The Factories (Amendment) Act, 1986 had brought about some groundbreaking changes in the Act giving it an entirely different perspective. The Amending Act provides stricter punishment for breach of safety provisions. The present edition contains all the changes brought about by the Amending Act in the text and the commentaries. A new case-law and statute law supplement has been added to the book bringing it up to date till 2003.

Rapid industrial growth in the country has brought in a need to pay considerable attention to the hazardous effects