This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of Certiorari to quash
Ext.P1 notification issued as S.O. 5683(E) dated 08-12-2025 by the
Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the
exercise of jurisdiction under Section 103 of the Industrial Relations Code,
2020 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the 2020 Code’) inter alia providing that
existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunal and National Tribunals
constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as
‘the 1947 Act’) shall continue to adjudicate the existing as well as new cases
arising under the provisions of the Trade Unions Act, 1926, the Industrial
Employment (Standing Orders), 1946 and the 1947 Act as well as the 2020
Code till the constitution of Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial
Tribunals under the 2020 Code. It is the case of the petitioners that Ext.P1
notification is ultra vires the provisions of the 2020 Code and cannot be
sustained in law.
