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Contents of the Industrial Relations Code

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 51. Transfer of pending cases

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

Official text

(1) On and from the date of commencement of this 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.

(2) The cases 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.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 25 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 25 · official download · all sources

Acts cited in the margin: 14 of 1947

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”