1997 (4) TMI 549

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....Respondents : Bijan Kumar Ghosh, Adv. JUDGMENT K. RAMASWAMY AND D.P. WADHWA, JJ. 1. Leave granted. 2. This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Calcutta passed on September 6, 1995 in FMAT No. 2098/94. 3. The undisputed facts are that respondent Nos. 1.91 were engaged as contract labour by Bhagwat Prasad Choudhary, Respondent No....

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....ed by him as contract labour and such wages shall be paid before the expiry of such period as may be prescribed. Under Sub-section (4), in case the contractor fails to make payment of wages within the prescribed period or makes short payment, then the principal employer shall be liable to make payment of wages in full or the unpaid balance due, as the case may be, to the contract labour employed b....