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Labourers Working on Salal Hydro Project v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
Supreme Court of India · India · 1983 · National court
Citation: (1983) 2 SCC 181
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided for the migrant side
Question
Must the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act and other labour laws be enforced for workers on a public dam project?
What the court decided
Yes. The Court directed enforcement, including against child labour on the site.
In plain language
Workers from other states building a dam were denied basic labour rights. The Supreme Court ordered the authorities to apply the law that protects workers who migrate between states.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
Pekerja dari negara bagian lain yang membangun bendungan tidak mendapat hak dasar. MA memerintahkan otoritas menerapkan UU yang melindungi pekerja yang merantau antarnegara bagian.
Pertanyaan: Apakah UU Pekerja Migran Antar-Negara Bagian dan UU ketenagakerjaan lain wajib ditegakkan bagi pekerja proyek bendungan pemerintah?
What happened afterwards
- 1983: Judgment.
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Cite as: Institute for Migrant Rights (2026), Migration Jurisprudence from the South, version 0.1, https://theimr.org/court-decisions/d/in-salal-1983/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.