AMCO BATTERIES LTD. vs STATE OF KARNATAKA — SLP(C) No. 7580/1998

Case Summary: SLP(C) No. 7580/1998 - AMCO Batteries Ltd. v. State of Karnataka Decision: The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, upholding Karnataka's 1997 notification prohibiting contract labour in industrial canteens of factories employing 250+ workers. Key Reasoning: The Court held that canteen operations are incidental and necessary to factory operations under Section 46 of the Factories Act, making them eligible for contract labour abolition under Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. The Government properly consulted the Advisory Board and considered statutory factors before issuing the notification. Individual factory conditions need not be separately examined when adopting category-wide policy decisions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.