Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1318 · Decided 17 December 2009
Bhuwalka Steel INDUS. LTD. v. Bombay Iron & Steel Labour BO. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1318 · [2009] 16 S.C.R. 618
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8452/2009
- Decided
- 17 December 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 254
Headnote
Labour laws: t • c Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Worl<ers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969 - ss. 2(11 }, (12), 21 and 22 - Term 'unprotected worker' - Interpretation of - Scope of s. 2(11) - Held: Language of s. 2(11) is plain, unambiguous capable of D any other meaning - It means that every worl<er, who is doing manual work and is engaged or to be engaged in any ~ . scheduled employment, would become an 'unprotected worl<er' - In the Preamble of the Act, 'unprotected manual worl<ers' is mentioned in wider sense - It
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