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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · XI

Section 75: Appeals

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026

Section 75 — Governs appeals and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part may, within such time and…

Full official textSource checked: 20 August 20260 direct Central Rule link(s)
Current-law status

All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.

Primary sources

Provision / India Code ↗ · Official Act PDF ↗ · 2026 Central Rules ↗

Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does

Operative clauses

  • Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part may, within such time and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, appeal to the appellate authority referred to in sub-section (6) of section 119, and such authority may by order confirm, modify or reverse any…

Provisos, explanations & qualifications

  • No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this section text.

Thresholds and timelines in the text

  • No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this section text.

Actors expressly appearing in the text

Authority / officer

Full statutory text — Section 75

Official English text transcribed from the current India Code consolidation; page headers/line breaks are normalised for web reading. The Gazette/India Code PDF remains authoritative for typography, amendment footnotes and schedules.
75. Appeals.—Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of
section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part
may, within such time and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, appeal to the appellate authority
referred to in sub-section (6) of section 119, and such authority may by order confirm, modify or reverse
any order refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part.

How to apply this provision

  1. Primary statutory test — Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part may, within such time and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, appeal to the appellate authority referred to in sub-section (6) of section 119, and such authority may by order confirm, modify or reverse any…
  2. Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Authority / officer.
Why this is section-specific: the operative-clause, exception, threshold and cross-reference panels above are extracted from Section 75 itself rather than a generic “trigger/control/evidence” template.

Rules, forms and cross-references

Direct 2026 Central Rule mapping

Forms mapped

No prescribed form is directly mapped in the current concordance.

Other sections cited in this text

Related Labour Hub resources

A direct concordance is not exhaustive. Central/State jurisdiction, schemes, authority appointments, saved instruments and later notifications may change the practical route without changing the section wording.

Worked example

When an event triggers appeals, record the trigger date, competent authority, prescribed rule/form, filing or decision step, service/acknowledgement and final outcome. A statutory point to test is: “Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part may, within such time and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, appeal to”

Illustration only; it is not statutory text or a substitute for applying the actual facts, jurisdiction, current rule/scheme and official instrument.

Q&A — Section 75

What does Section 75 of the OSHWC Code cover?

Section 75 — Governs appeals and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this section. Key operative text: Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part may, within such time and…

What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 75?

The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “Any person aggrieved by the decision of the authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 119 refusing to grant or renew a licence, or cancelling or suspending a licence, relating to this Part may, within such time and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, appeal to the appellate authority referred to in sub-section (6) of section 119, and such authority may by order confirm, modify or reverse any…” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.

Does Section 75 contain a proviso or explanation?

No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this section text. Check the full text below for clause-level qualifications.

What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 75?

No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in the official section text.

Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 75?

No direct Central Rule is recorded in the current concordance. That does not exclude a relevant scheme, notification, State rule or enabling provision.

Is Section 75 currently operative?

All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.

Source & verification trail

Act: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — official India Code PDF ↗

Central Rules: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026 ↗

Official library: Ministry of Labour & Employment — Labour Codes ↗

Source check: 20 August 2026. Individual professional interpretation should be re-reviewed when the section, rules, notification, scheme, State overlay or controlling judgment changes.

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