New Delhi, March 16 -- The Supreme Court on 14 March notified a nine-judge Constitution Bench to revisit a longstanding question in Indian labour law: What legally counts as an "industry?"

The interpretation of this single word matters because it determines which organizations fall under labour laws and which workers can access labour dispute mechanisms in India.

A nine-judge bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant will begin hearing the matter on 17 March and conclude arguments on 18 March. The bench includes Justices B.V. Nagarathna, P.S. Narasimha, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma, Joymalya Bagchi, Alok Aradhe and Vipul M. Pancholi.

Mint explains why the court is revisiting the definition of industry and what the ru...