Steps to Expedite Pending Cases in the Labour Courts

June 18, 2012 12:53 pm
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(i) A Scheme of Holding of Lok Adalats as an “Alternative Grievance Redressal Mechanism” for speedy disposal of industrial disputes as introduced in the X Plan has been made indispensable part of the adjudication system from XI Plan;

(ii) Process of appointment to the Post of Presiding Officer is initiated about eight months in advance so that the successor to a serving presiding officer is selected by the time of completion of his tenure in a CGIT-cum-LC;

(iii) A system of link officers amongst Presiding Officers has been introduced to ensure that the judicial work of the CGIT-cum-LCs does not suffer when the post of regular Presiding Officer is vacant due to administrative exigencies;

(iv)Presiding Officers of CGIT-cum-LCs are advised to hold camp courts; and

(v) Conference of Presiding Officers is held from time to time to explore strategies for speedy and effective disposal of cases.

It may be noted that as per the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Central Government has set up 22 Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) in various states for resolution of industrial disputes arising in Central Sphere. The adequacy of CGIT-cum-LCs is reassessed by the Government from time to time. Though the Union Labour & Employment Ministry does not keep the records in respect of Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals falling in the State Sphere. are not maintained centrally.

However, the delay in settlement of cases depends on the absence of affected parties at the time of hearing; Seeking of frequent adjournments by the parties to file documents; Parties approaching the High Courts or Supreme Court challenging orders of reference issued by the appropriate government as well as orders issued by the Tribunals on preliminary points and unwillingness of parties to come forward for getting their cases settled in Lok Adalats.

Also, as per Section 7, 7A &7B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 governing the constitution of Labour Courts and Tribunals, only one person can be appointed by the appropriate Government as Presiding Officer in the Labour Court.

The details of regarding Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts and cases pending in them for the last two years are given as follows:

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Pendency Statement during the Financial-Year 2010-11 Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Labour Courts



Sl. No.	CGIT	CASES				APPLICATIONS
Sl. No.	CGIT	B/F from previous year	Received	Disposed	Pending	B/F from previous year	Received	Disposed	Pending
1	Mumbai I	238	12	29	221	59	54	7	106
2	Mumbai II	433	53	72	414	508	55	34	529
3	Dhanbad I	1699	29	150	1578	328	21	6	343
4	Dhanbad II	951	13	51	913	35	1	0	36
5	Asansol	627	17	20	624	54	4	8	50
6	Kolkata	294	30	40	284	27	6	3	30
7	Chandigarh I	564	89	539	114	68	39	88	19
8	New Delhi I	125	77	115	87	34	7	14	27
9	Kanpur	544	97	73	568	357	28	172	213
10	Jabalpur	2116	31	121	2026	391	1	142	250
11	Chennai	284	57	84	257	15	10	11	14
12	Bangalore	504	37	29	512	93	17	33	77
13	Hyderabad	946	79	163	862	599	8	23	584
14	Nagpur	863	19	109	773	27	4	10	21
15	Bhubneshwar	429	38	72	395	376	10	22	364
16	Lucknow	354	45	16	383	44	4	2	46
17	Jaipur	360	12	62	310	49	15	5	59
18	New Delhi II	461	58	30	489	54	5	4	55
19	Guwahati	27	13	8	32	8	3	4	7
20	Ernakulam	96	24	40	80	24	41	30	35
21	Ahmedabad	23	2,028	13	2038	1,577	267	45	1799
22	Chandigarh II	506	118	72	552	27	2	1	28
T O T A L		12,444	2,976	1,908	13,512	4,754	602	664	4,692


	Mum.I National	6	0	0	6	115	39	0	154
	Kolkata National	9	0	0	9	79	0	0	79
	Total+National	12,459	2,976	1,908	13,527	4,948	641	664	4,925

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Pendency Statement during Financial Year 2011-2012 Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Trial Courts


Sl. No.	CGIT	CASES				APPLICATIONS
Sl. No.	CGIT	B/F from previous year	Received	Disposed	Pending	B/F from previous year	Received	Disposed	Pending
1	Mumbai I	221	57	48	230	106	34	49	91
2	Mumbai II	414	72	78	408	529	13	162	380
3	Dhanbad I	1578	81	114	1545	343	6	18	331
4	Dhanbad II	913	47	167	793	36	2	1	37
5	Asansol	624	16	46	594	50	1	2	49
6	Kolkata	284	13	67	230	30	4	10	24
7	Chandigarh I	114	101	91	124	19	16	2	33
8	New Delhi I	87	378	104	361	27	16	5	38
9	Kanpur	568	121	74	615	213	34	17	230
10	Jabalpur	2026	149	153	2022	250	2	16	236
11	Chennai	257	112	81	288	14	5	9	10
12	Bangalore	512	54	50	516	77	19	22	74
13	Hyderabad	862	95	150	807	584	35	23	596
14	Nagpur	773	57	232	598	21	3	16	8
15	Bhubneshwar	395	82	63	414	364	12	19	357
16	Lucknow	383	132	34	481	46	5	4	47
17	Jaipur	310	78	60	328	59	53	3	109
18	New Delhi II	489	203	247	445	55	6	8	53
19	Guwahati	32	17	3	46	7	0	0	7
20	Ernakulam	80	34	36	78	35	11	28	18
21	Ahmedabad	2038	157	67	2128	1,799	378	526	1651
22	Chandigarh II	552	117	94	575	28	16	3	41
T O T A L		13,512	2,173	2,059	13,626	4,692	671	943	4,420


	Mum.I National	6	1	1	6	154	0	0	154
	Kolkata National	9	1	0	10	79	0	0	79
	Total+National	13,527	2,175	2,060	13,642	4,925	671	943	4,653