2026 LLR WEB 715 (CALCUTTA HIGH COURT)
Whether a contractor is a camouflage to deprive contract labourers of benefits and whether employer-employee relationship exists with the principal employer are disputed questions of fact to be adjudicated by the Industrial Tribunal, not by the High Court under Article 226.

CONTRACT LABOUR - Regularisation and absorption - Employer-employee relationship - Camouflage contractor arrangement - Article 226 of the Constitution of India - Disputed questions of fact - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act - The appellants, unskilled workers sponsored by the Employment Exchange and engaged at a power plant through contractors for construction work... subscribe to read more..