**Executive Summary**
This document, the Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2025, is issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and comes into effect on December 8, 2025. It clarifies the operational continuity of existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals, and National Industrial Tribunals constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, pending the constitution of new tribunals under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. No action items or deadlines for stakeholders are mentioned.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Continuity of Existing Tribunals:**
* Existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals, and National Industrial Tribunals under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, will continue to adjudicate existing and new cases.
* This ensures continuous adjudication and prevents any legal or administrative gaps.
* The continuation of old tribunals will last until new Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals are established under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
* **Transfer of Pending Cases:**
* Cases pending in Labour Courts and Tribunals constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, shall be transferred to the Tribunal having corresponding jurisdiction under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
* Cases pending in the National Tribunal constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, shall be transferred to the National Industrial Tribunal having corresponding jurisdiction under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
* **Handling of Transferred Cases:**
* Cases transferred to the new Tribunals or National Industrial Tribunals will be dealt with either "de novo" (from the beginning) or from the stage they were pending before the transfer, as deemed fit.
**Impact Analysis**
**Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals, and National Industrial Tribunals (Existing)**
* **Impact**: Will continue adjudicating existing and new cases until new tribunals are constituted under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. Their caseload will eventually reduce as cases are transferred, but not immediately.
* **Action Required**: Continue functioning as usual until the new tribunals are established.
**Litigants with Cases Pending in Existing Tribunals**
* **Impact**: Their cases will be transferred to the corresponding tribunals under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
* **Action Required**: No immediate action is required. They will be notified of the new tribunal and the procedure for continuing their case.
**New Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals (Under IRC 2020)**
* **Impact**: Will eventually assume jurisdiction over all industrial dispute cases once fully constituted and operational.
* **Action Required**: Need to be constituted and operationalized as soon as possible to facilitate the transfer of cases.
Key Entities Referenced
Industrial Relations Code, 2020: A central law governing industrial relations. Referenced heavily in this notification as 'the said Code'.
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: The act whose existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals continue to adjudicate the existing as well as new cases until the constitution of Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2025: The order itself, which addresses difficulties in the implementation of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The ministry issuing the notification regarding the Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2025.
New Delhi: Location of the notification and Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
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स.ं 5495] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, दिसम् बर 8, 2025/अग्रिायण 17, 1947
No. 5495] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 17, 1947
श्रम एव ं रोिगार मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 8 दिसम् बर, 2025
का.आ. 5683(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार औद्योजगक संबंध संजिता, 2020 (2020 का 35) (जिसे इस आिेि में इसके पश्चात ्
उक्त संजिता किा गया ि)ै की धारा 104 में उपबंध ि ैदक संजिता के दकन्द्िी उपबंधों के प्रारंभ के जलए धारा 1 की उपधारा (3) के अधीन
िारी अजधसूचना में, केन्द्रीय सरकार यि जवजनर्ििष्ट कर सकेगी दक खडं (क) स े खंड (ग) म ें जवजनर्ििष्ट अजधजनयमों के उपबंध उक्त
अजधसूचना म ेंजनयत तारीख स ेजनरजसत िो िाएंग ेऔर उसके जनर्ििष्ट उक्त अजधजनयमों के िेष उपबंध तब तक लाग ूरिगें ेिब तक दक व े
समान रीजत से समान अजधसूचना द्वारा जनरजसत निीं िो िाते ि;ैं
और, भारत के रािपत्र म ें प्रकाजित अजधसूचना संखयांक का.आ. 5320(अ), तारीख 21 नवम्बर 2025 के अधीन, उक्त संजिता के
उपबंधों को 21 नवंबर, 2025 से लाग ू दकया गया ि ै और उक्त अजधसूचना न,े धारा 104 के प्रयोिन के जलए यथा अपेजित, उप-धारा
(1) म ेंजवजनर्ििष्ट दकसी भी अजधजनयम को स्ट्पष्ट रूप स े जनरस्ट्त निीं दकया;
और, उक्त संजिता की धारा 51 की उपधारा (1) में यि उपबंध ि ै दक उक्त संजिता के प्रारंभ िोने की तारीख से िी, ऐसे प्रारंभ स े
ठीक पूवि-
8255 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
(क) श्रम न्द्यायालय और औद्योजगक जववाि अजधजनयम, 1947 के अधीन गठठत अजधकरण म ेंलंजबत मामले, इस संजिता
के अधीन तत्संबंधी अजधकाठरता रखने वाले अजधकरण को अंतठरत िो िाएगं े;
(ख) औद्योजगक जववाि अजधजनयम, 1947 के अधीन गठठत राष्ट्रीय अजधकरण में लंजबत मामले, इस संजिता के अधीन
तत्संबंधी अजधकाठरता रखने वाले राष्ट्रीय औद्योजगक अजधकरण को अतं ठरत िो िाएगं े;
और, उक्त धारा 51 की उप-धारा (2) म ेंयि उपबंध ि ैदक उप-धारा (1) के अधीन अजधकरण या राष्ट्रीय औद्योजगक अजधकरण को
इस प्रकार अंतठरत मामलों को नए जसरे से या उस प्रक्रम से, जिस पर वे ऐस े अंतरण से पूवि लंजबत थे, उजचत समझे, िैसा वि जनपटाया
िाएगा ।
अतः, अब, केन्द्रीय सरकार उक्त संजिता की धारा 103 द्वारा प्रित्त िजक्तयों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, जनम्नजलजखत आिेि करती ि,ै
अथाित:् --
1. सजं िप्त नाम और प्रारंभ.--(1) इस आिेि का संजिप्त नाम औद्योजगक संबंध संजिता (कठठनाइयों का जनवारण) आििे , 2025 ि ै।
(2) यि तारीख 08.12.2025 को प्रवृत िोगा।
2. कठठनाइयों को िरू करने के जलए, यि स्ट्पष्ट दकया िाता ि ै दक औद्योजगक जववाि अजधजनयम, 1947 (1947 का 14) के
अधीन गठठत दकए गए जवद्यमान श्रम न्द्यायालय, औद्योजगक अजधकरण और राष्ट्रीय औद्योजगक अजधकरण, औद्योजगक संबधं
संजिता, 2020 के अधीन औद्योजगक अजधकरणों तथा राष्ट्रीय औद्योजगक अजधकरणों के गठन िोन े तक न्द्यायजनणियन की
जनरंतरता सुजनजश्चत करन ेऔर दकसी भी जवजधक या प्रिासजनक िून्द्यता स ेबचने के प्रयोिन के जलए मौिूिा और नए मामलों
का न्द्यायजनणियन करना िारी रखेंगे।
[फा. स. ं एस-11025/07/2025-आईआर(पीएल)]
िीजपका कच्छल, संयुक् त सजचव
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th December, 2025
S.O. 5683(E).— Whereas, section 104 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020) (hereafter in this Order
referred to as the said Code) provides that in the notification issued under sub-section (3) of section 1 for the commencement of
any provisions of the Code, the Central Government may specify that the provisions of the Acts specified in clauses (a) to (c) shall
stand repealed with effect from the date appointed in the said notification and the remaining provisions of the said Acts referred
thereto shall remain in force till they are repealed by like notification in the like manner;
And whereas, vide notification number S.O. 5320(E), dated 21st November, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, the
provisions of the said Code have been brought into force with effect from the 21st day of November, 2025 and the said notification
did not expressly repeal any of the Acts specified in sub-section (1), as required for the purpose of section 104;
And whereas, sub-section (1) of section 51 of the said Code provides that, on and from the date of commencement of the
said Code, the cases pending immediately before such commencement—
(a) in the Labour Court and the Tribunal constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, shall be transferred
to the Tribunal having corresponding jurisdiction under this Code;
(b) in the National Tribunal constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 shall be transferred to the National
Industrial Tribunal having corresponding jurisdiction under this Code;[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
And whereas, sub-section (2) of said section 51 provides that the cases so transferred under sub-section (1) to the Tribunal
or the National Industrial Tribunal shall be dealt with de novo or from the stage at which they were pending before such transfer,
as it may deem fit.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 103 of the said Code, the Central Government, hereby makes
the following Order, namely:––
1. Short title and commencement.––(1) This Order may be called the Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties)
Order, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force with effect from the 8th day of December 2025.
2. For the removal of difficulties, it is hereby clarified that the existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National
Industrial Tribunals constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) shall continue to adjudicate the existing as
well as new cases, for the purpose of ensuring continuity of adjudication and avoiding any legal or administrative vacuum until the
constitution of Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
[F. No. S-11025/07/2025-IR(PL)]
DEEPIKA KACHHAL, Jt. Secy.
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