Madras HC frowns upon T.N. government for ‘exploiting’ workforce by denying rightful wages Justices R. Subramanian and Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup say they have been coming across, on a daily basis, incidents of exploitation by the government

Madras HC frowns upon T.N. government for ‘exploiting’ workforce by denying rightful wages
Justices R. Subramanian and Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup say they have been coming across, on a daily basis, incidents of exploitation by the government
February 09, 2023 01:12 pm | Updated 01:14 pm IST – CHENNAI

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The Madras High Court has frowned upon the State government and its instrumentalities, such as municipal corporations, for exploiting their workforce by denying them their rightful wages. It has complained of coming across various incidents, on a daily basis, “in which the government is found guilty of exploiting its own citizens.”

Dismissing a 2018 State appeal, Justices R. Subramanian and Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup wrote, “At the outset, we must point out that this is another case of exploitation by the State. Though the petitioners were appointed as sanitary workers, they were made to do the work of drivers,
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