Recommended Books for First Year B.L.S./ LL.B. Degree Course (Semester 1)

The following are the books recommended by Mumbai University for First Year B.L.S./ LL.B. Degree Course (Semester 1)

English - I

1) English Grammar, Composition and Correspondence
By M. A. Pink and S. E. Thomas.
London : The Gregg Publishing Co.

2) English and American Business Letters
By C. E. Eckersley and W. Kaufmann
London : Longmans

Specific Relief Act, 1963

The Specific Relief Act, 1963

An Act to define and amend the law relating to certain kinds of specific relief.

[13th December, 1963.]

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

An Act to make provision for the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes, and for certain other purposes.

WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes, and for certain other purposes hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted as follows :-

Indian Contract Act, 1872

The Indian Contract Act, 1872

WHEREAS it is expedient to define and amend certain parts of the law relating to contracts; It is hereby enacted as follows :-

Consumer Protection Act, 1986

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986

24th December 1986

An Act to provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers' disputes and for matters connected therewith.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923

The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923

This Act may be called The Workmen's Compensation Act 1923. 
It extends to the whole of India. 
It shall come into force on the first day of July 1924.

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

An Act that requires employers in industrial establishments formally to define conditions of employment under them.

Whereas it is expedient to require employers in industrial establishments to definewith sufficient precision the conditions of employment under them and to make the said conditions known to workmen employed by them.

It is hereby enacted as follows :-

MRTU & PULP Act, 1971

The Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions & Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971

An Act to provide for the recognition of trade unions for facilitating collective bargaining for certain undertakings, to state their rights, and obligations; to confer certain powers on unrecognised unions; to provide for declaring certain strikes and lock-outs as illegal strikes and lock-outs; to define and provide for the prevention of certain unfair labour practices; to constitute courts (as independent machinery) for carrying out the purposes of according recognition to trade unions and for enforcing the provisions relating to unfair practices; and to provide for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid. 

WHEREAS, by Government Resolution, Industries and Labour Department, No. IDA. 1367-LAB-II, dated the 14th February 1968, the Government of Maharashtra appointed a Committee called "the Committee on Unfair Labour Practices" for defining certain activities of employers and workers and their organisations which should be treated as unfair labour practices and for suggesting action which should be taken against employers or workers, or their organisations, for engaging in such unfair labour practices; AND

WHEREAS, after taking into consideration the report of the Committee Government is of opinion that it is expedient to provide for the recognition of trade unions for facilitating collective bargaining for certain undertakings; to state their rights and obligations; to confer certain powers on Unrecognised unions; to provide for declaring certain strikes and lock-outs as illegal strikes and lock-outs; to define and provide for the prevention of certain unfair labour practices; to constitute courts (as independent machinery) for carrying out the purposes of according recognition to trade unions and for enforcing provisions relating to unfair practices; and to provide for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Recommended Books for Third Year B.L.S./ LL.B. (Sem 5) & First Year LL.B. (Sem 1) Degree Course

The following are the books recommended by Mumbai University for Third Year B.L.S./ LL.B. (Semester 5) & First Year LL.B. (Semester 1) Degree Course :

LABOUR LAWS

Indian Law Institute – Labour Law and Labour Relations cases and materials.
 
O. P. Malhotra – The Law of Industrial Disputes. 

K. M. Desai – The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act. 1946.
 
Dr. Avtar Singh – Introduction to Labour & Industrial Law.