Umang Agarwal & Rakesh Kumar Sahu Introduction After constituting any judicial or quasi-judicial body, the very first essential is to set forth the jurisdiction of such body within the limits of which it can exercise the given authority. The jurisdictional difference between the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (“NCDRC”) and Labour Commission exist in the …
Ishita Shailesh & Shubham Gupta INTRODUCTION The recent ongoing debate regarding exemptions on labour law to curb the economic effect of COVID’19 brings the question of the wellbeing of the most ignored strata of the labour community the “Bonded Labour”. These people even in normal circumstances struggle for basic amenities and rights thus it becomes …
Darshan Upadhyay While the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the lives of common men, it is the daily wage labourers who have been the worst affected. With an unprecedented lockdown announced, most states saw the influx of migrant workers from various parts of the country as daily work and the wage came to an …
Shrirang Ashtaputre & Manasi Gokhale INTRODUCTION: Jawaharlal Nehru, the 1st prime minister of India, had rightly declared dams and industries to be the backbone of India’s economy and undertook diverse measures for rapid industrialization. And for manifesting the visions of the founding fathers, the country witnessed an increased dependency on manual labour, both skilled and …
PROVIDENT FUND BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS IN INDIA Read More »
Seemon Snigdha Jena Confined to our homes, one of the major concerns looming in our minds is how India’s economy (which was not stable even prior to the lockdown) would be able to survive such a massive hit hurled by the COVID-19 crisis. It also makes us ponder what new challenges await us after the …
CODIFICATION OF LABOUR LAWS- IS IT THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD? Read More »
Pritesh Raj Considering the established fact that India is an emerging economic power, it is essential to bring the redundant labour laws in vis-a-vis with the economic and sociological conditions of the day. Pursuant to this endeavour, the second National Commission on Labour, 2002 recommended the amalgamation of 29 labour laws into a set of …
Aayush Akar & Koustav Bhattacharya INTRODUCTION Labour laws are the laws which deal with the relationship that governs the workplace, in an environment influenced by both the employer and the employee. Labour laws deal with the disputes between the employer and employee, regarding various matters during the course of the job and also after the …
IMPACT OF SUSPENSION OF LABOUR LAWS IN UP IN IT INDUSTRY: CRITICAL OVERVIEW Read More »
Prakul Khera & Harshal Sareen In the past decade, India has brought various labour law reforms including compilation of all its labour law legislations into a comprehensive labour code. However, like every nation state it could not apprehend the upheaval a virus could bring to the state affairs. This has pushed the major economies at …
INDIA AFTER COVID-19: A WELFARE STATE WITH FRAIL LABOUR LAWS Read More »
Kavish Arora Apropos the present pandemic, various state governments like that of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh etc. have granted considerable exemptions from the various acts which come under the umbrella of labour law. The rationale behind such move is to kick start the slow-paced economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic and also to lure …
DILUTION OF LABOUR LAWS: A CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSGRESSION Read More »
Adarsh Kumar & Aryan Bhat INTRODUCTION The ongoing COVID-19 contagion has had a disproportionate impact on the economically vulnerable migrant workers which has worsened their pre-existing financial vulnerabilities and pushed them to the brink of penury. The financial unsoundness, relegated social standing, coupled with the state apathy has triggered a large-scale humanitarian crisis as the …
