Industrial & General Workers Union v. P. C. Imbulana and Others – sllr 1992 volume 2 page 260

In the case between Industrial & General Workers Union (Plaintiff) and P. C. Imbulana and Others (Defendants), the court addressed the validity of a Ministerial order which extended only selected clauses of a Collective Agreement to non-signatory parties under industrial law. The central issue involved the legality of a partial extension of collective agreement provisions under Section 10(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act and its consistency with Supreme Court precedent, particularly following the discontinuation of the non-recurring cost of living allowance (NRCLA) payments. It was held that partial extension of selected clauses, rather than the entirety of the collective agreement, is null and void in law, reaffirming the principle that an order under Section 10(2) must not give selectiv