The proceedings before a board, Court, Labour Court or Tribunal shall be held in public:
Provided that the Board, Court, Labour Court or Tribunal may at any stage direct that any witness shall be examined or its proceedings shall be held in camera.
PART IV Remuneration of Arbitrators, Chairman and members of Courts, Presiding Officers or Labour Courts or Tribunals, Assessors, Witness and Staff.
FOR PUNJAB “30A. Preservation of records by the Labour Courts of Tribunals. -- (1) The records of the Labour Courts or Tribunals specified in column 1 of the Table below shall be preserved for the period specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 thereof after the proceedings are finally disposed of by such Labour Courts or Tribunals: - 9 Substituted vide Haryana Government Notification No. G.S.R 94/CA. 4/47/S/38 Amd.(1)/76 dated
21.4.1976 12 TABLE RECORDS Number of years for Which the records shall Be preserved.
1
(i) Orders and judgments of Labour Courts or Tribunals 15 years
(ii) Exhibited documents in the above mentioned Courts or Tribunals 7 years
(iii) Other papers 7 years
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), records of the Labour Courts or Tribunals connected with writ petitions, if any, filed in the High Court or in the Supreme Court shall be preserved till the final disposal of such writ petitions.”