https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194874 A contract labour arrangement may be treated as a sham where the real working relationship shows perennial work under the principal establishment's effective control, so the contractual form can be disregarded and direct employment inferred. The discussion applies the doctrine of lifting the veil and treats the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 as a beneficial statute aimed at preventing exploitation and advancing social justice. It also notes that factual findings on the true nature of the relationship, once affirmed on review, are ordinarily not disturbed in writ jurisdiction absent perversity or apparent error. On that footing, the workmen were treated as employees in substance and reinstatement with continuity of service was maintained. en-us Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:26:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194874 A contract labour arrangement may be treated as a sham where the real working relationship shows perennial work under the principal establishment's effective control, so the contractual form can be disregarded and direct employment inferred. The discussion applies the doctrine of lifting the veil and treats the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 as a beneficial statute aimed at preventing exploitation and advancing social justice. It also notes that factual findings on the true nature of the relationship, once affirmed on review, are ordinarily not disturbed in writ jurisdiction absent perversity or apparent error. On that footing, the workmen were treated as employees in substance and reinstatement with continuity of service was maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194874