Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

Act No. 37 of 1970 35 sections

Text as published by the Legislative Department, from the copy archived on 27 January 2018. Amendments made after that date and before the repeal may be missing; check the official Gazette for them.

Repealed and replaced by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still governs matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides, which is why the judgments below apply it.

49 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Kirloskar Brothers Limited v. Ramcharan and Ors
  2022 INSC 12555 December 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Maniben Maganbhai Bhariya v. District Development Officer Dahod & Ors.
  2022 INSC 47325 April 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Adiraj Manpower Services Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise Pune
  2022 INSC 20118 February 2022Dismissed
• Ficus Pax Private Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2020 INSC 42512 June 2020Directions issued
• The Workmen Through the Convener Fci Labour Federation v. Ravuthar Dawood Naseem
  2020 INSC 40119 May 2020Dismissed
• Ongc Labour Union v. Ongc Dehradun & Ors.
  2019 INSC 115417 October 2019Appeal disposed of and
• Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Anr. v. Jaggu & Ors. Etc.
  2019 INSC 7275 July 2019Disposed of
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. v. Mahendra Prasad Jakhmola & Ors.
  2019 INSC 24420 February 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Pepsico India Holding P. Ltd. v. Grocery Market & Shops Board & Ors.
  2016 INSC 16112 February 2016Dismissed
• M/S Paradeep Phosphate Ltd. v. Paradeep Phosphate Mazdoor Union & Ors.
  2014 INSC 56526 August 2014Dismissed
• Bhuvnesh Kumar Dwivedi v. M/S Hindalco Industries Ltd.
  2014 INSC 33525 April 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman & Md. Ongc & Ors. v. M. George Ravishekaran & Ors.
  2014 INSC 774 February 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Balwant Rai Saluja & Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Air India Ltd. & Ors.
  2013 INSC 75513 November 2013Matter referred to larger bench
• M/S. Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2011 INSC 68615 September 2011Disposed of
• Baleshwar Rajbashi and Ors. v. The Board of Trustees for the Port of Calcutta and Ors.
  2009 INSC 12206 November 2009Appeal(s) allowed
• International Airport Authority of India v. International Air Cargo Workers Union & Anr.
  2009 INSC 48313 April 2009Appeal(s) allowed
• Sarva Shramik Sangh v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Ors.
  2009 INSC 48613 April 2009Appeal(s) allowed
• Reserve Bank of India & Anr. v. State Rep. by M.R. Bhavsar, Bombay
  2008 INSC 110930 September 2008Appeal(s) allowed
• N.T.P.C. & Ors v. Badri Singh Thakur & Ors.
  2008 INSC 92411 August 2008Appeal(s) allowed
• Food Corporation of India & Anr. v. Pala Ram & Ors.
  2008 INSC 72116 May 2008Disposed of
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. v. Esi Corporation
  2008 INSC 19114 February 2008Allowed
• Himmat Singh and Ors. v. L.C.I. India Ltd. and Ors.
  2008 INSC 12531 January 2008Dismissed
• Mis. Blhar Caustic & Chemicals Ltd. v. Kripa Pandey
  2008 INSC 7118 January 2008Partly allowed
• Rashtriya Chem. & Fertilizers Ltd. and Anr. v. General Employees Association and Ors.
  2007 INSC 45023 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Steel Authority of India Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors.
  2006 INSC 65926 September 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Lingegowd Detective & Security Chamber Pvt. Limited v. Mysore Kirloskar Limited and Ors.
  2006 INSC 2894 May 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• A.P.S.R.T.C. and Ors v. G. Srinivasa Reddy and Ors.
  2006 INSC 10724 February 2006Appeal allowed.
• Employers in Relation to the Management of Sudamdih Colliery of M/S Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. v. Their Workmen Represented by Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh
  2006 INSC 2416 January 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Ram Singh and Ors. v. Union Territory, Chandigarh and Ors.
  2003 INSC 6167 November 2003Dismissed
• Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. M. Venkataiah and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  2003 INSC 38413 August 2003Dismissed
• Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. K.V. Shramik Sangh and Ors.
  2002 INSC 19512 April 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. National Union Water Front Workers and Ors, Etc. Etc.
  2001 INSC 40730 August 2001Appeals and T.C. dismissed/disposed of/allowed.
• Cipla Ltd. v. Maharashtra General Kamgar Union and Ors.
  2001 INSC 10021 February 2001
• Indian Airports Employees Union v. Ranjan Chaterjee and Anr.
  1999 INSC 312 February 1999Dismissed
• Air India Statutory Corporation v. United Labour Union and Ors.
  1996 INSC 14426 December 1996Appeals dismissed.
• Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Labour and Ors.
  1996 INSC 9873 September 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Gujarat Electricity Board, Thermal Power Station Ukai, Gujarat v. Hind Mazdoor Sabha and Ors. Etc.
  1995 INSC 3549 May 1995Disposed of
• National Federation of Railway Porters, Vendors and Bearers v. Union of India and Ors.
  1995 INSC 3539 May 1995Disposed of
• R.K. Panda and Ors. v. Steel Authority of India and Ors.
  1994 INSC 20512 May 1994Appeal(s) allowed
• Dena Nath and Ors. v. National Fertilizers Ltd. and Ors.
  1991 INSC 31422 November 1991Dismissed