Lok Sabha Question No. 182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: P. KUMAR, K. MARAGATHAM, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2016

## LABOUR COURTS

182. SHRI P. KUMAR:

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

- (a)the total number of labour courts/tribunals set up in the country, State/UTwise;
- (b)the  number  of  industrial  disputes  received,  disposed  of  and pending  in  various  industrial  tribunals  and  labour  courts  during the  last  three  years,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  reasons  for pendency; and
- (c)the initiatives taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the situation?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As  per  provisions  of  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947,  the Central  Government  has  set  up  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 CGIT-cum-LCs is at Annexure-I.

The  details  in  respect  of  Labour  Courts  and  Industrial

Tribunals falling in the State Sphere are not maintained centrally.

The number of cases received, disposed of and pending in various  CGIT-cum-LCs  and  NITs  during  the  last  three  years,  i.e. during  2013-14,  2014-15  &2015-16  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.

Contd…

(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.

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Annexure referred to in the reply to Parts (a) & (b) of  the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 to be answered on 18.07.2016.

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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 | Ahmadabad             |
|        22 | Chandigarh II         |

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

ANNEXURE-II

Annexure  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Parts  (a)  &  (b)  of    the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 to be answered on 18.07.2016.

## Statement regarding cases and  applications during the Financial Year 2013-14

## 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 | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previo us year | Received       | Dispose d      | Pendin g       |
| 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                    | Mumbai                    | 6                      | 2        | 0        | 8       | 153                     | 0              | 1              | 152            |
| National Kolkata          | National Kolkata          | 10                     | 1        | 1        | 10      | 79                      | 0              | 0              | 79             |
| National Total + National | National Total + National | 13,656                 | 2,406    | 2,322    | 13,740  | 4,708                   | 405            | 512            | 4,601          |

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Parts (a) & (b) of  the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 to be answered on 18.07.2016.

## Statement regarding cases and applications during the Financial Year 2014-15

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

| Sl. No.                              | CGIT          | CASES                  | CASES     | CASES    | CASES   | APPLICATION            | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   |
|--------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------|-----------|----------|---------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|                                      |               | B/F from previous year | Receive d | 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            |
|                                      | TOTAL         | 13,722                 | 2,232     | 2,260    | 13,694  | 4,370                  | 469           | 1,132         | 3,707         |
|                                      |               | 8                      | 1         | 0        | 9       | 152                    | 0             | 0             | 152           |
| National                             | National      |                        | 1         | 2        | 9       | 79                     | 0             | 0             | 79            |
| Kolkata National Total CGIT National | +             | 10 13,740              | 2,234     | 2,262    | 13,712  | 4,601                  | 469           | 1,132         | 3,938         |

Annexure referred to in the reply to Parts (a) & (b) of  the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 182 to be answered on 18.07.2016.

## 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    |          |         |                        |          |                      |         |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|----------|----------------------|---------|
|                       |                       | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received | APPLICATION 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     |
| TOTAL                 | TOTAL                 | 13,699                 | 1,976    | 1,828    | 13,847  | 3,714                  | 488      | 587                  | 3,615   |
| Mumbai I National     | Mumbai I National     | 9 0                    | 1        | 8        | 152     | 2                      | 2        | 152                  |         |
| Kolkata National      | Kolkata National      | 9 0                    | 0        | 9        | 79      | 0                      | 0        | 79                   |         |
| Total CGIT + National | Total CGIT + National | 13,717 1,976           | 1,829    | 13,864   | 3,945   | 490                    | 589      | 3,846                |         |

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