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CONTRACT LABOUR LICENSE NOT REQUIRED WHEN CONTRACT DEPLOYS PERMANENT EMPLOYEES - BASANTA KUMAR MOHANTY VS STATE OF ORISSA 1991

Orissa High Court Basanta Kumar Mohanty vs State Of Orissa on 8 July, 1991 Equivalent citations: (1992) IILLJ 190 Ori Author: A Pasayat Bench: A Pasayat JUDGMENT A. Pasayat, J. 1. A short but interesting question whether prosecution of petitioner under Section 24 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (in short 'the Act') is justified arises in this revision application. 2. Background facts, shorn of unnecessary details, are as follows: Petitioner is the Director in charge of Security and Detective Services (India) Limited. The said concern is hereinafter referred to as the 'contractor'. According to the prosecution, contractor and consequentially petitioner was liable for prosecution in terms of Section 24 of the Act. Prosecution report was submitted by the Assistant Labour Officer and Inspector under the Act alleging that the petitioner entered into an agreement with Talcher Thermal Power Station Expansion Main Building Division, T

Paper Bag costs Bata a lot Shoed, and nailed, ot its own laches - State Commission UT Chandigarh upholds Forums penalty on charing for paper bag

No one can take advantage of a welfare regulation for exploitation, is the lesson from this Ruling. I am astonished the way the pleading is done by Bata's counsel. Of course sans substance but could have put forth at least valid defense It is a pity still the local counsels adapt techniques of irritating the forum by using needless needling on tech issues like, the credit slip holder and the complainant, relying on slippery grounds like the circular on plastics, reading it piece mill. The objective of the Government on banning plastics is of paramount importance to one and all and it can't be exploited any more to harass the public, or exploitation. The MRP for retail goods is not regulated by the government and the industry has freedom to fix it basis costs, profit target and market forces, if one can fix an MRP he can as well build the bare cost of the bag rather than charging additional. What should be brought as an awareness and voluntary can never be forced o

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 15, 2019-PRS Blog

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 15, 2019 by the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Mr. Nitin Gadkari. The Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to provide for road safety.  The Act provides for grant of licenses and permits related to motor vehicles, standards for motor vehicles, and penalties for violation of these provisions.   Compensation for road accident victims:  The central government will develop a scheme for cashless treatment of road accident victims during golden hour.  The Bill defines golden hour as the time period of up to one hour following a traumatic injury, during which the likelihood of preventing death through prompt medical care is the highest.  The central government may also make a scheme for providing interim relief to claimants seeking compensation under third party insurance.  The Bill increases the minimum compensation for hit and run cases as follows: (i) in case of death, from Rs 25,000 to

Supreme Court - Plaint cannot be rejected partially - relief for Flat Buyer in Orbit Heaven - Nepean Sea Road

1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. ……….. OF 2019 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.31579 of 2018) Madhav Prasad Aggarwal & Anr.   ..…Appellant(s)  Versus Axis Bank Ltd. & Anr.  ….Respondent(s) With  CIVIL APPEAL NO. ……….. OF 2019 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.30900 of 2018) CIVIL APPEAL NO. ……….. OF 2019 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.30917 of 2018) CIVIL APPEAL NO. ……….. OF 2019 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.698 of 2019) J U D G M E N T A.M. Khanwilkar, J. Leave granted.  2. These appeals take exception to the common judgment and order   passed   by   the   High   Court   of   Judicature   at   Bombay (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction) in Appeal Nos.360, 361, 362 and   Commercial   Appeal   No.172   of   2017   dated   26th  October, 2018, whereby the notice of motion(s) filed by respondent No.1­ 2 Axis Bank Ltd. (one of the defendant in the suits filed by the respective appellant(s)) came to be allowed and as a result of which,   the