Reminiscence Of Colonial Past: The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021
Live LawThe Lok Sabha, on August 3, passed "The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021" which essentially gives power to Central Government to prohibit strike, lock-out and layoffs in "Essential Defence Services". The blanket ban is harsh considering the fact that Public-Utility Services which can be equated with Essential Defence Services has the provision of strike under the Industrial Disputes Act,1947. The Essential Defence Services Bill shows the upper hand of central government in determining all facets of Defence Public Sector Undertaking and their connected undertaking. Interestingly, Essential Defence Services Bill and Employer and Workmen Disputes Act, 1860 have one thing in common as they both provide for imprisonment in case workmen resort to strike.
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