FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA vs PALA RAM .

The Supreme Court examined the applicability of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, particularly Section 10(1), in relation to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). The Court held that the Central Government is the 'appropriate Government' for FCI establishments following the amendment by Act 14 of 1986, which superseded the previous ruling in Food Corporation of India Workers’ Union v. Food Corporation of India & ors. (1985) 2 SCC 294. Consequently, the Court upheld the Central Government's notification prohibiting the abolition of contract labour for specific jobs in FCI, affirming the legality of the government's actions.