AG: reads the issues before the court: (i)... ... 'Industry' Definition Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Hearing

AG: reads the issues before the court:

(i) Whether the test laid down in paragraphs 140 to 144 in the opinion rendered by Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer in Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board's case (supra) to determine if an undertaking or enterprise falls within the definition of “industry” lays down correct law? And whether the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1982 (which seemingly did not come into force) and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (with effect from 21.11.2025) have any legal impact on the interpretation of the expression “industry” as contained in the principal Act?

(ii) Whether social welfare activities and schemes or other enterprises undertaken by the Government Departments or their instrumentalities can be construed to be “industrial activities” for the purpose of Section 2(j) of the ID Act?

(iii) What State activities will be covered by the expression “sovereign function”, and whether such activities will fall outside the purview of Section 2(j) of the ID Act?