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Contractor, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for any establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the employment of building workers or who supplies building workers for any work of the establishment; and includes a sub-contractor. [Buildings and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service Act, (27 of 1996), s. 2(g)]In relation to an establishment, mans a person who undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labour or who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor. [The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (c)]In relation to an establishment, means a person who undertakes (whether as an independent contractor, agent, employee or otherwise) to produce a given result for the establishment, other t...
general contractor
general contractor : a person or business entity that contracts to be in charge of a building project usually involving the use of subcontractors called also original contractor prime prime contractor ...
Contractor and workman
Contractor and workman, a 'contractor' is a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes to do specific jobs of work for other persons, without submitting himself to their control in respect to the details of the work'. There is a clear-cut distinction between a contractor and a workman. The identifying mark of the latter is that he should be under the control and supervision of the employer in respect of the details of the work, Chintaman Rao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1958 SC 388 (392). [Factories Act, 1948, s. 2(e)]...
Employer and contractor
Employer and contractor, the employer is one who employs, i.e., one who engages the services of other persons. The employee is one who works for another for hire. The employment is the contract of service between the employer and the employee where under the employee agrees to serve the employer subject to his control and supervision. A 'contractor' is a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes to do specific jobs of work for other persons, without submitting himself to their control in respect to the details to the work'. There is a clear-cut distinction between a contractor and a workman. The identifying mark of the latter is that he should be under the control and supervision of the employer in respect of the details of the work, Chintaman Rao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1958 SC 388 (391). [Industrial Disputes Act, (14 of 1947), s. 2(s)]...
Independent contractor
Independent contractor, An independent contractor is one who undertakes to produce a given result but so that in the actual execution of the work he is not under the order or control of the person for whom he does it, and may use his own discretion in things not specified beforehand, Shivandan v. Punjab National Bank, AIR 1955 SC 404 (409): (1955) 1 SCR 1427.Means one who is hired to undertake a specific project but who is left free method for accomplishing it. Unlike an employee, an independent contractor who commits a wrong while carrying out the work does not create liability for the one who did the hiring, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 774....
Workman, Independent contractor
Workman, Independent contractor, a 'contractor' is a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes to do specific jobs of work for other persons, without submitting himself to their control in respect to the details of the work. There is, therefore, a clear-cut distinction between a contractor and a workman. The identifying mark of the latter is that he should be under the control and supervision of the employer in respect of the details of the work, Chintaman Rao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1958 SC 388 (392). [Factories Act (63 of 1948), s. 2 (I)]...
original contractor
original contractor : general contractor ...
prime contractor
prime contractor : general contractor ...
Managing contractor
Managing contractor, 'Managing contractor' means the person, or body of persons, who, with the previous consent in writing of the State Govern-ment has entered into an arrangement, contract or understanding, with the owner of a coking coal mine or coke oven plant under which the operations of the coking coal mine or coke oven plant are substantially controlled by such person or body of persons, Industrial Supplies Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1980 SC 1858: (1980) 4 SCC 341: (1981) 1 SCR 375. [Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisa-tion) Act, 1972, s. 3 (1)]...
Master, servant and independent contractor
Master, servant and independent contractor, A master is one who not only prescribes to the workman the end of his work, but directs or at any moment may direct the means also, or, as it has been put, 'retains the power of controlling the work', a servant is a person to the command of his master as to the manner in which he shall do his work............An independent contractor is one who undertakes to produce a given result but so that in the actual execution of the work he is not under the order or control of the person for whom he does it, any may use his own discretion in things not specified beforehand............' (Pollock on Torts), Shivanandan Sharma v. Punjab National Bank Ltd., AIR 1955 SC 404 (409)....
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