https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176058 The statutory power to prohibit and abolish contract labour under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 remains with the appropriate Government under Section 10, and a Labour Court or writ court cannot itself order abolition or absorption merely because the work is perennial. At the same time, an industrial adjudicator may examine whether a contract arrangement is a sham or camouflage, because a fictitious contract may reveal a direct employment relationship with the principal employer. Workmen cannot advance mutually destructive stands by asserting both contract labour status and direct employment, and inconsistent later pleadings cannot displace earlier admissions. en-us Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176058 The statutory power to prohibit and abolish contract labour under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 remains with the appropriate Government under Section 10, and a Labour Court or writ court cannot itself order abolition or absorption merely because the work is perennial. At the same time, an industrial adjudicator may examine whether a contract arrangement is a sham or camouflage, because a fictitious contract may reveal a direct employment relationship with the principal employer. Workmen cannot advance mutually destructive stands by asserting both contract labour status and direct employment, and inconsistent later pleadings cannot displace earlier admissions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176058