SC’s 5:4 verdict refines 48-yr-old ‘industry’ test but protects pending disputes

The Supreme Court upheld its 1978 Bangalore Water Supply judgment, confirming that future disputes will fall under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.

The bench also upheld, by a majority, the maintainability of reference that had brought 1978 landmark Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board Vs A Rajappa judgment back for reconsideration