Legal Articles Indian Laws Against Bonded Labour September 6, 2012 by Muiz Butt | Leave a Comment A review of the domestic laws in India that protect children against bonded labor and the strength of those laws. The Human Rights Watch report provides extensive review of these laws. A number of Indian laws (even dating back to before Independence) are supposed to protect exploitation of India’s children. Article 21 of the Constitution […] Read more » Apprentices Act 1961Shops and Establishments Act 1961Suppression of Slave Trade and Slavery 1926 Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 Children (Pledging of Labour) Act 1933 Conditions of Employment) Act 1966 Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970Minimum Wages Act 1948 Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 Factories Act 1948 Forced Labour Convention 1930 Indian Laws Against Bonded Labour International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)1966 International Covenant on Economic Laws Against Bonded Labour Plantation Labour Act 1951 Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 right to life and liberty Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1966