Questions by year, frequency and marks

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10 On the ground of stealing some property of the employer by the workman, and as the stolen property was recovered by the police from the house of the workman and he was convicted in the court, he was dismissed from the undertaking. His dismissal was challenged by the worker on the ground that no domestic enquiry was conducted. Decide. Labour Law – I 2019 1×
10 A Group of workmen of an industry conducted a rally and demonstration to achieve their demands, near the premises of the industry. The employer filed a criminal case of conspiracy against the workers. Decide. Labour Law – I 2014 1×
10 Mr. X found a bundle of currency notes on the floor of a shop. The notes had been accidentally dropped there by a stranger. The party who lost them could not be found. In a case between the shopkeeper and the finder, who has a better claim over the currency notes? Discuss. Labour Law – I 2020 1×
10 Mr. X has dug deep tube wells, maliciously, in his own land, intercepting the flow of ground water. As a result, the neighbour's well became dry. Is 'X' liable for it? Discuss in the light of a decided case and a general principle of civil liability. Labour Law – I 2020 1×
10 The parents allowed their minor children to ride on a motorcycle without a driving license. They drove the vehicle negligently and caused injuries to a pedestrian. Are the parents liable for the wrong committed by their children? If yes, which kind of liability is it? Explain the rationale of such a liability. Labour Law – I 2020 1×
10 Permanent workmen of an industry raised an industrial dispute for the regularization of the services of the contract labour of the unit. Can they do so? Labour Law – I 2021 1×
10 A pharmaceutical concern employed a person as a representative for canvassing and procuring orders. He, however, was also required to do some clerical or manual work which is incidental to his main work. Is such a person a workman under Sec. 2(s) of the I.D. Act? Decide. Labour Law – I 2015 1×
10 For the purpose of registering a trade union, ten members signed the application. Subsequently, four members withdrew their consent and informed the registrar of Trade Unions before registering. The Registrar refused to register the union. Decide. Labour Law – I 2019 1×
10 Raju provided financial aid to a trade union and advised the union to use the amount for the health and welfare of the members. Without his knowledge, the trade union used the amount for conducting a strike which was declared to be illegal by the Labour Court. Explain the impact of the strike on Raju. Labour Law – I 2024 1×
10 Ram was tried and tested for four days and appointed on probation basis for 6 months. Meanwhile, he was elected as a working committee member of his trade union. The employer served two notices on him requiring him to improve his performance. He was dismissed from the services before the expiry of the probation period. Advise. Labour Law – I 2024 1×
10 'X' was removed from employment without serving any notice. 'X' disputed this as unfair dismissal. Argue. Labour Law – I 2023 1×
10 'A' was removed from employment without serving any notice. 'A' disputed this as unfair labour practice. Decide. Labour Law – I 2014 1×
10 Some workers of an industry, while joining duty, entered into an agreement with the employer that they would not go on strike at any time. What is the validity of this agreement? Labour Law – I 2018 1×
10 Suppose a case is decided by the High Court on ground 'A', and then goes on appeal to the Supreme Court which decides it on ground 'B', nothing being said upon ground 'A'. In such circumstances, which is the precedent value of the decision on ground 'A' by the High Court? Labour Law – I 2020 1×
10 A teacher in an educational institution had a dispute with the management. Examine whether this dispute falls under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in light of Section 2(j) of the I.D. Act. Labour Law – I 2017 1×
10 There is an agreement between the employer and workmen of an industrial establishment that there shall not be prescribed standing orders for the establishment. Is such an agreement valid? Labour Law – I 2018 1×
10 A Trade Union Leader was imprisoned for 5 years for an offence involving moral turpitude, and 5 years have not elapsed since his release. He wants to be chosen as an office bearer of a registered Trade Union. Advise. Labour Law – I 2023 1×
10 A Trade Union member who was poor but very popular, and who has not contributed to the political fund, requests help from the general fund for his election. Decide. Labour Law – I 2022 1×
10 A Trade Union served a notice of strike in one industry. The employer instigated some of the members of the Trade Union not to participate in the strike. The Trade Union preferred to initiate legal action against the employer. Advise. Labour Law – I 2023 1×
10 An unregistered trade union conducted picketing in front of the gate of their industry. What action can be taken against them? Labour Law – I 2021 1×
10 The ward boys of a hospital went on strike for the enhancement of their wages. Can their dispute be dealt with under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947? Labour Law – I 2021 1×
10 Without serving notice, the workers of a public utility service went on strike. Is the action of the workers valid? Decide the case on the legality of the strike. Labour Law – I 2019 1×
10 Workers of a hospital raised an industrial dispute regarding the regularization of the services of a doctor. Can they do so? Labour Law – I 2018 1×
10 A workman committed fraud in the Company for which he was convicted by a Court of law. The employer dismissed him without conducting an enquiry. Is the employer right in doing so? Labour Law – I 2024 1×
10 A, a workman, has been retrenched from service by the employer by oral orders. A challenges the validity of the retrenchment. Discuss. Labour Law – I 2015 1×
10 'A', a workman, was removed from employment without being served any notice. 'A' disputed this as unfair dismissal. Discuss. Labour Law – I 2017 1×
10 'A', a workman, was removed from service without being given any notice. He wants to challenge his removal. Advise him. Labour Law – I 2014 1×
10 A workman who is very active in a trade union is transferred to a far -off place of the industrial unit. He wants to challenge the employer's action. Advise him. Labour Law – I 2021 1×
10 A, a workman working in a factory employing 80 workers in Hyderabad, was laid off by his employer who offered him an alternate similar job in another factory at Secunderabad. But A refused to go. A wants to claim lay-off compensation. Advise. Labour Law – I 2015 1×
10 The workmen of a factory raised a dispute regarding termination of service of an Assistant Medical Officer who was not a workman of the factory. Was such a dispute an industrial dispute? Decide. Labour Law – I 2017 1×
10 Workmen of a public utility service went on a sudden strike without giving notice. Discuss the legality of the strike. Labour Law – I 2014 1×
10 P , an Apprentice Fitter, was injured while cleaning a dangerous part of a machine which had been manufactured abroad. The machine was unfenced while adjustments were being made to it. Is the manager or occupier guilty of an offence? Labour Law – II 2019 1×
10 Explain the benefits available to an employed person under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. Labour Law – II 2021 1×
10 A casual worker dies while doing the work. Widow of the deceased worker claimed compensation. The employer refused to pay compensation. Advise her. Labour Law – II 2013 1×
10 Define "concept of Gratuity" and discuss the sailent features of the Payment of Gratuity Act. Labour Law – II 2013 1×
10 X, a contract labourer, dies while working in a factory. The widow of the deceased worker claimed compensation. Advise her. Labour Law – II 2012 1×
10 The driver of a tractor was crushed to death under the wheel of the tractor in the course of his employment. The commissioner rejected the claim on the ground that the parents were not dependents and that the tractor was refused by the employer. Examine whether the decision of the Commissioner is correct. Labour Law – II 2016 1×
10 X employed Y & Z, two women, to do the same work and paid them differently. Y questioned this as a violation under the Equal Remuneration Act. Decide. Labour Law – II 2013 1×
10 An employee goes to attend his work riding on a bicycle and is involved in an accident in the course of the journey and loses his right leg. Discuss whether the employer is liable for compensation. Labour Law – II 2019 1×
10 An employee who was retrenched from service was subsequently re -engaged for wages for broken periods whenever such work was available. No monthly salary was paid to him. The question was whether an employee with in the meaning of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 and whether he could claim his service to be continuous for claiming benefits under the Act. Decide. Labour Law – II 2013 1×
10 The employer, under the E.P .F. and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, has recovered the contributions of P .F. from the workers' salaries and used the same for the purpose of running his business. Advise the workers on their remedy. Labour Law – II 2011 1×
10 What is Minimum Wage? Explain the provisions relating to fixation and revision of Minimum Wages. Labour Law – II 2021 1×
10 A pregnant woman worker working in an establishment wanted to avail her maternity benefit and applied for the same. The employer terminated her from the service. Advise her. Labour Law – II 2012 1×
10 Explain the salient features of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and discuss the liability of the employer for injuries sustained by the workmen during the course of employment. Labour Law – II 2013 1×
10 While working on a machine, a worker accidentally drops a valuable testing appliance which is broken. The employer deducts the value of the appliance from the wages of the worker. Is the deduction justified? Labour Law – II 2020 1×
10 Wives of 3 workmen employed in a textile factory work in place of their husbands for about half an hour every day after 7 p.m., while the husbands take meals brought by them. Discuss whether there is a violation of any provision of the Factories Act, 1948. Labour Law – II 2019 1×
10 A woman worker is asked to attend duty in the night shift of a factory. She refused to work in the night shift. Discuss. Labour Law – II 2013 1×
10 X, a worker, dies of a snake bite while working in the Factory. He was not a workman but a casual worker, and his death has not arisen out of and in the course of employment. Decide. Labour Law – II 2011 1×
10 A worker's services have been terminated by the employer on the ground of fraud committed by the worker. He demanded payment of Bonus. The employer refused to pay. Labour Law – II 2011 1×
10 A worker, while joining the service, agreed not to claim the minimum wages specified by the Minimum Wages law. The employer offered him wages far below the minimum wage specified by law. Discuss. Labour Law – II 2012 1×