Supreme Court of India

People's Union for Democratic Rights and Others v. Union of India & Others

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Bench P.N. Bhagwati and Baharul Islam JJ.

Decided 18 September 1982

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What the Court ordered

Petition allowed.

Judgment, p. 495

From the headnote

Public Interest Litigation, scope and need for-Violation of various labour laws in relation to workmen employed in the construction work connected with the Asian Games like Constitution of India, 1950 Arts. 24, Minimum wages Act, 1948, Equal Remuneration Act. The employment of Children Acts, 1938 and 1970, Inter-state Migrant workman (Regulation of Employment and conditions of Service) Act, 1970 and contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970-Locus-standi-Maintainability of the writ and remedial relief that could be granted-Duties of Court regarding sentencing in cases of violation of Labour Laws-Constitution of India Articles 14, 23, 24 and 32-Scope of Article 23 Meaning of "begar" Duty of State when violation of Arts. 17, 23 and 24 is complained.

Authorities it was built on

Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
1981 Francis Coralie Mullin v. The Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi & Ors. cited by 31
S. Vasudevan v. S.D. Mital
Baily v. Alabama
Pollock v. Williams

Where later benches applied it

2017 Environment and Consumer Protection Foundation v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2013 Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha v. Dhobei Sahoo & Ors. relied on
2011 Delhi Jal Board v. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers & Others relied on
2026 U.P. Junior High School Council Instructor Welfare Association v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2025 In Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Others referred to
2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 Dr. Balram Singh v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India referred to
2019 Association of Medical Super Specialityaspirants and Residents & Ors. v. Union of India & Others referred to
2017 Rakesh Kumar Paul v. State of Assam referred to
2015 Devi Das Ramachandra Tuljapurkar v. State of Maharashtra& Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 9 referred to

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