Contents of the Industrial Relations Code

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 37. Interpretation, etc., of standing orders

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter IV — Standing Orders

Official text

If any question arises as to the application, or interpretation, of the standing orders certified under sub-section (8) of section 30 or the modification made therein by an agreement entered into under sub-section (5) of that section, the employer or any worker or workers concerned or the Trade Union in relation to the workers employed in the industrial establishment or undertaking, wherein the question has arisen, may apply to the Tribunal, within the local limits of whose territorial jurisdiction such establishment or the office, section or branch of the undertaking is situated, to decide the question and such Tribunal shall, after giving all the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, decide the question and its decision shall be final and binding on the concerned employer and the workers.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 20 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 20 · official download · all sources

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Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5320(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “the Central Government hereby appoints the 21st day of November, 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the said Code, shall come into force”