Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 · Chapter VB: Special Provisions Relating to Lay-Off, Retrenchment and Closure in Certain Establishments
Section 25S: Certain provisions of Chapter VA to apply to an industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was repealed and replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
The Chapter VA rules on continuous service, muster rolls, transfer of undertakings, the order of retrenchment, re-employment and the overriding effect of that Chapter also apply, as far as possible, to establishments covered by Chapter VB.
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Official text
The provisions of sections 25B, 25D, 25FF, 25G, 25H, and 25J in Chapter VA shall, so far as may be, apply also in relation to an industrial establishment to which the provisions of this Chapter apply.]
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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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