Principal Employers Must Ensure Wage Payments to Contract Labor Under Contract Labour Act, Supreme Court Rules.

The SC affirmed the judgment of the DB of the Calcutta HC regarding wage payment to contract labor. It held that the principal employer must ensure payment of wages, including arrears, to contract labor as per the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1973. The appeal was dismissed without costs.

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The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Calcutta in a case involving payment of wages to contract labor. The Court ruled that the principal employer is responsible for ensuring payment of wages, including arrears, to contract labor under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1973. The appeal was dismissed with no costs.

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