Section 15 - Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals : Industrial Disputes Act 1947

What are the Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals? Section 15 of Industrial Disputes Act 1947

Section 15 of Industrial Disputes Act 1947 : "Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals"

15. Where an industrial dispute has been referred to a Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal for adjudication, it shall hold its proceedings expeditiously and shall, within the period specified in the order referring such industrial dispute or the further period extended under the second proviso to sub-section (2A) of section 10] submit its award to the appropriate Government.

STATE AMENDMENTS

WEST BENGAL
For section 15 the following section shall be substituted :-
"15. Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals.-(1) Where an industrial dispute has been referred to a National Tribunal for adjudication, it shall hold its proceedings expeditiously and shall, within the period specified in the order referring such industrial dispute or the further period extended under the second proviso to sub-section (2A) of section 10, submit its award to the appropriate Government.

(2) Where an industrial dispute has been referred to a Labour Court or Tribunal under sub-section (1) of section 10, it shall,-

(a) after the filing of statements and taking of evidence, give day to day hearing and pronounce its award, other determination or decision in the manner specified in section 17-AA, and

(b) after hearing the parties to the dispute, determine, within a period of sixty days from the date of the order referring such industrial dispute or within such shorter period as may be specified in such order, the quantum of interim relief admissible, if any :

Provided that the quantum of interim relief shall, in the case of discharge, dismissal or retrenchment of a workman from service or termination of service of workman, be equivalent to the subsistence allowance admissible under the West Bengal Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act, 1969-West Bengal Act No. 33 of 1986.