Supreme Court of India

Catering Cleaners of Southern Railway Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 164
Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy and V. Khalid JJ.
Decided 4 February 1987
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Labour only contracting" or "Inside contracting system" adopted by the Southern, South Central and South Eastern Railways in respect of catering cleaners while the other units of the Indian Railway have abolished it-Whether a writ of mandamus lie in a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution compelling the primary employees to abolish the practice in the light of the provisions of s.10 of the Contract Labour (Abolition and Regulation) Act, 1970-The Contract Labour (Abolition and Regulation) Central Rules, 1971, section 25(ii)(iv) and 25(ii)(v)(a) and (b). More than a quarter of a century

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