | 46        | 136     | 6                       | 20             | 7              | 19             |
| 21        | Ahmedabad        | 2336                    | 88        | 68        | 2,356   | 1,566                   | 38             | 81             | 1,523          |
| 22        | Chandigarh II    | 503                     | 124       | 179       | 448     | 64                      | 27             | 1              | 90             |
|           | T OT A L         | 13,722                  | 2,232     | 2,260     | 13,694  | 4,370                   | 469            | 1,132          | 3,707          |
|           | Mumbai I, NIT    | 8                       | 1         | 0         | 9       | 152                     | 0              | 0              | 152            |
|           | Kolkata, NIT     | 10                      | 1         | 2         | 9       | 79                      | 0              | 0              | 79             |
|           | Total CGIT + NIT | 13,740                  | 2,234     | 2,262     | 13,712  | 4,601                   | 469            | 1,132          | 3,938          |

## Annexure  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Parts  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question NO. 2350 to be answered on 31.07.2017.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications during the Financial Year 2015-16

## Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LC) and National Tribunals.

| Sl. No.          | CGIT             | CASES                   | CASES     | CASES     | CASES    | APPLICATIONS            | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|                  |                  | B/F from previo us year | Receive d | Dispos ed | Pendin g | B/F from previo us year | Receive d      | Dispose d      | Pendin g       |
| 1                | Mumbai I         | 243                     | 0         | 0         | 243      | 136                     | 9              | 8              | 137            |
| 2                | Mumbai II        | 519                     | 49        | 9         | 559      | 395                     | 73             | 4              | 464            |
| 3                | Dhanbad I        | 1293                    | 101       | 201       | 1,193    | 82                      | 21             | 29             | 74             |
| 4                | Dhanbad II       | 707                     | 96        | 76        | 727      | 22                      | 1              | 1              | 22             |
| 5                | Asansol          | 419                     | 19        | 87        | 351      | 45                      | 55             | 17             | 83             |
| 6                | Kolkata          | 319                     | 112       | 65        | 366      | 55                      | 13             | 6              | 62             |
| 7                | Chandigarh I     | 463                     | 56        | 87        | 432      | 24                      | 26             | 12             | 38             |
| 8                | New Delhi I      | 689                     | 252       | 97        | 844      | 81                      | 47             | 23             | 105            |
| 9                | Kanpur           | 803                     | 115       | 78        | 840      | 155                     | 29             | 25             | 159            |
| 10               | Jabalpur         | 1348                    | 128       | 355       | 1,121    | 147                     | 1              | 96             | 52             |
| 11               | Chennai          | 269                     | 115       | 140       | 244      | 15                      | 23             | 9              | 29             |
| 12               | Bangalore        | 418                     | 38        | 6         | 450      | 147                     | 33             | 1              | 179            |
| 13               | Hyderabad        | 1001                    | 136       | 32        | 1,105    | 74                      | 1              | 1              | 74             |
| 14               | Nagpur           | 230                     | 59        | 1         | 288      | 15                      | 12             | 0              | 27             |
| 15               | Bhubaneswa r     | 422                     | 52        | 14        | 460      | 395                     | 18             | 1              | 412            |
| 16               | Lucknow          | 524                     | 78        | 85        | 517      | 67                      | 23             | 28             | 62             |
| 17               | Jaipur           | 447                     | 83        | 58        | 472      | 108                     | 6              | 5              | 109            |
| 18               | New Delhi II     | 607                     | 153       | 73        | 687      | 88                      | 7              | 71             | 24             |
| 19               | Guwahati         | 38                      | 10        | 11        | 37       | 31                      | 2              | 1              | 32             |
| 20               | Ernakulam        | 136                     | 59        | 24        | 171      | 19                      | 14             | 5              | 28             |
| 21               | Ahmedabad        | 2356                    | 99        | 225       | 2,230    | 1,523                   | 9              | 226            | 1,306          |
| 22               | Chandigarh II    | 448                     | 166       | 104       | 510      | 90                      | 65             | 18             | 137            |
| T O T A L        | T O T A L        | 13,699                  | 1,976     | 1,828     | 13,847   | 3,714                   | 488            | 587            | 3,615          |
| Mumbai I, NIT    | Mumbai I, NIT    | 9                       | 0         | 1         | 8        | 152                     | 2              | 2              | 152            |
| Kolkata, NIT     | Kolkata, NIT     | 9                       | 0         | 0         | 9        | 79                      | 0              | 0              | 79             |
| Total CGIT + NIT | Total CGIT + NIT | 13,717                  | 1,976     | 1,829     | 13,864   | 3,945                   | 490            | 589            | 3,846          |

Annexure  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Parts  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question NO. 2350 to be answered on 31.07.2017.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications during the Financial Year 2016-17

## Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LC) and National Tribunals.

|             |               | CASES                  | CASES     | CASES     | CASES    | APPLICATIONS           | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|-------------|---------------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.     | CGIT          | B/F from previous year | Receive d | Dispose d | Pendin g | B/F from previous year | Receive d      | Dispose d      | Pendin g       |
| 1           | Mumbai I      | 240                    | 12        | 13        | 239      | 137                    | 7              | 10             | 134            |
| 2           | Mumbai II     | 559                    | 31        | 83        | 507      | 464                    | 20             | 25             | 459            |
| 3           | Dhanbad I     | 1193                   | 43        | 206       | 1030     | 74                     | 20             | 18             | 76             |
| 4           | Dhanbad II    | 720                    | 11        | 31        | 700      | 22                     | -              | -              | 22             |
| 5           | Asansol       | 351                    | 05        | 82        | 274      | 83                     | 31             | 20             | 94             |
| 6           | Kolkata       | 366                    | 04        | 03        | 367      | 62                     | 0              | 0              | 62             |
| 7           | Chandigarh I  | 432                    | 209       | 35        | 606      | 38                     | 27             | 17             | 48             |
| 8           | New Delhi I   | 844                    | 167       | 148       | 863      | 105                    | 129            | 44             | 190            |
| 9           | Kanpur        | 840                    | 42        | 67        | 815      | 159                    | 12             | 12             | 159            |
| 10          | Jabalpur      | 1121                   | 96        | 343       | 874      | 52                     | 28             | 21             | 59             |
| 11          | Chennai       | 2260                   | 48        | 203       | 2135     | 858                    | 122            | 17             | 963            |
| 12          | Bangalore     | 450                    | 105       | 57        | 498      | 176                    | 38             | 20             | 194            |
| 13          | Hyderabad     | 1105                   | 63        | 107       | 1061     | 74                     | 78             | 1              | 151            |
| 14          | Nagpur        | 287                    | 42        | -         | 329      | 27                     | 03             | -              | 30             |
| 15          | Bhubaneswar   | 460                    | 85        | 97        | 448      | 412                    | 211            | 23             | 600            |
| 16          | Lucknow       | 517                    | 29        | 42        | 504      | 62                     | 67             | 51             | 78             |
| 17          | Jaipur        | 472                    | 19        | 55        | 436      | 109                    | 2              | 51             | 60             |
| 18          | New Delhi II  | 687                    | 95        | 89        | 693      | 24                     | 4              | 5              | 23             |
| 19          | Guwahati      | 37                     | 05        | 02        | 40       | 32                     | 01             | 0              | 33             |
| 20          | Ernakulam     | 171                    | 30        | 42        | 159      | 28                     | 13             | 04             | 37             |
| 21          | Ahmedabad     | 2230                   | 57        | 597       | 1690     | 1306                   | 46             | 272            | 1080           |
| 22          | Chandigarh II | 510                    | 48        | 29        | 529      | 137                    | 14             | 58             | 93             |
| T O         | T A L         | 13836                  | 1246      | 2301      | 12781    | 3612                   | 873            | 669            | 3816           |
| Mumbai      | I, NIT        | 8                      | -         | -         | 8        | 152                    | -              | -              | 152            |
| Kolkata,NIT | Kolkata,NIT   | 09                     | 0         | 0         | 09       | 79                     | 0              | 0              | 79             |
| Total +     | Total +       |                        |           |           |          |                        |                | 669            | 4047           |
| NIT         | NIT           | 13853                  | 1246      | 2301      | 12798    | 3843                   | 873            |                |                |

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