Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 129 · Decided 8 March 2000
Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Female Workers (Muster Roll) and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 129 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 171
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 12797/1998
- Decided
- 8 March 2000
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
Labour Laws : Maternity Benefit Act, 1961-Sections 2, 3(b), (c), (h), (o) and (n), 5, 6, 8 to 12, 21, 23 and 27-Female muster roll workers earning daily wages denied maternity benefits by Municipal Corporation of Delhi-Industrial Tribunal on reference held them at par with regular female of the Act are wholly in consonance with Directive Principles of State Policy­ Nothing in the Act entitled only regular employees to maternity benefits and not those engaged on muster roll-Constitution of India-Preamble, Articles 14, 15,(3), 38, 39, 42 and 43. Sections 2( 1) proviso and
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