Supreme Court of India

Shri Chintaman Rao and Another v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

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Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 18 February 1958

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow the appeal and set aside the con­ victions of the appellants under s. 92 of the Act and the sen­ tences imposed upon them.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Vorker-Test for determining-Sattedars contractina to supply bidis to bidi factoTy andl coolies of such Sattedars-If workers in the factory-Factories Act (LXIII of 1948). ss. 2(1). 62, 63 and 92. The appellant was the manager of a liidi factory which had contracts with certain independent contractors, known as Sat­ tedars, for the supply of bidis. The Sattedars undertook to sup­ ply the bidis by manufacturing them in their own factories or by entrusting the work to third parties. at a pvice to be paid by the management after delivery and approval.

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