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