IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 10264-10266 OF 2013
BALWANT RAI SALUJA & ANR. ………………… APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
AIR INDIA LTD. & ORS………………………………. RESPONDENT(S)
In view of the difference of opinion by two learned Judges, and by referral order dated 13.11.2013 of this Court, these Civil Appeals are placed before us for our consideration and decision. The question before this bench is whether the workmen engaged in statutory canteens, through a contractor, could be treated as employees of the principal establishment. At the outset, it requires to be noticed thatthe learned Judges differed in their opinion regarding the liability of the principal employer running statutory canteens and further regarding the status of the workmen engaged thereof. The learned Judges differed on the………..read more