DEFINATION OF INDUSTRY UNDER

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE ACT, 1947

ADITYA SWARUP
SINGH
UG17-12
 Introduction
 Industry plays a vital role in building the economic structure of
the society. Therefore, the importance of labour and industrial
laws in shaping the economy of the country cannot be ignored.
 In India the process of industrialization started during the
middle of the 19th Century with the British. In the beginning,
industrial workers had absolutely no status and were
indiscriminately exploited.
 In this project, the researcher will try to explain the dynamic
definition of the Industry which has consequently evolved from
the different statutes enacted for the protection of laborers from
time to time and also through the point the views of the judges
and their definition and explanation given in the Landmark
Judgments which has consequently expanded the definition.
 Definition of Industry under Industrial Dispute Act

 Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act,

1947 defines the term ‘industry’ “Industry”
means any business, trade, undertaking,
manufacture or calling of employers and
includes any calling, service, employment,
handicraft or industrial occupation or
avocation of workmen.
Definition of Industry under the Industrial
Disputes Amendment Bill, 1982 

 The Industrial Disputes Amendment Bill,

1982 sought to put an end to the floating state
of the definition of an industry but in the
process however it narrowed the concept of
an ‘industry’
 Triple Test and Dominant Nature Test

Triple Test Laid Down In Bangalore Water Supply

v. A. Rajappa AIR 1978 SC 548
 where there is systematic activity,

 organized by cooperation between employer

and employee
 for the production and/or distribution of

goods and services calculated to satisfy

human wants and wishes, prima facie, there is
an “industry” in that enterprise. This is
known as triple test.
Dominant Nature Test
Definition of the Industry on the present time
Conclusion