HARI SHANKER SHARMA vs M/S.ARTIFICIAL LIMBS MAFG. CORPN. .

The Supreme Court held that the appellants, who worked in the canteen of a government undertaking, were not employees of the principal employer (respondent No. 1) but rather of the contractor (respondent No. 2). The Court emphasized that the Labour Court's decision was based on the evidence presented and that the appellants failed to challenge the legitimacy of the contract between the contractor and the principal employer. The Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the writ petition, affirming the Labour Court's award and the status of the appellants as contract workers under Section 46 of the Factories Act, 1948.