What is Courts of Inquiry? Section 6 of Industrial Disputes Act 1947
(1) The appropriate Government may as occasion
arises by notification in the Official Gazette
constitute a Court of Inquiry for inquiring into any
matter appearing to be connected with or relevant to
an industrial dispute.
(2) A court may consist of one independent person or of such number of independent persons as the appropriate Government may think fit and where a court consists of two or more members, one of them shall be appointed as the chairman.
(3) A court, having the prescribed quorum, may act notwithstanding the absence of the chairman or any of its members or any vacancy in its number:
Provided that, if the appropriate Government notifies the court that the services of the chairman have ceased to be available, the court shall not act until a new chairman has been appointed.
Section 2A - Dismissal, etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute
CHAPTER II - AUTHORITIES UNDER THIS ACT
Section 4 - Conciliation officers
Section 5 - Boards of Conciliation
Section 7B - National Tribunals
Section 8 - Filling of vacancies
Section 9 - Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc
CHAPTER IIA - NOTICE OF CHANGE
Section 9B - Power of Government to exempt
CHAPTER IIB GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MACHINERY
Section 9C - Setting up of Grievance Redressal Machinery
Section 10 - Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals
Section 10A - Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration
CHAPTER IV PROCEDURE, POWERS AND DUTIES OF AUTHORITIES