Industrial Disputes Act
Industrial Disputes Act
CHAPTER VB — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAY-OFF, RETRENCHMENT AND CLOSURE IN CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS · Section 25L

Definitions

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

For the purposes of this Chapter,—

(a) “industrial establishment” means—

(i) a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);

(ii) a mine as defined in clause (i) of sub- section (1) of section 2 of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952); or

(iii) a plantation as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (69 of 1951);

(b) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of section 2,—

(i) in relation to any company in which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government, or

(ii) in relation to any corporation [not being a corporation referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of section 2] established by or under any law made by Parliament, the Central Government shall be the appropriate Government.

Judgments on Section 25L