New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- Last week, Supriya Sule, member of Parliament from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), introduced a private members' bill in the Lok Sabha which ignited a heated discussion online. Typically, such bills are low on the pecking order, summarily discussed and dismissed in most instances, but the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 touched a nerve among a range of stakeholders.

Sule, who had tabled a similar bill in 2018, reiterates and adds to its demand that employees be granted the legal right to refrain from answering work-related emails and phone calls when they are off duty without any fear of consequences. Recently, Kerala government introduced a similar private members' bill, drawing on the provisions enshrined in A...