Supreme Court slaps ₹10 lakh costs on Rajasthan for dragging on dispute with poor labourer for 22 years

The Court noted that the poor, part-time labourer had been given a labour court award way back in 2001, but continued to be dragged into litigation because of the State's refusal to implement the award.

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The Supreme Court recently took exception to the Rajasthan government's repeated refusal to implement a labour court award passed in favour of a poor, part-time worker in 2001 [State of Rajasthan and ors vs Gopal Bijawat].

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