https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299410 The SC held that COVID-19 and the lockdown did not amount to a "public emergency" under Section 5 of the Factories Act, because the statutory phrase requires a grave emergency objectively threatening the security of India by war, external aggression, or internal disturbance of comparable gravity. It further held that a blanket exemption from working-hours protections, together with substitution of statutory overtime at double wages by proportionate overtime pay, was inconsistent with the welfare scheme of the Act and workers' constitutional protections. The impugned notifications were therefore quashed, and the statutory overtime entitlement was restored for eligible workers. en-us Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:38:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299410 The SC held that COVID-19 and the lockdown did not amount to a "public emergency" under Section 5 of the Factories Act, because the statutory phrase requires a grave emergency objectively threatening the security of India by war, external aggression, or internal disturbance of comparable gravity. It further held that a blanket exemption from working-hours protections, together with substitution of statutory overtime at double wages by proportionate overtime pay, was inconsistent with the welfare scheme of the Act and workers' constitutional protections. The impugned notifications were therefore quashed, and the statutory overtime entitlement was restored for eligible workers. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299410