JUDICIAL CONTRIBUTION ON RIGHTS OF WOMEN WORKERS IN THE UNORGANIZED SECTOR IN INDIA VIS-À-VIS UNADDRESSED CONSTRUCTION SECTOR – A CRITICAL STUDY

AUTHOR – DR D KANNAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW (SG), SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW, TAMIL NADU DR AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

BEST CITATION – DR D KANNAN, JUDICIAL CONTRIBUTION ON RIGHTS OF WOMEN WORKERS IN THE UNORGANIZED SECTOR IN INDIA VIS-À-VIS UNADDRESSED CONSTRUCTION SECTOR – A CRITICAL STUDY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (3) OF 2024, PG. 432-438, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

Judiciary interprets laws related to labour rights, including those concerning women workers and their rights which ensures their enforcement of such right. The Courts can provide legal remedies to aggrieved women workers who face violations of their rights, such as non-payment of wages, harassment, or unsafe working conditions. The Judiciary acts as a guardian of their rights and safeguard against exploitation and abuse faced by the women workers. Courts can intervene to prevent and address instances of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, ensuring accountability for perpetrators and providing protection to victims. The Courts can monitor Government organizations in discharging of their duties like carrying out labour laws and welfare programs for women workers.  Judicial activism ensures that the enforcement of their obligations and allocate resources effectively to protect the rights of women workers. The judiciary serves as a crucial guardian of women workers particularly in the unorganised sector. It protects their rights by interpreting and enforcing laws, delivering landmark judgments, engaging in judicial activism, in order to safeguard their right against exploitation, recognizing rights, monitoring government actions, and contributing to legal advocacy and awareness. Through these actions, the judiciary plays an important role in advancing the cause of social justice and securing gender workers in India. This paper is going analyse the rights of the women workers in the unorganised sector in India through judicial response with untold story of construction workers.

Key Words:  unorganized sector, Supreme Court of India, construction workers, labour rights, women workers