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Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

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M.C. MEHTAversusSTATE OF.TAMIL NADU

1996 INSC 1454Disposed off

The Supreme Court entertained a public‑interest writ filed by M.C. Mehta challenging the employment of children below fourteen in hazardous factories and mines in Sivakasi and elsewhere, alleging violation of the fundamental right under Article 24 of the Constitution. The Court examined the …

MESSRS. P.M. PATEL & SONS AND OTHERS, ETC.versusUNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS, ETC.

1985 INSC 206Dismissed

The petitioners, beedi manufacturers, challenged the 1977 notifications that brought the beedi industry within Schedule I of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, arguing that home workers who roll beedis at their residences were not "employees" under section 2(f) …