https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298848 Section 21 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 places primary responsibility for wage payment on the contractor, and the principal employer's liability arises only if the contractor fails to pay wages within the statutory definition. Rule 25(v)(a) of the Andhra Pradesh Contract Labour Rules, 1971 requires wage parity as a licence condition, but it does not create a separate statutory liability on the principal employer to meet any shortfall caused by breach of that condition. The additional wage amount remains recoverable from the contractor, while the principal employer's liability is confined to unpaid contractual wages. en-us Tue, 03 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:13:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298848 Section 21 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 places primary responsibility for wage payment on the contractor, and the principal employer's liability arises only if the contractor fails to pay wages within the statutory definition. Rule 25(v)(a) of the Andhra Pradesh Contract Labour Rules, 1971 requires wage parity as a licence condition, but it does not create a separate statutory liability on the principal employer to meet any shortfall caused by breach of that condition. The additional wage amount remains recoverable from the contractor, while the principal employer's liability is confined to unpaid contractual wages. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298848