The labour and employment law landscape in India during 2025 was shaped less by sweeping statutory change and more by how existing frameworks were tested, interpreted, and applied. Courts across levels continued to engage with long-standing questions around regularisation, termination, contract labour, disciplinary process, and workman status, while regulators issued a steady stream of clarifications affecting wages, social security, and workforce administration. Together, these developments reflected an evolving legal environment in which substance increasingly prevailed over form.
This edition of the Industrial Relations & Labour Laws Newsletter brings together a carefully curated set of judicial decisions, regulatory updates, and policy developments from the year 2025. It tracks how courts approached recurring disputes in both the public and private sectors, the limits placed on contractual and outsourcing arrangements, and the standards being applied to fairness, process, and compliance. The newsletter also captures key administrative and policy signals that are likely to influence employment practices as the Labour Codes move closer to operational reality.
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