Decision path
1
Fix the legal period and forum.
Identify the Act/Code, transition, appropriate Government and territorial jurisdiction.
Identify the Act/Code, transition, appropriate Government and territorial jurisdiction.
2
Freeze the evidence.
Preserve appointment, payroll, notices, orders, portal acknowledgements and witness material.
Preserve appointment, payroll, notices, orders, portal acknowledgements and witness material.
3
Read the controlling cases.
Extract the ratio, paragraph locator, relief, later treatment and factual limits.
Extract the ratio, paragraph locator, relief, later treatment and factual limits.
Source-closed Supreme Court records
Dr Balram Singh v Union of India
The Court issued extensive directions, treated hazardous cleaning without minimum protective safeguards as an affront to dignity and linked coercive hazardous work to Article 23.
Prajwala v Union of India — Bonded Labour Directions
The Court required a protective, non-technical approach and recognised that strict proof demands can defeat legislation intended to dismantle exploitation.
Finin2min checklist
- What fact determines coverage or status?
- Who carries the evidentiary burden?
- Which authority or tribunal has jurisdiction?
- What is the limitation trigger?
- Is the cited proposition still good law after statutory change?
- What operational record would prove compliance?