Lok Sabha Question No. 2723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Cases in Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2723

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## CASES IN LABOUR COURTS

## 2723. SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

## SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  constituted  additional  Labour  Court and Industrial Tribunals to ensure quick disposal of cases related to labour;
- (b)if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current years, State-wise;
- (c)the number of cases pending as on date along with the number of cases disposed of by these courts during the above period, Statewise; and
- (d)the other steps being taken by the Government for disposal of the cases expeditiously?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) & (b): The Government has so far set up 22 Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) in the country. Two CGIT-cum-LCs also function as National Tribunal.  No additional Labour  Court  and  Industrial  Tribunal  has  been  constituted  by  the Government  during  the  last  three  years.  List  of  CGITs-cum-LCs  and National Tribunals is at Annexure-I.
- (c): The details of the number  of cases referred by the Government and the number of applications made by the workers and the number of cases/applications disposed of by these courts/tribunals during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  are  at Annexure- II, III, IV and V.

(d): A  Scheme  of  Holding  of  Lok  Adalats  as  an  'Alternative Grievance Redressal Mechanism' has been introduced from 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 CGIT-cum-LCs hold camp courts in the various parts of the area of 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 reply to the Parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2723 to be answered on 14.03.2016.

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

|   Sl. No. | Name of CGIT-cum-LC   |
|-----------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Mumbai I              |
|         2 | Mumbai II             |
|         3 | Dhanbad I             |
|         4 | Dhanbad II            |
|         5 | Asansol               |
|         6 | Kolkata               |
|         7 | Chandigarh I          |
|         8 | New Delhi I           |
|         9 | Kanpur                |
|        10 | Jabalpur              |
|        11 | Chennai               |
|        12 | Bangalore             |
|        13 | Hyderabad             |
|        14 | Nagpur                |
|        15 | Bhubaneswar           |
|        16 | Lucknow               |
|        17 | Jaipur                |
|        18 | New Delhi II          |
|        19 | Guwahati              |
|        20 | Ernakulam             |
|        21 | Ahmedabad             |
|        22 | Chandigarh II         |

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

Annexure referred to in reply to the Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2723 to be answered on 14.03.2016

Financial Year-wise Statement regarding cases  referred  by  the  Government  and applications filed before the Tribunals during the Financial-Year 2012-13

|                          |                          |                         | CASES    | CASES       | CASES   | APPLICATIONS           | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|---------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No. CGIT-cum- Labour | Sl. No. CGIT-cum- Labour | B/F from previous year  | Received | Disposed    | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received       | Disposed       | Pending        |
| 1 Mumbai                 | 1 Mumbai                 | 230                     | 48       | 70          | 208     | 91                     | 118            | 115            | 94             |
| 2 Mumbai II              | 2 Mumbai II              | 408                     | 57       | 48          | 417     | 380                    | 16             | 15             | 381            |
| 3 Dhanbad I              | 3 Dhanbad I              | 1545                    | 39       | 127         | 1,457   | 331                    | 10             | 44             | 297            |
| 4 Dhanbad II             | 4 Dhanbad II             | 793                     | 111      | 153         | 751     | 37                     | 4              | 2              | 39             |
| 5 Asansol                | 5 Asansol                | 594                     | 44       | 120         | 518     | 49                     | 10             | 8              | 51             |
| 6 Kolkata                | 6 Kolkata                | 230                     | 36       | 1           | 265     | 24                     | 24             | 0              | 48             |
| 7 Chandigarh I           | 7 Chandigarh I           | 124                     | 102      | 21          | 205     | 33                     | 12             | 15             | 30             |
| New Delhi I              | New Delhi I              | 361                     | 193      | 167         | 387     | 38                     | 68             | 64             | 42             |
| 9 Kanpur                 | 9 Kanpur                 | 615                     | 100      | 103         | 612     | 230                    | 79             | 48             | 261            |
| 10 Jabalpur              | 10 Jabalpur              | 2022                    | 155      | 280         | 1,897   | 236                    | 3              | 15             | 224            |
| 11 Chennai               | 11 Chennai               | 288                     | 122      | 90          | 320     | 10                     | 11             | 7              | 14             |
| 12 Bangalore             | 12 Bangalore             | 518                     | 61       | 54          | 525     | 76                     | 48             | 14             | 110            |
| 13 Hyderabad             | 13 Hyderabad             | 807                     | 264      | 18          | 1,053   | 596                    | 23             | 6              | 613            |
| 14 Nagpur                | 14 Nagpur                | 598                     | 62       | 304         | 356     | 8                      | 3              | 4              | 7              |
| 15 Bhubaneswar           | 15 Bhubaneswar           | 414                     | 69       | 100         | 383     | 357                    | 8              | 8              | 357            |
| 16 Lucknow               | 16 Lucknow               | 481                     | 62       | 46          | 497     | 47                     | 7              | 8              | 46             |
| 17 Jaipur                | 17 Jaipur                | 328                     | 75       | 43          | 360     | 109                    | 16             | 11             | 114            |
| 18 New Delhi II          | 18 New Delhi II          | 445                     | 72       | 11          | 506     | 53                     | 6              | 0              | 59             |
| 19 Guwahati              | 19 Guwahati              | 46                      | 38       | 8           | 76      | 7                      | 2              | 1              | 8              |
| 20 Ernakulam             | 20 Ernakulam             | 78                      | 40       | 18          | 100     | 18                     | 1              | 8              | 11             |
| 21 Ahmedabad             | 21 Ahmedabad             | 2128                    | 148      | 57          | 2,219   | 1,651                  | 12             | 39             | 1,624          |
| 22 Chandigarh II         | 22 Chandigarh II         | 575                     | 13       | 73          | 515     | 41                     | 15             | 2              | 54             |
|                          |                          | 13,628                  | 1,911    | 1,912       | 13,627  | 4,422                  | 496            | 434            | 4,484          |
| Mum.I                    | Mum.I                    | 6                       | 1        | 1           | 6       | 154                    | 0              | 1              | 153            |
| Kolkata                  | Kolkata                  | 10                      | 0        | 0           | 10      | 79                     | 0              | 0              | 79             |
|                          | National Total+National  | National Total+National | 13,644   | 1,912 1,913 | 13,643  | 4,655                  | 496            | 435            | 4,716          |

Annexure referred to in  reply to the  Part (c) of  the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2723 to be answered on 14.03.2016 and

Financial Year-wise Statement regarding cases referred by the Government applications filed before the Tribunals during the Financial-Year 2013-2014

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

Annexure referred to in reply to the Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2723 to be answered on 14.03.2016

Financial Year-wise Statement regarding cases  referred  by  the  Government  and applications filed before the Tribunals during the Financial-Year 2014-15

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

ANNEXURE-V Annexure referred to in reply to the Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2723 to be answered on 14.03.2016 Financial Year-wise Statement regarding cases and  applications during the Financial-Year 2015-16 (As on 29.02.2016)

| Sl.                        | Sl.                        | CASES                  | CASES    | CASES    | CASES   | APPLICATIONS           | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| No. CGIT-cum- Labour Court | No. CGIT-cum- Labour Court | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received       | Disposed       | Pending        |
| 1 Mumbai I                 | 1 Mumbai I                 | 243                    | 14       | 16       | 241     | 136                    | 9              | 8              | 137            |
| 2 Mumbai II                | 2 Mumbai II                | 519                    | 44       | 6        | 557     | 395                    | 68             | 3              | 460            |
| Dhanbad I                  | Dhanbad I                  | 1293                   | 89       | 187      | 1,195   | 82                     | 19             | 29             | 72             |
| 4 Dhanbad II               | 4 Dhanbad II               | 707                    | 96       | 76       | 727     | 22                     | 1              | 1              | 22             |
| 5 Asansol                  | 5 Asansol                  | 419                    | 18       | 79       | 358     | 45                     | 53             | 17             | 81             |
| 6 Kolkata                  | 6 Kolkata                  | 319                    | 109      | 57       | 371     | 55                     | 13             | 6              | 62             |
| 7 Chandigarh I             | 7 Chandigarh I             | 463                    | 36       | 69       | 430     | 24                     | 26             | 12             | 38             |
| 8 New Delhi I              | 8 New Delhi I              | 689                    | 243      | 84       | 848     | 81                     | 42             | 12             | 111            |
| 9 Kanpur                   | 9 Kanpur                   | 803                    | 107      | 71       | 839     | 155                    | 29             | 25             | 159            |
| 10 Jabalpur                | 10 Jabalpur                | 1348                   | 119      | 309      | 1,158   | 147                    | 1              | 96             | 52             |
| 11 Chennai                 | 11 Chennai                 | 269                    | 105      | 117      | 257     | 15                     | 23             | 4              | 34             |
| 12 Bangalore               | 12 Bangalore               | 418                    | 34       | 6        | 446     | 147                    | 29             | 1              | 175            |
| 13 Hyderabad               | 13 Hyderabad               | 1001                   | 134      | 19       | 1,116   | 74                     | 1              | 1              | 74             |
| 14 Nagpur                  | 14 Nagpur                  | 230                    | 51       | 1        | 280     | 15                     | 11             | 0              | 26             |
| 15 Bhubaneswar             | 15 Bhubaneswar             | 422                    | 49       | 2        | 469     | 395                    | 14             | 0              | 409            |
| 16 Lucknow                 | 16 Lucknow                 | 524                    | 73       | 80       | 517     | 67                     | 13             | 17             | 63             |
| 17 Jaipur                  | 17 Jaipur                  | 447                    | 78       | 55       | 470     | 108                    | 5              | 4              | 109            |
| 18 New Delhi II            | 18 New Delhi II            | 607                    | 148      | 66       | 689     | 88                     | 7              | 59             | 36             |
| 19 Guwahati                | 19 Guwahati                | 38                     | 10       | 11       | 37      | 31                     | 2              | 1              | 32             |
| 20 Ernakulam               | 20 Ernakulam               | 136                    | 51       | 20       | 167     | 19                     | 13             | 4              | 28             |
| 21 Ahmedabad               | 21 Ahmedabad               | 2356                   | 89       | 148      | 2,297   | 1,523                  | 5              | 203            | 1,325          |
| 22 Chandigarh II           | 22 Chandigarh II           | 448                    | 68       | 94       | 422     | 90                     | 65             | 13             | 142            |
|                            |                            | 13,699                 | 1,765    | 1,573    | 13,891  | 3,714                  | 449            | 516            | 3,647          |
| Mum.I National             | Mum.I National             | 9                      | 0        | 1        | 8       | 152                    | 1              | 1              | 152            |
|                            | Kolkata National           | 9                      | 0        | 0        | 9       | 79                     | 0              | 0              | 79             |

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