DELHI JUDICIAL ACADEMY
Programme Name & Code: Core Competence Conference for Knowledge, Skill & Perspective Development [DJA/JO-19/2025]
Duration, Date & Day: One (1) Day on 12thSeptember, 2025 (Friday)
Participants: Presiding Officers (Labour Court) & Presiding Officer(Industrial Tribunal)
Venue: Seminar Hall, 02nd Floor, Delhi Judicial Academy.
Programme Director: Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Director (Academics)/Chairperson (Officiating), Delhi Judicial Academy.
Programme Coordinator: Mr. Sachin Sangwan, Additional Director, Delhi Judicial Academy.
Date & Day 10:00 am – 11:30 am 11:30 11:45 am 11:45 am – 01:15 pm 01:15 01:45 pm 01:45 pm – 03:15 pm 03:15
03:30 pm 03:30 pm – 05:00 pm
12.09.2025
(Friday) Session-I
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Basic Concepts (I)
• Definition
o Workman
o Industry
o Industrial Dispute
• Reference (Sec. 2A)
• Issues related to dismissal, retrenchment & termination
• Sec. 25F & ancillary provisions
Speaker:
• Mr. Mohd. Farrukh,
Director (Administration), DJA
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K Session-II
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Basic Concepts (II)
• Domestic Inquiries
o Scope
o Result: Discharge & Dismissal
o Scope of Sec. 33A& 33(2)(b)
Mandatory Directions in Circulated Judgments
Speaker:
• Mr. Mohd. Farrukh,
Director (Administration), DJA
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K Session-III
Issues, Challenges & Interplay in the Implementation of Labour Laws
(Q & A Session)
• The Laws& their Interplay
o Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
o Payment of Wages Act, 1936
o Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
• Rules of Appreciation of Evidence
o Burden of Proof
o Presumptions
• Relief – Principles for Grant/Refusal
o Reinstatement
o Back Wages
o Compensation – Rules of Quantification
• Reforms in Labour Laws: Latest Developments
Speaker:
• Prof. (Dr.) B.T. Kaul,
Former Prof. of Law, Delhi University
and Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy
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K Session-IV
Recovery of money due from employer- Sec. 33C of Industrial Disputes Act
• Awards
o Interim or final determination
o Compromise Award
o Ex-parte award
o Withdrawal of dispute
o Relief
Speaker:
• Prof. (Dr.) B.T. Kaul,
Former Prof. of Law, Delhi University and Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy