On 5 July, the workers of an industrial establishment gave a notice of strike under section 62 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, specifying 25 July as the date of strike. Conciliation proceedings commenced before the conciliation officer on 8 July and concluded on 24 July. The workers propose to strike on 26 July. The strike on that date is-

Section 62(1)(d) forbids a strike 'during the pendency of any conciliation proceedings before a conciliation officer and seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings'. The notice-date and fourteen-day conditions stand satisfied - notice was given on 5 July, the strike is proposed after 25 July, and it lies within the sixty-day envelope - so the only operating bar on 26 July is the post-conciliation cooling period: the proceedings concluded on 24 July and the seven days had not run out. The strike is therefore illegal until those seven days expire. No fresh notice is required once the statutory bars cease, and the fourteen-day figure has no application to the post-conciliation window.