New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday raised concerns over a split decision by the Supreme Court of India, warning that the ruling risks diluting crucial worker safeguards and creating widespread legal ambiguity.

In a post on X, Ramesh stated that leaving this "hypothesis" on record creates an "interpretive vacuum that could open a Pandora's box of litigation and uncertainty, particularly before Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals."

"The Supreme Court has clarified that this reformulation will not disturb concluded or pending proceedings under the erstwhile Industrial Disputes Act as amended from time to time and will not govern interpretation of the new Industrial Relations Code. But leaving this "hy...