Supreme Court on Contract Labour: Sham Contract Disputes Can Be Referred Without a Prior Demand
- 2026-07-27
Introduction The Supreme Court has reiterated that procedural technicalities cannot be permitted to frustrate the statutory objective of industrial dispute resolution under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (“ID Act”). In doing so, the Court reaffirmed that conciliation is intended to function as a preventive mechanism for resolving industrial disputes at their nascent stage and should…