<p>Until the 1990s, the trade union movements in India were at their peak and played a decisive role in the policy decisions of the governments and collective bargaining in the establishments. However, industrial relations across the globe have changed due to an altered economic landscape which further severely impacted the trade unions creating a systematic threat to Industrial democracy. Two major setbacks were identified for the erosion of Indian trade unions. Firstly, the introduction of the Liberation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG) policy in the 1990s. Secondly, the gradual shift in the legal approach through the introduction of Labour Reforms vis-à-vis the Code on Industrial Relations 2020 (IRC). These setbacks raise pertinent questions about the subsistence of industrial democracy and the standing of trade unions in the changing legal scenario. The IRC lays down new norms for trade unions which sound like a death knell, which made them oppose the legal change, whereas the employers on the other hand welcomed the reforms. Against this backdrop, this article by refereeing to the theory of Industrial democracy reflects on the trade unions standing in the new Indian labour regime.</p>