Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Outsourcing as Constitutional Evasion | Long-Term Contractual Workers Performing Regular Duties Entitled to Regularization : Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has ruled that public employers cannot circumvent constitutional obligations by retaining workers for over a decade under outsourcing arrangements while performing core, perennial duties. This decision mandates regularization with full benefits, closing a loophole used to deny job security, pay scales, and social protections to workers who function as de facto permanent staff.