CONTRACT LABOUR
Contract Labour was basically provided under The Contract Labour (regulation and abolition) Act, 1970 so that, any extra work or any work which is not of perennial nature may be given to the employees; called Contract Labour. Somehow, the basic purpose of this provision is being defeated to give more protection to the workers and the definition is stretched to an extent where its original meaning is lost and the purpose is defeated by superseding judgments and interpretations.
Every employer has got the right to do lawful profitable business to the suitability of his decision and discretion without causing unreasonable and unnecessary burden to the unjustifiable limits.
Therefore, this provision has lost his original shape, value, and meaning and has completely defeated the purpose, and this problem is existing in every industry and travelling from lower court to the Hon’ble Supreme Court and superseded by different judgments and overriding parameters are being fixed every time.
It is one of the reasons why employment laws and labour laws in India are becoming so comprehensive and complicated and giving rise to disputes, consequently leading to litigation. This whole development is repulsive to FDI and not in the interest of the industry and country at large.