Provisions to be contained in constitution or rules of Trade Union
Section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 deals with provisions to be contained in constitution or rules of Trade Union. A Trade Union shall not be entitled to registration under this Code, unless the executive thereof is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Code, and the rules of the Trade Union provide for the following matters, namely:--- (a) the name of the Trade Union; The Act was enacted on 28 Sep 2020.
A Trade Union shall not be entitled to registration under this Code, unless the executive thereof is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Code, and the rules of the Trade Union provide for the following matters, namely:---
(a) the name of the Trade Union;
(b) the whole of the objects for which the Trade Union has been established;
(c) the whole of the purposes for which the general funds of the Trade Union shall be applicable, all of which purposes shall be purposes to which such funds are lawfully applicable under this Code;
(d) the maintenance of a list of members of the Trade Union and adequate facilities for the inspection thereof by the office-bearers and members of the Trade Union;
(e) the admission of ordinary members (irrespective of their craft or category) who shall be persons actually engaged or employed in the industrial establishment, undertaking or industry, or units, branches or offices of an industrial establishment, as the case may be, with which the Trade Union is connected, and also the admission of such number of honorary or temporary members, who are not such workers, as are not permitted under section 21 to be office-bearers to form the executive of the Trade Union;
(f) the payment of a subscription by members of the Trade Union from such members and others, as may be prescribed;
(g) the conditions under which any member shall be entitled to any benefit assured by the rules and under which any fine or forfeiture may be imposed on any member;
(h) the annual general body meeting of the members of the Trade Union, the business to be transacted at such meeting, including the election of office-bearers of the Trade Union;
(i) the manner in which the members of the executive and the other office bearers of the Trade Union shall be elected once in a period of every three years and removed, and filling of casual vacancies;
(j) the safe custody of the funds of the Trade Union, an annual audit, in such manner as may be prescribed, of the accounts thereof, and adequate facilities for the inspection of the account books by the office-bearers and members of the Trade Union;
(k) the manner in which the rules shall be amended, varied or rescinded; and
(l) the manner in which the Trade Union may be dissolved.
Section 7, The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (Act 35 of 2020).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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All Escorts Employees Union Thr Its Secretary vs The State of Haryana Department of Labour and Employment Thr. the Financial Commissioner and Secretary to Government Haryana
Decided under trade-unions-act-1926 6, which this section replaces. The court did not have this Act before it.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
The Registrar of Trade Unions is not a mere recording clerk: he may refuse to accept an amendment to a union's constitution which would extend membership to workers having no direct connection with the industry with which the union is concerned, because the statutory scheme requires a commonality of interest between the members and that industry, and the right under Article 19(1)(c) is subject to that requirement.
On this section: Decides what the rules of a registered union may and may not provide about who its members are - the very content that section 7 requires a union's constitution or rules to set out before it can be registered.
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Questions about Section 7
What have the courts held on Section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code?
All Escorts Employees Union Thr Its Secretary vs The State of Haryana Department of Labour and Employment Thr. the Financial Commissioner and Secretary to Government Haryana (14 Sep 2017) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below, though it was decided under TRADE-UNIONS-ACT-1926 6, which this section replaced -- the court never mentioned this Act: Decides what the rules of a registered union may and may not provide about who its members are - the very content that section 7 requires a union's constitution or rules to set out before it can be registered.
How do I find court cases under Section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Industrial Relations Code 7, section 7 Industrial Relations Code, section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code. People searching for it also type section 7 of industrial relations code 2020. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with All Escorts Employees Union Thr Its Secretary vs The State of Haryana Department of Labour and Employment Thr. the Financial Commissioner and Secretary to Government Haryana (14 Sep 2017).
What should I read with Section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 21 (Disqualification of office-bearers of Trade Unions), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.
When was Section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code enacted?
Section 7 of the Industrial Relations Code, cited as Industrial Relations Code 7, was enacted on 28 Sep 2020 as Act 35 of 2020. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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