Pepsico India Holding P.Ltd vs Grocery Market & Shops Board & Ors

The Supreme Court interpreted the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969, and the Grocery Markets or Shops Unprotected Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Scheme, 1970, concluding that the provisions of the 1969 Act apply to the manufacturing of polystyrene, as it is deemed a chemical product. The Court upheld the State Government's decision that the Mathadi Act is applicable to Supreme Petrochem Ltd., rejecting the company's claims of exclusion based on the nature of the product. The Court affirmed the Bombay High Court's dismissal of the writ petition challenging the applicability of the Act.