SC refers question on Status of contract Labour in Maharashtra to larger bench

The status of laborers employed by contractors in industries in Maharashtra has again become a point of deep differences among various benches of the Bombay high court and therefore the Supreme Court (SC) last week referred three questions to a larger bench of the apex court for an authoritative decision. The case involved workers of Raymond Ltd in Mumbai. When one of them moved the industrial court under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Union and Prevention of Unfair Labor Practices Act, the company denied any relationship with the laborer. Various benches of the high court have taken dif...