https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457509 Section 21 places the primary duty to pay wages to contract labour on the contractor, but if the contractor makes short payment or defaults, the principal employer becomes statutorily liable to pay the full wages or unpaid balance. The principal employer may then recover the amount from the contractor by deduction from sums due under the contract or as a debt. In this context, "wages" includes arrears and other unpaid amounts due to the workmen. The principal employer was therefore held liable for the arrears of wages payable to contract labour, and the challenge to that liability failed. en-us Mon, 21 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:35:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457509 Section 21 places the primary duty to pay wages to contract labour on the contractor, but if the contractor makes short payment or defaults, the principal employer becomes statutorily liable to pay the full wages or unpaid balance. The principal employer may then recover the amount from the contractor by deduction from sums due under the contract or as a debt. In this context, "wages" includes arrears and other unpaid amounts due to the workmen. The principal employer was therefore held liable for the arrears of wages payable to contract labour, and the challenge to that liability failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457509