This paper analyses the definition of workmen with respect to the nature of the work undertaken as per Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act,1947 of India. It primarily focuses on judicial decisions which have led to an evolution of what nature of work allows a person to be classified as a workman. Moreover, the paper also explores certain discrepancies which have cropped up as a result of these decisions, since the evolution in the interpretation of the definition is not based in legislation, but in these judicial decisions, and has an impact on the interpretation done by courts in the present day.