HIMMAT SINGH vs I.C.I. INDIA LTD. .

The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of writ petitions challenging the Labour Court's decision regarding the status of 61 labourers under the U.P. State Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. The Court found that the labourers did not possess the right to be declared permanent employees as they were engaged in intermittent work and had claimed to be workmen of the contractor. The Court affirmed the High Court's ruling that the benefits intended by the statutes were not applicable in this case, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.