Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970

The Haryana State Electricity Board (the Board) awarded a cleaning contract to a contractor, Kashmir Singh, who supplied 42 safai karamcharis. After the workers completed more than 240 days of service, they claimed permanent absorption under Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. The Labo…

The Government of Tamil Nadu issued a notification under Section 10(1) of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 prohibiting the use of contract labour for sweeping and scavenging in establishments employing fifty or more workers. Mis. Landt Mc Neil Ltd. challenged the notification, alleging that the St…

The State Bank of India (SBI) was challenged by its Canteen Employees' Union, which claimed that canteen staff employed by Local Implementation Committees (LIC) under SBI's welfare scheme were de facto SBI employees and should be absorbed. The Industrial Tribunal held there was no employer‑employee relationship because…

The case concerned contract labour employed in SAIL's captive limestone mines under a tripartite agreement with contractors. After a prohibition notification under Section 10(1) of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 was issued in 1993, the contract labour continued to work until their services were …

The Supreme Court examined a Karnataka Government notification issued under Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 that prohibited the employment of contract labour in industrial canteens of factories employing 250 or more workers. The petitioners argued that canteen work is not part of th…