Industrial Dispute

One of the principal aims of the Industrial Dispute Act is to harmonise the conflicting interest of the employers and employees engaged in this Act. Today the goal is to achieve social and economic justice in the community. One of the methods for achieving this goal is to evolve a system of industrial adjudication and arbitration whereby industrial disputes can be settled peaceably, justily and as far as possible uniformly. It is very important that the grievances of the workers are adjudicated immediately before a minor issue results into a greater industrial dispute thereby disturbing the industry in general.
                                                              Industrial adjudication of the workers is possible only if there is a machinery of expert’s .It also needs different philosophy, outlook, attitude and behavior on the part of the authorities associated in the task to harmonise the conflicts or grievances of the workers .It requires human approach on the part of the person assigned the task to prevent as far as possible , and if they fail in this task then to solve the disputes to the satisfaction of all the parties involved in the dispute by narrowing down to the minimum possible extent under this circumstances .In the certain fields of conflicts there is no codified law of the rights and liabilities of the disputants ,and therefore this experts who are appointed   are supposed to adjudicate   the industrial disputes are to depend upon the reasoning of common sense   suited best under the prevailing circumstances.

Following are the authorities which have been provided as per the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 as machineries for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes. They are as follows:
  1) The Works Committee;
  2) Conciliation Officer;
  3) Board of conciliation;
  4) Court of Inquiry;
  5) Labour Court;
  6) Industrial Tribunal; and
  7) National Tribunal

Industrial Tribunal...