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The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 47. Decision of Tribunal or National Industrial Tribunal

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter VII — Mechanism for Resolution of Industrial Disputes

Official text

(1) The decision of a Tribunal or a National Industrial Tribunal, as the case may be, shall be by consensus of the members.

(2) If the members of a Tribunal or a National Industrial Tribunal differ in opinion on any point, they shall state the point or points on which they differ, and make a reference to the appropriate Government.

(3) The appropriate Government shall, on receipt of a reference made under sub-section (2), appoint a Judicial Member of other Tribunal or a National Industrial Tribunal, who shall hear the point or points himself and such point or points shall be decided according to the majority of the members of a Tribunal or a National Industrial Tribunal, as the case may be, who have first heard the case, including the Judicial Member of the other Tribunal who heard the case thereafter.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, pp. 23–24 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 23 · official download · all sources

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”