The Congress on Saturday expressed concern over a Supreme Court ruling that said its 1978 worker-friendly interpretation of the term “industry” will not apply to fresh cases under the Industrial Relations Code of 2020, and said any move to narrow or distance the law from the broad definition of “industry” risks weakening worker safeguards.
Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, claimed that the Modi government’s Industrial Relations Code, 2020, “significantly weakens essential safeguards for our workers”.
Against this backdrop, a narrow majority of the Supreme Court, in State of Uttar Pradesh versus Jai Bir Singh delivered on August 20, 2026, has “hypothesised” a reformulation of the Triple Test laid down in its earlier landmark February 1978 verdict in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board versus A Rajappa case, Ramesh said on X.
The importance of how “industry” is interpreted lies in the legal reality of who qualifies as a workman and, …
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