Lok Sabha Question No. 2485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Cases in Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2485

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016 CASES IN LABOUR COURTS

†2485. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

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/UT-wise;
- (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 including Delhi and Mumbai;
- (c)whether any time-frame has been fixed for disposal for pending disputes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  appoint  more  presiding officers in such labour courts keeping in view the rising number
- of pending disputes and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (e)the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  quick
- disposal of the pending cases; and
- (f)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): 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 Tribunals. List of these CGITs-cum-LCs and National Tribunals is at Annexure-I.
- (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 by these Courts/Tribunals during each of the last three years are at Annexure II, III and IV.

(c): As per the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 an Order referring an industrial dispute to a Labour Court/Tribunal/National Tribunal shall specify the period within which such Labour Court/ Tribunal/National Tribunal shall submit its award,  provided  that  where  such  industrial  dispute  is  connected with  an  individual  workman,  no  such  period  shall  exceed  three months. The Act further provides for extension of above time limit by  the  Labour  Court/  Tribunal/National  Tribunal  on  the  request  of parties to an industrial dispute, jointly or separately.

(d): According to the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 'A Labour Court/Tribunal/National Tribunal shall consist of one person only to be appointed by the appropriate Government.'

(e): 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.

(f): The Orders passed by the  CGIT-cum-LCs are notified in the  official  gazette  and  are  implemented  by  the  employers.  In majority of cases, the employers implement the orders of the Labour Courts. 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  decree  of  a  civil Court  under  order  21  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  1908.  The Labour Court or Tribunal or National Tribunal can also 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 Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2485 to be answered on 09-05-2016.

## List  Indicating  Central  Government  Industrial  Tribunal-cum-Labour  Courts  (CGITcum-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  the  reply  to  Part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2485 to be answered on 09-05-2016.

## Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts

|           |                           | CASES                  | CASES    | CASES    | CASES   | APPLICATIONS           | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No    | CGIT                      | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received       | Disposed       | 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 O T A L | T O T A L                 | 13,640                 | 2,403    | 2,321    | 13,722  | 4,476                  | 405            | 511            | 4,370          |
|           | Mumbai I NationalTribunal | 6                      | 2        | 0        | 8       | 153                    | 0              | 1              | 152            |
|           | Kolkata NationalTribunal  | 10                     | 1        | 1        | 10      | 79                     | 0              | 0              | 79             |
|           | Grand Total               | 13,656                 | 2,406    | 2,322    | 13,740  | 4,708                  | 405            | 512            | 4,601          |

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2485to be answered on 09-05-2016

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

## Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts

| 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            |
| TOTAL       | TOTAL             | 13,722                 | 2,232    | 2,260    | 13,694  | 4,370                  | 469           | 1,132         | 3,707         |
|             | Mumbai I National |                        |          |          |         |                        |               |               |               |
|             | Tribunal          | 8                      | 1        | 0        | 9       | 152                    | 0             | 0             | 152           |
|             | Kolkata           |                        |          |          |         |                        |               |               |               |
|             | National Tribunal | 10                     | 1        | 2        | 9       | 79                     | 0             | 0             | 79            |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 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 Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2485 to be answered on 09-05-2016

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

## CentralGovernment Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts

| 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                        | 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 National         | Mumbai I National         | 9                      | 0        |          | 8       | 152                    | 2             | 2             | 152           |
| Tribunal Kolkata National | Tribunal Kolkata National |                        |          | 1        |         |                        |               |               |               |
| Tribunal Grand Total      | Tribunal Grand Total      | 13,717                 | 1,976    | 1,829    | 13,864  | 3,945                  | 490           | 589           | 3,846         |

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