India, Sept. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre on a petition alleging lack of a safety code for construction workers under the new Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 in the light of a recent wall collapse in Gurugram that killed seven workers and injured four.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "The safety of construction workers must be made a condition in the licence itself that labour safety code will be followed." It agreed to examine the issue raised by the petition filed by the National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner told the court that the ...