B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 5 Labour Law I 2014 Dec Question Paper - KSLU

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 "All workmen are employees but all employees are not work men". Explain with the help of decided cases.
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2. Q2 Define "Industrial Dispute". When does an individual dispute become an Industrial dispute ?
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3. Q3 What is "lay-off" ? Explain the provisions of Industrial Dispute Act relating to lay-off.
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4. Q4 Explain the provisions relating to recovery of money due from the employer under Industrial Dispute Act.
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5. Q5 Discuss the provisions of Trade Unions Act, 1926 relating to Registration and Cancellation of Trade Unions.
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6. Q6 Discuss the liability of the employer to pay compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923.
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7. Q7 Explain the provisions relating to the "Safety and Welfare" under the Factories Act, 1948.
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Write notes on any two of the following :

1. Q8 (a) Kinds of benefits available under Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
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2. Q8 (b) Essential features of Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
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3. Q8 (c) Object of Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
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Solve any two of the following problems :

1. Q9 (a) The workers in concert absent themselves out of sympathy to some cause wholly unrelated to their employment or even in regard to conditions of employment of other workers in service under other management. In these circumstances the management initiates disciplinary action against the workmen for their absence on the ground of breach of conditions of service. Workmen argue that they have right to go on strike. Decide giving reasons.
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2. Q9 (b) "A" is employed as a Security Inspector at the gate of the factory premises. Is he a workman ? Give reasons.
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3. Q9 (c) A boy is employed by the factory in a tea shop and it was part of his duty to take tea from the shop which was situated outside the factory gate to various persons working in the factory. One day when the boy was comming out of the factory after serving tea to the workers he passed through a violent mob of factory workers who were leaving the factory. This mob attacked the police and the police had to fire upon the mob in self-defence unfortunately, the boy was severely wounded by a bullet and died on the following day in the hospital. Now the mother of the boy claims compensation. Decide giving reasons.
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