India, Dec. 11 -- The existing labour courts, industrial tribunals, and national industrial tribunals shall continue to adjudicate all pending and future matters under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, until the new tribunals envisaged are constituted, the Union government told the Delhi high court on Thursday.

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, is one of the four labour codes consolidated to replace 29 older labour laws. It came into force on November 21. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, is a specific, single code within the larger codes replacing the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and the Trade Unions Act, 1926, to govern industrial relations.

Industrial Relations Code's Section 51 provides for the transfer of all cases relat...