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Definition :

Lock out, in the case of a lock-out, the industry as such is not closed down even temporarily; only particular workers re refused work. Closing down a business even temporarilyis distinct and different from a lock-out, Indian Metal and Metallurgical Corporation v. Industrial Tribunal, AIR 1953 Mad 98.

The word 'lock-out', as stated in the Presidency Jute Co's case [(1952) Lab AC 62], in its dictionary sense means refusal on the part of an employer to furnish to his operatives except on conditions to be accepted by the latter collectively, Feroz Din v. State of West Bengal AIR 1960 SC 363 (367): (1960) 2 SCR 319. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947)]

It means the temporary closing of a place of employment, or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ and number of persons employed by him. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (l)