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- The Karnataka High Court has issued notices to the state government, the central labour ministry, and the Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers Welfare Board after Uber India filed a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the 2025 Platform Based Gig Workers Social Security and Welfare Act and its rules.
- A single-judge bench led by Justice Suraj Govindaraj heard the matter on Tuesday.
- The court also extended, by three weeks from July 28, the deadline set by an earlier interim order requiring the second instalment of the welfare cess for gig workers to be deposited in the High Court.
- The similar petition by the Internet and Mobile Association of India will be heard alongside Uber's, and the case has been posted to August 24.
What to watch next
- Responses of the state government, central labour ministry, and gig workers welfare board to the High Court notices
- Deposit of the second instalment of the welfare cess within the extended three-week deadline from July 28
- Hearing of the combined Uber and IAMAI petitions on August 24
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Named India · Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers Welfare Board · Karnataka State Government · Ministry of Labour · Platform Based Gig Workers Social Security and Welfare Act 2025 · Akshay Murali · Internet and Mobile Association of India · Karnataka High Court · Suraj Govindaraj · Uber India Systems Private Limited Company
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