What is the object of Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act? Is it really a legislation for social cause?
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act is an important piece of social legislation and seeks to regulate the employment of contract labour and where necessary to abolish the same. It is thus a legislation for the welfare of labourers whose conditions of service are not at all satisfactory. It has been held by Calcutta High Court that this Act being a piece of social legislation for the welfare of the labourers, should be literally construed.
Reference:
Lionel Edward Ltd. vs. Labour-Enforcement Officer, 1977 Lab.lC 1037 (Cal. HC); 51 FJR 199; 1978-II Cal. LJ 333.