The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said rights of labourers working on Commonwealth Games projects here in the Capital cannot be violated and appointed a four-member committee to look into alleged violation of their rights.
“You are in so much hurry (to complete the projects) but workers’ right should not be affected and it has to be taken care of,” said a Bench headed by Chief Justice A. P. Shah while hearing a public interest legislation alleging that labour laws are being flouted by the private contractor involved in the project.
The Court said it was not possible for it to monitor the rights of the workers and constituted a committee comprising Delhi’s Labour Commissioner, Labour Secretary, former UN Ambassador Arundhati Ghose and L. D. Mishra, a person associated with the NHRC, to look into the allegations. The Court asked the committee to convene a meeting on Monday to look into the allegations and file its report by March 17.