{"id":52693,"date":"2018-05-09T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T05:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52693"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:18:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T05:48:03","slug":"high-court-bats-for-migrant-workers-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/high-court-bats-for-migrant-workers-welfare","title":{"rendered":"High Court bats for migrant workers&#8217; welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" data-attachment-id=\"52688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nalsa-to-supreme-court-5-10-per-cent-sexual-assault-victims-get-compensation\/70-suprem_5-26\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?fit=630%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"70-suprem_5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?fit=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?fit=630%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52688\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?resize=300%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5-2.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court today directed the central and Tamil Nadu governments to implement a series of suggestions put forward by a lawyer for the welfare of migrant workers.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestions include a comprehensive law for all unorganised labourers, particularly inter-state migrant workers, PAN and Aadhaar cards for them, group insurance and education facility for their children.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of justices S Vimala and T Krishnavalli forwarded the suggestions of advocate Jeya Karthick to the Labour and Employment department of the central and state governments for follow-up action.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, who had put forward the suggestions while highlighting the plight of migrant labourers, also wanted the Labour department to maintain a register of migrant labourers, containing details, including their terms of employment.<\/p>\n<p>It was closing a habeas corpus petition filed by Hari Prasad Malgam of Madhya Pradesh, seeking to set free five of his relatives, allegedly in the illegal custody of their employer running a borewell company in Cumbum in the neighbouring Theni district.<\/p>\n<p>A habeas corpus petition is filed to ensure that a person under illegal detention is produced in the court and set free.<\/p>\n<p>The bench noted that the Inter-State Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 had no provision for the protection of individual employees.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner had alleged that his relatives were under the custody of their employer since March 12 and that they were beaten up by the latter&#8217;s henchmen.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the employer alleged that the petitioner had taken a huge amount while agreeing to work along with his relatives.<\/p>\n<p>He had also taken away cash and articles worth Rs 3 lakh from the employer and a police complaint was lodged in this connection. It was, however, withdrawn after a compromise was worked out and hence the petition was not maintainable.<\/p>\n<p>The court then said the petition was liable to be dismissed with a heavy cost, but in view of the poor economic conditions of the labourers, it was sparing them the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>It said the suggestions of the petitioner were well taken and directed the governments to implement them as they would provide legal benefits to the migrant workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court today directed the central and Tamil Nadu governments to implement a series of suggestions put forward by a lawyer for the welfare of migrant workers. 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