Supreme Court Upholds Holiday Entitlements for Temporary Public Works Employees under Kalelkar Award Date of the Judgment: September 19, 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 703 Judges: Sandeep Mehta, J., R. Mahadevan, J. Can temporary employees in the Public Works Department claim the same holiday benefits as permanent staff? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this […]
Supreme Court Restores Minimum Wage Notification with Special Allowance: Gomantak Mazdoor Sangh vs. State of Goa (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State Government can modify a minimum wage notification by way of an errata notification, without following the procedure for fixing or revising minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. CASE TYPE: Labour Law
Supreme Court quashes proceedings against Director for Minimum Wages Act violation Date of the Judgment: 29 October 2021 Citation: Criminal Appeal No. of 2021 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 3913 of 2020) Judges: R. Subhash Reddy, J., Sanjiv Khanna, J. (authored the judgment) Can a company director be held liable for violations
Supreme Court on Minimum Wages Act: Haryana Notifications on Worker Classification and Trainee Wages LEGAL ISSUE: Scope of the government’s power to fix minimum wages and classify employees under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. CASE TYPE: Labour Law Case Name: Hindustan Sanitaryware and Industries Ltd. & Others vs. The State of Haryana and Faridabad Industries
Supreme Court Reduces Compensation for Minimum Wage Violations: Union of India vs. Avtar Chand (2019) Date of the Judgment: February 19, 2019 Citation: 2019 INSC 137 Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., L. Nageswara Rao, J. Can a High Court award different compensation rates to similarly situated workers for the same violation of the Minimum Wages
Supreme Court Upholds Minimum Wage Claims: Ragini Sinha vs. State of Bihar (2019) Date of the Judgment: January 7, 2019 Citation: Civil Appeal Nos. 7224-7225 of 2012 Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., Indu Malhotra, J. Can an employer avoid paying minimum wages to workers by claiming they were not afforded sufficient opportunity to defend themselves?
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LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of fair compensation in motor accident claims, specifically regarding income assessment of the deceased. CASE TYPE: Motor Accident Compensation. Case Name: Anita and Others vs. Arun Yadav and Others. Judgment Date: September 7, 2017. Introduction Date of the Judgment: September 7, 2017. The Supreme Court of India, in a recent judgment, addressed
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Date of the Judgment: 19 June 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 530 Judges: Ranjan Gogoi, J., Navin Sinha, J. Can newspaper employees be denied the wages as per the Majithia Wage Board Award? The Supreme Court addressed this crucial question in a batch of contempt petitions, clarifying the scope and implementation of the Majithia Wage Board
The Supreme Court of India addressed the question of whether an employee of a private hospital can represent the employer on a committee constituted under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The Court ruled that such representation is valid. This judgment clarifies the scope of employer representation in minimum wage committees. Citation: (2017) INSC 929 Judges:
