Labourers least paid in India, society does not value their physical work: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court criticized the societal lack of respect for physical labour while sentencing a man for assaulting a labourer. The court emphasized that labourers are often underpaid and neglected, highlighting a disparity between Indian and Western attitudes toward manual work.
Why it matters
The ruling brings attention to the systemic mistreatment of the labor class in India and serves as a judicial commentary on social inequality.
The Delhi High Court has observed that labourers in the country are “least paid and cared” for and that society has failed to value and respect their physical labour.
The High Court’s observations came while deciding a man’s appeal challenging his conviction and five-year sentence for assaulting a labourer when he objected to the nuisance created by the convict and others while he was trying to sleep.
It modified the conviction of convict Veer Pal from the offence of attempt to murder to voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, holding the requisite intention or knowledge to attract the former was not established in the facts of the case.
The court also modified the five-year jail term to three years’ imprisonment.
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