Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
7. Labor Courts
(1) The appropriate government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, constitute one or more Labor Courts for the adjudication of
industrial disputes relating to any matter specified in the Second Schedule and
for performing such other functions as may be assigned to them under this Act.
(2) A Labor Court shall consist of one
person only to be appointed by the appropriate government.
(3) A person shall not be, qualified for appointment as the
presiding officer of a Labor Court , unless-
52 [(a) he is, or has been, a judge of a
High Court; or
(b) he has, for a period of not less than
three years, been a District Judge or an Additional District Judge; or]
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54 [(d) he has held any judicial office in
India for not less than
seven years; or
54 [(e)] he has been the presiding officer
of a Labor Court constituted under any Provincial Act or State Act for not less
than five years.