The Supreme Court directed the Union Government to complete the process of appointing judicial officers to the vacant seats of the Central Government Industrial Tribunals before August 31, 2023. The direction was passed by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra.

The petitioner in the matter, Labour Law Association had submitted that as many as nine out of twenty two benches of the Central Government Industrial Tribunals were vacant and three more were to soon fall vacant in 2023. Upon this submission, the Apex Court had earlier directed for a Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) to be formed. Accordingly, an SCSC, chaired by a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice of India was constituted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on March 6, 2023.