Supreme Court of India
State of Kerala & Anr. v. R. E. D'souzha
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We are of the opinion that the case has been rightly decided.
Judgment, page 3
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After catches of prawns made from time to time were brought to the respondent’s premises, a casual and irregular group of women and girls of the locality came at their convenience to do the peeling, washing, etc. at piece-rates. There were no.specified hours of work and after finishing their work, the workers would go on to do similar work at other premises in the locality. The respondent’s conviction under s. 92 of the FactoriesAct for, inter alia, using his premises as a factory without obtainingregistration, etc. was set aside in revision by the High Court on the viewthat the workers in…
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