Supreme Court of India

Jaydip Industries, Thana v. The Workmen

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Reported as [1972] 2 S.C.R. 920
Bench C.A. Vaidyialingam J.
Decided 16 December 1971

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Tribunal was not bound by the rates uf minimum wages fixed by the Government under section 3 of the Act. and that i_t was open to the Tribunal to fix rates of minimum wages to be paid to the workmen concerned in the disputes at figures higher than those fixed by the Government.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Appeal by Special Leave from the Award dated March 3, 1967 of the Industrial Tribunal, Maharashtra, Bombay in Refe­ rence (IT) No. 1 of 1968. I. N. Shroff, for the appellant. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by c Mathew, J. This appeal, by special leave. is from an award passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Maharashtra, Bombay, on March 3, 1967. The Government of Maharashtra referred to the Tribunal on December 31, 1965, under section lO(i) (d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the industrial dispute between M/s. Jaydip Industries, Thana, and the workmen employed under them, ansing

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