Industrial Dispute — Law Update

Power of appropriate government to refer apprehended industrial disputes under Section 10(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Absence of mandatory requirement for prior written demand notice directly on the employer
Discouragement of preliminary objections and piecemeal threshold litigation in industrial adjudication
Exclusive adjudicatory forum for declaring contract labour arrangements as sham, nominal, or camouflage
Limits of summary jurisdiction under the MRTU and PULP Act regarding disputed employer-employee relationships
Prohibition under Section 10 of the CLRA Act does not confer automatic absorption
Legal consequences of establishing a sham contract versus a genuine contract under CLRA
Preferential rights of erstwhile contract labourers upon subsequent regular recruitment
Comparative juridical scope of 'workman' under the Industrial Disputes Act and the CLRA Act
Impermissibility of granting interim relief altering status before adjudication under Section 33 of the ID Act