Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
It shall be the duty of the Industrial Court- ( a ) to decide an application by a union for grant of recognition to it; (b) to decide an application by a union for grant of recognition to it in place of a union which has already been recognised under this Act; ( c ) to decide an application from another union or an employer for withdrawal or cancellation of the recognition of a union; ( d ) to decide complaints relating to unfair labour practices except unfair labour practices falling in item 1 of Schedule IV; ( e ) to assign work, and to give directions, to the Investigating Officers in matters of verification of membership of unions, and investigation of complaints relating to unfair labour practices; ( f ) to decide references made to it on any point of law either by any civil or criminal court; and ( g ) to decide appeals under section 42.