(1.) All these three Special Civil Applications were taken up and heard together as a common question of law is involved in all these matters, viz. whether Section 66(1) (b) of the Factories Act, 1948 [the Act hereafter] and it's proviso are ultra vires the Constitution of India being violative of Articles 14, 15, 16, 19(1) (g) and 21 of the Constitution of India.
(2.) The facts stated in Special Civil Application No. 2984 of 2012 may be summarized thus:
(3.) The case made out by the petitioners in Special Civil Application No. 11532 of 2013 is as follows: