Baleshwar Rajbanshi & Ors vs Bd.Of Trustees For Port Trus.Of ...

The Supreme Court held that the notification issued under Section 10(1) of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, which prohibited the employment of contract labor for specific railway track works at Kolkata Port Trust, was valid. The Court found that the division bench of the Calcutta High Court erred in allowing the Port Trust to assign such work to RITES despite the notification. The Court emphasized that the provisions of the Act must be adhered to, thereby upholding the rights of the contract laborers affected by the notification.