The law in focus was brought in by the coalition government of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Jannayak Janta Party.
The law was championed by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala and passed in 2021.
The Act provided for 75 percent reservation for local youth in private sector jobs with a monthly salary of less than ₹30,000 from January 15, 2022. Short-term work and a host of primary services were later exempted from the provisions of the law.
It applied to all companies, societies, trusts, partnership firms, limited liability partnership firms and any person employing ten or more persons or any entity notified by the government.
In February 2022, the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the law, after its validity was challenged. The said stay order was later set aside by the Supreme Court. At the time, the Supreme Court, however, directed the government not to take any coercive steps against private-sector employers for a failure to comply with the law until its validity is decided upon by the High Court.
In November 2023, the High Court struck down the law, prompting the Haryana government to file an appeal before the Supreme Court.
Source: Barandbench
