Labour Law

Minimum wages

— Liability to pay — Detective and security services provided by Company L to various organisations, held, did not form part of the scheduled employment as detailed in the Schedule to the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 — Hence, Company L had no liability to pay minimum wages to the workmen employed by it in Company K for rendering security services — Therefore, order of Single Judge of High Court in this regard upheld — Further, the part of High Court's order directing K to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh as ex gratia to the workmen as the principal employer, not challenged by K — Hence, K directed to make the said payment — L had no joint and several liability to pay the said amount along with K, (2006) 5 SCC 180-A

Labour Law

Employer-employee relationship

— Company L, which provided detective and security services to various organisations, employing workmen for rendering security services to Company K — Held, there was no employer-employee relationship between K and the said workmen, (2006) 5 SCC 180-B

Labour Law

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

— Applicability of — Company L, which provided detective and security services to various organisations, employing workmen for rendering security services to Company K — Dispute as to liability of L regarding payment of minimum wages to the said workmen — Held, the 1970 Act had no relevance to the present dispute, (2006) 5 SCC 180-C