Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 810 · Decided 18 November 2011
M/S. Dewan Chand Builders & CONTRACTORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 810 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 214
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1830/2008
- Decided
- 18 November 2011
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21
Headnote
The Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Gess Act, 1996 - The Building and other Construction C Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 - Constitutional validity of - Gess levied under the Scheme of the Gess Act - 'Fee' or 'Tax' - Held: Is a - Gess on the cost of construction incurred by the employers on the building and other construction works D is for ensuring sufficient funds for the Welfare Boards to undertake social security schemes and welfare measures - Funds, so collected is set apart for the benefit of the building and
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