Lok Sabha Question No. 4182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Industrial Tribunal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4182

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL

†4182. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

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

- (a)the  number  of  industrial  disputes  pending  in  Central  Government Industrial Tribunal, Delhi and Mumbai as on date;
- (b)whether the Government has fixed any time limit for the disposal of industrial disputes by the Tribunal;
- (c)whether the Government proposes to appoint new presiding officers in Delhi and Mumbai in view of the increasing number of industrial disputes; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a): There are 4 Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs), two each in Delhi and Mumbai. The statement of pending industrial disputes as on date is as under:

| No. of industrial disputes pending as on 15.03.2021 before CGIT-cum-LCs, Mumbai-I, Mumbai-II, New Delhi-I & New Delhi-II under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947   | No. of industrial disputes pending as on 15.03.2021 before CGIT-cum-LCs, Mumbai-I, Mumbai-II, New Delhi-I & New Delhi-II under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947   | No. of industrial disputes pending as on 15.03.2021 before CGIT-cum-LCs, Mumbai-I, Mumbai-II, New Delhi-I & New Delhi-II under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                        | CGIT-cum-LC                                                                                                                                                    | No. of Industrial Disputes pending                                                                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                                                                                              | Mumbai-I                                                                                                                                                       | 666                                                                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                                                                              | Mumbai-II                                                                                                                                                      | 1062                                                                                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                                                                                              | New Delhi-I                                                                                                                                                    | 4367                                                                                                                                                           |
| 4                                                                                                                                                              | New Delhi-II                                                                                                                                                   | 1217                                                                                                                                                           |

Contd..2/-

(b): Section  10  of  the  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947  prescribes  the manner for reference of disputes to a Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour  Court.  As  per  section  10(2)(2A)  the  appropriate Government specifies  the  time  period,  in  its  order,  while  referring  a dispute, within which, a Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal is required to submit its award on industrial disputes.

- (c): No, Sir.
- (d): In view of reply to part (c), question does not arise.

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