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This edition revised 29 October 2026.
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This subject is examined on two bodies of law at once, and each answer here is written on the statute its own question names. The papers under codes 75801, 75701 and 75811 are answered on the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971, the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The papers under code 67121, and the 2024-25 ATKT paper for 60 marks, are answered on the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the Code on Wages, 2019. The four Codes were brought into force on 21 November 2025, but the Industrial Relations Code repeals the older central Acts only to the extent named in each commencement notification, and it does not repeal the Maharashtra Act, which is State legislation. Both bodies of law are therefore still examinable, and where a provision has a counterpart in the other, the answer names it and says which is which.
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SECTION I
Q.1: Answer in not more than two sentences
All compulsory · 20 Marks
1.Closure under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947[2]
Answer
Section 2(cc), inserted by the Amendment Act of 1982: "closure" means the permanent closing down of a place of employment or part thereof.
Section 25FFF governs its consequences: where an undertaking is closed down for any reason whatsoever, every workman in continuous service for not less than one year is entitled to notice and compensation as if he had been retrenched, that is one month's notice or wages in lieu and fifteen days' average pay for every completed year of continuous service. Where the closure is on account of unavoidable circumstances beyond the control of the employer, the compensation shall not exceed the average pay for three months.
Present position. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was repealed from 21 November 2025 by Section 104(1)(c) of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. Closure is now Section 2(h) of the Code, and its consequences Sections 74 and 75: notice of intention to close, and compensation as if the worker had been retrenched, capped at three months' average pay where the closure is due to unavoidable circumstances beyond the employer's control.
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