Haldia Refinery Canteen Emps. Union & ... vs M/S. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & ...

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Calcutta High Court's Division Bench, which set aside the Single Judge's order directing Indian Oil Corporation Limited to absorb and regularize the appellants' services. The Court found that the appellants, employed in a statutory canteen run by a contractor, were not entitled to regularization as employees of the corporation under the Indian Factories Act, 1948. The judgment clarified that the management is permitted to engage contractors for canteen services without the need for regular employees from the establishment.