Lok Sabha Question No. 4305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Cases in Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI, REKHA ARUN VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4305

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## CASES IN LABOUR COURTS

†4305. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

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

- (a)the total number of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cumLabour Courts set up in the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b)the  details  of  the  number  of  industrial  disputes  referred  by  the Government and the number of applications made by the workers and the number of cases/applications disposed of and pending in these tribunals/courts during each  of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c)the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  quick disposal of the pending cases; and
- (d)the  monitoring  mechanism  put  in  place  by  the  Government  to monitor/ensure  strict  compliance/implementation  of  the  orders
- passed by the labour courts/tribunals by the employers?

## 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  Tribunal-cum-Labour  Courts  (CGIT-cum-LCs)  in  various states for resolution of industrial disputes arising in Central Sphere. Out  of  these,  two  CGIT-cum-LCs  at  Mumbai  and  Kolkata  also function  as  National  Industrial  Tribunals  (NITs).  The  list  of  CGITcum-LCs is at Annexure-I.

(b):  The number of industrial disputes referred by the Government and  the  number  of  applications  made  by  the  workers  and  the number of cases/applications disposed of and pending in the CGITcum-LCs and NITs during the last three years, i.e. during 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16 are at Annexure-II, III & IV, respectively.

(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 of their jurisdiction so that workers are not required to travel long distance for disposal of their disputes.

(d):  Orders passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunals (CGIT-cum-LCs) are notified in the  official gazette and are binding on the employers. However, in case an award is not implemented, the worker can approach the Labour Department of the appropriate Government  for  implementation  of  the  Award.  The  implementing authority, after following due  process  of  law,  prosecutes  the employers under section 29 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for not implementing the Award/Order of the CGIT-cum-LCs.

Further, Section 11 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 has been amended  whereby every award made, order issued or settlement  arrived  at  by  or  before  Labour  Court  or  Tribunal  or National Tribunal shall be executed in accordance with the procedure laid down for execution of orders and decrees of a civil Court under order 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Also, the Labour  Court  or  Tribunal  or  National  Tribunal  shall  transmit  any award, order or settlement to a Civil Court having jurisdiction and such Civil Court shall execute the award, order or settlement as if it were a decree passed by it.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4305 to be answered on 12.12.2016.

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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      |
|        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 Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4305 to be answered on 12.12.2016.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications received, disposed of and pending during the Financial Year 2013-14

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

|                  |                  | CASES                  | CASES    | CASES     | CASES   | APPLICATIONS           | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|----------|-----------|---------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.          | CGIT             | B/F from previous year | Received | Dispose d | Pending | B/F from previous year | Receive d      | Dispose d      | Pending        |
| 1                | Mumbai I         | 208                    | 50       | 16        | 242     | 94                     | 51             | 7              | 138            |
| 2                | Mumbai II        | 417                    | 96       | 43        | 470     | 381                    | 12             | 17             | 376            |
| 3                | Dhanbad I        | 1457                   | 107      | 167       | 1,397   | 297                    | 12             | 110            | 199            |
| 4                | Dhanbad II       | 751                    | 170      | 140       | 781     | 39                     | 1              | 4              | 36             |
| 5                | Asansol          | 518                    | 29       | 76        | 471     | 51                     | 5              | 14             | 42             |
| 6                | Kolkata          | 265                    | 74       | 14        | 325     | 48                     | 5              | 8              | 45             |
| 7                | Chandigarh I     | 205                    | 312      | 75        | 442     | 30                     | 27             | 9              | 48             |
| 8                | New Delhi I      | 387                    | 144      | 155       | 376     | 42                     | 24             | 23             | 43             |
| 9                | Kanpur           | 612                    | 172      | 44        | 740     | 261                    | 21             | 59             | 223            |
| 10               | Jabalpur         | 1897                   | 96       | 398       | 1,595   | 224                    | 3              | 56             | 171            |
| 11               | Chennai          | 320                    | 101      | 123       | 298     | 14                     | 5              | 6              | 13             |
| 12               | Bangalore        | 538                    | 56       | 65        | 529     | 102                    | 35             | 22             | 115            |
| 13               | Hyderabad        | 1053                   | 156      | 309       | 900     | 613                    | 6              | 30             | 589            |
| 14               | Nagpur           | 356                    | 95       | 200       | 251     | 7                      | 8              | 2              | 13             |
| 15               | Bhubaneswar      | 383                    | 73       | 72        | 384     | 357                    | 33             | 10             | 380            |
| 16               | Lucknow          | 497                    | 72       | 55        | 514     | 46                     | 16             | 11             | 51             |
| 17               | Jaipur           | 360                    | 67       | 29        | 398     | 114                    | 1              | 4              | 111            |
| 18               | New Delhi II     | 506                    | 140      | 95        | 551     | 59                     | 64             | 14             | 109            |
| 19               | Guwahati         | 76                     | 44       | 29        | 91      | 8                      | 31             | 7              | 32             |
| 20               | Ernakulam        | 100                    | 56       | 28        | 128     | 11                     | 7              | 12             | 6              |
| 21               | Ahmedabad        | 2219                   | 198      | 81        | 2,336   | 1,624                  | 18             | 76             | 1,566          |
| 22               | Chandigarh II    | 515                    | 95       | 107       | 503     | 54                     | 20             | 10             | 64             |
| T                | OT A L           | 13,640                 | 2,403    | 2,321     | 13,722  | 4,476                  | 405            | 511            | 4,370          |
| Mumbai National  | Mumbai National  | 6                      | 2        | 0         | 8       | 153                    | 0              | 1              | 152            |
| Kolkata National | Kolkata National | 10                     | 1        | 1         | 10      | 79                     | 0              | 0              | 79             |
| Total +          | Total +          | 13,656                 | 2,406    |           | 13,740  | 4,708                  | 405            | 512            | 4,601          |
| National         | National         |                        |          | 2,322     |         |                        |                |                |                |

Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4305 to be answered on 12.12.2016.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications received, disposed of and pending during the Financial Year 2014-15

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

| Sl. No.                   | CGIT                      | CASES                  | CASES    | CASES    | CASES   | APPLICATION            | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|                           |                           | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received      | Disposed      | Pending       |
| 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                        | Bhubaneswar               | 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 O T                     | A L                       | 13,722                 | 2,232    | 2,260    | 13,694  | 4,370                  | 469           | 1,132         | 3,707         |
| Mumbai National           | Mumbai National           | 8                      | 1        | 0        | 9       | 152                    | 0             | 0             | 152           |
| Kolkata                   | Kolkata                   | 10                     | 1        | 2        | 9       | 79                     | 0             | 0             | 79            |
| National Total + National | National Total + National | 13,740                 | 2,234    | 2,262    | 13,712  | 4,601                  | 469           | 1,132         | 3,938         |

Annexure  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 4305 to be answered on 12.12.2016.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications received, disposed of and pending during the Financial Year 2015-16

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

| Sl. No.   | CGIT                  | CASES                  | CASES    | CASES    | CASES   | APPLICATION            | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|           |                       | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received      | Disposed      | Pending       |
| 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        | Bhubaneswar           | 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 OT A L  | T OT A L              | 13,699                 | 1,976    | 1,828    | 13,847  | 3,714                  | 488           | 587           | 3,615         |
| Mumbai I  | Mumbai I              |                        |          |          |         |                        |               |               |               |
|           | National              | 9                      | 0        | 1        | 8       | 152                    | 2             | 2             | 152           |
|           | Kolkata National      | 9                      | 0        | 0        | 9       | 79                     | 0             | 0             | 79            |
|           | Total CGIT + National | 13,717                 | 1,976    | 1,829    | 13,864  | 3,945                  | 490           | 589           | 3,846         |