Over Time Allowance For Government Servants Is Not Allowed

Over Time Allowance For Government Servants Is Not Allowed: Security Printing & Minting Corporation Of India Ltd. & Ors. Etc Vs Vijay D. Kasbe & Ors. Etc. (Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 1891-1900 Of 2019)

Anu Singh, Advocate

The Factories Act 1948 Supreme Court of India Bench: Justices V. Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal

Introduction

The Factories Act, 1948 has been enacted to consolidate and amend the law regulating the workers working in the factories. It extends to whole of India and applies to every factory wherein 20 or more workers are ordinarily employed. Since, the aim and object of the Act is to safeguard the interest of workers and protect them from exploitation, the Act prescribes certain standards with regard to safety, welfare and working hours of workers, apart from other provisions.1 The Act being a social legislation have immediate and visible impact on social vices by operating more directly to achieve social reforms.2 The Supreme Court’s in this judgment caters to crucial questions as to whether the employees who were under the Central government at the time when cause of action arose and later got transferred to a corporation and came within the definition of workers of the factory, be governed by the Service Rules or the Factories Act, 1948, and;