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This Regulation further amends the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in its application to the Union territory of Ladakh.

Detailed Summary

The Industrial Disputes (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025 (No. 16 OF 2025) was promulgated by the President on November 19, 2025, in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India. Exercising powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, read with sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, this Regulation extends to the whole of the Union territory of Ladakh and shall come into force on a date appointed by the Administrator via notification in the Official Gazette. It amends the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), by inserting clause '(pp)' in section 2, defining "State Government" as the Administrator of the Union territory of Ladakh appointed under article 239 of the Constitution. Furthermore, in section 22, it substitutes "in a public utility service" with "in any industrial establishment or a public utility service" in sub-section (1)(i), replaces "six weeks" with "sixty days" in clause (a) of sub-sections (1) and (2), substitutes "No employer carrying on any public utility service" with "No employer of any industrial establishment, or carrying on any public utility service" in sub-section (2)(i), and replaces "public utility service" with "industrial establishment or public utility service" in sub-section (3). The Regulation was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) and signed by President Droupadi Murmu and Dr. Rajiv Mani, Secretary to the Govt. of India.

Full Text

REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20112025-267842 EXTRAORDINARY PART II Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 53] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025/KARTIKA 28, 1947 (Saka) Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 19th November, 2025/Kartika 28, 1947 (Saka) THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (LADAKH) AMENDMENT REGULATION, 2025 No. 16 OF 2025 Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India. A Regulation further to amend the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in its application to the Union territory of Ladakh. In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution read with sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:— 1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Industrial Disputes (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Ladakh. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Amendment of section 2. 2. In the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2, after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— '(pp) "State Government" means the Administrator of the Union territory of Ladakh appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;'. 14 of 1947. Amendment of section 22. 3. In section 22 of the principal Act,— (a) in sub-section (1), — (i) for the words “in a public utility service", the words “in any industrial establishment or a public utility service” shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (a), for the words "six weeks", the words "sixty days" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2), — (i) for the words “No employer carrying on any public utility service", the words "No employer of any industrial establishment, or carrying on any public utility service" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (a), for the words “six weeks”, the words "sixty days" shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (3), for the words “public utility service", at both the places where they occur, the words "industrial establishment or public utility service" shall be substituted. DROUPADI MURMU, President. DR. RAJIV MANI, Secretary to the Govt. of India. Short title, extent and commencement.

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