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(2025) Law Today Live Doc. Id. 19844 = 2025 INSC 118 = 2025 CRI. L.J. 1892 = AIROnline 2025 SC 98 = (2025) 1 SCR 1725 = 2025 SCC Online SC 185 = AIR 2025 SC (Criminal) 595
(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 8777 of 2022)
Decided on: 29.01.2025
Alongwith
Criminal Appeal No. 442/2025 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 15131/2024) State of Uttarakhand v. Ashok Kumar and Anr.
Constitution of India, Article 141 -- Domestic worker – Rights of – Despite their growing demand, this indispensable workforce has also been the most vulnerable to exploitation and abuse -- Direction given to the Ministry of Labour and Employment in tandem with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, and the Ministry of Law and Justice, to jointly constitute a Committee comprising subject experts to consider the desirability of recommending a legal framework for the benefit, protection and regulation of the rights of domestic workers -- The composition of the Expert Committee is left to the wisdom of the Government of India and its concerned Ministries -- It will be appreciated if the Committee submits a Report within a period of 6 months, whereupon the Government of India may consider the necessity of introducing a legal framework which may effectively address the cause and concern of domestic workers.
(Para 39, 55 (iv, v))