SC directs Legal Framework for Domestic Workers’ Rights & Protection

Ajay Malik Vs State of Uttarakhand and Anr. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court directs various responsible ministries to jointly constitute a Committee comprising subject experts to consider the desirability of recommending a legal framework for the benefit, protection and regulation of the rights of domestic workers. Facts- The Complainant, a resident of Birhipani Nawatoli Bokhi, Birhipani, District Jashpur, Chhattisgarh, belongs to a financially disadvantaged family from a Scheduled Tribe. In her search for employment to support her family, she was brought to Delhi in 2009 by her neighbo...