https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=155214 A purposive reading of the contract labour welfare statute treats construction undertaken for an establishment's benefit as "work of the establishment," so the Act extends to contractors engaged for that work. The Court further accepted that welfare requirements, licensing conditions, fees, security deposit, forfeiture, inspection powers, and the power to remove difficulties are rationally connected to the statute's object of preventing exploitation and securing humane conditions, and therefore do not offend Article 19(1)(g) or amount to excessive delegation. The challenged provisions were upheld as constitutionally valid, and the challenge to the Act and Rules failed. en-us Wed, 20 Mar 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=155214 A purposive reading of the contract labour welfare statute treats construction undertaken for an establishment's benefit as "work of the establishment," so the Act extends to contractors engaged for that work. The Court further accepted that welfare requirements, licensing conditions, fees, security deposit, forfeiture, inspection powers, and the power to remove difficulties are rationally connected to the statute's object of preventing exploitation and securing humane conditions, and therefore do not offend Article 19(1)(g) or amount to excessive delegation. The challenged provisions were upheld as constitutionally valid, and the challenge to the Act and Rules failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Mar 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=155214