Bare Act
The Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946
The Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946, serves as a comprehensive legal framework designed to regulate the relationship between employers and employees within the industrial sector. It establishes specialized judicial bodies, including Labour Courts and the Industrial Court, to facilitate the resolution of industrial disputes through conciliation, arbitration, and adjudication. The Act empowers these authorities to summon witnesses, issue interim orders, and enforce compliance, thereby ensuring judicial oversight in workplace conflicts. By mandating the use of standing orders and providing clear procedures for dispute resolution, the Act protects workers' rights and promotes industrial peace, offering ordinary citizens a structured mechanism to address grievances and prevent arbitrary employer actions.
- 118. Powers of certain authorities to summon witnesses, etc
- 118A. Offences under section 104 cognizable
- 118B. The offence under section 104 shall be cognizable.
- 119. Certain officers to be public servants
- 119A. Contempt of Industrial Court, Labour Courts and Wage Boards relating to omission to produce documents etc
- 119B. The magistrate to whom any case is so forwarded shall proceed to hear the complaint against the accused person in the manner provided in the said Code of Criminal Procedure.
- 119C. Power of Industrial Court, etc. to decide matters
- 119D. Power of Industrial Court, etc. to pass interim orders
- 119E. Protection of action taken under Act
- 120. Provisions of Act VII of 1929 not to be affected
- 121. Repeal of Bom. IX of 1934
- 122. Repeal of Bom. XXV of 1938
- 122A. Delegation of powers
- 123. Rules
- 123A. Repeal of C. P. and Berar XXIII of
- I. SCHEDULE I (SECTION 35)
- II. SCHEDULE II (SECTION 42)
- III. SCHEDULE III (SECTION 42)
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