Supreme Court of India
State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Honble High Court of Gujarat
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that prisoners should be paid fair, adequate and equitable wages in proportion to the skills required for the product or job or service and the satisfactory performance of the prescribed tasks.
Judgment, page 31
From the headnote
Constitution of India-Article 23 (/)-Forced labour and Begar Meaning of-Words and Phrases. ) Cons:itution of India-Article 23 (1)-Forced labour and Begar- Meaning of-Prisoners convicted for rigorous imprisonment-Labour without consent imposed on by authority of law-Effect of-Whether violative of Constitution of India-Article 23(2)-Public Purpose-Instance of Prisoners convicted for rigorous imprisonment-Forced to do labour for wages-Whether done for a public purpose-Held, (per Thomas, J.) imprisonment is for reformative and rehabilitative purpose which is a public purpose. Constitution of
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Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra
- 2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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