Beedi Rollers Are Workmen & Entitled To Compensation Under Workmen’s Compensation Act
Case: Yeddandi Venkataiah v. Ms.Prabhudas Kishoredas Tobacco Products Ltd.
Coram: Justice M. Laxman
Case No.: C.M.A.No.2065 OF 2002
Court Observation: “Whether the workwoman employed in Beedi manufacturing process is covered under the purview of Workmen’s Compensation Act or not.”
A glance at the definition of Clause 2(n) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act shows that any person employed in any such capacity as is specified in Schedule-II, comes under the definition of Workman. Clause 2 of Schedule-II clearly shows that any person employed otherwise than in clerical capacity in any premises or within the precincts where the manufacturing process as defined under the Clause-k of Section 2 of Factories Act is coming under the definition of workman. The definition of 2(k) also makes it clear that the process of making any article or substance with a view to usage, sale, transport, delivery or disposal is constituted as manufacturing process.
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Keywords
Beedi Rollers, Workmen, Workmen’s Compensation Act
