Differential Wages Payment Doesn’t Make Contractual Workman a Worker of Principal Employer: HC

Swarup Parkash Vs Presiding Officer (Punjab and Haryana High Court) Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed a petition challenging an award from the Labour Court regarding a worker’s termination and claim for regularization of employment. The petitioner had worked at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, from May 1995 until his termination in December 1997. After several years of legal proceedings, including a previous Labour Court ruling, the petitioner sought to challenge his termination and demand regularization, citing payment of differential wages unde...