Supreme Court of India

Bijay Cotton Mills Ltd. v. The State of Ajmer

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 752
Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan J.
Decided 14 October 1954

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, A1"ts. 19(1)(g), 19(6)-Minimum Wages Act (XI of 1948) ss 3, 4 and 5-Appropriate Government-Fixing minimum rate of wages-Whether offends fundamental rights guaranteed under Art. 19(1)(g). The provisions of ss. 3, 4 and 5 of the Minimum Wages Act (XI of 1948) empower the appropriate Government to fix the minimum rate of wages in an industrial dispute between the employer and the employed and it is a criminal offence not to pay the wages thus fixed under the Act. ~ Held, that the restrictions imposed upon the freedom of con­ tract by the fixation of minimum rates of wages

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