Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. vs Brajrajnagar Coal Mines Workers Union

The Supreme Court upheld the Industrial Tribunal's decision to regularize 13 workmen engaged in permanent and perennial jobs, citing Section 10(2A)(1)(d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and clauses 11.5.1 and 11.5.2 of the National Coal Wage Agreement-IV. The Court emphasized that the engagement of contract labor for such jobs is prohibited under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. The Court affirmed the Tribunal's jurisdiction and the necessity of regularization for the affected workmen, thereby dismissing the appeal by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.