Supreme Court of India

P.C. Aggarwala v. Payment of Wages Inspector, M.P. and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 514
Bench Arijit Pasayat J.
Decided 26 September 2005

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid conclusion, the appeals filed by the functionaries under the Act lack merits.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Payment of Wages Act, 1936-Sections 3 and 15-Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960-Section 3-Factories Act, 1948-Section 2(n)-Factory-Payment of Wages-Liability for-Concept of occupier provided in Section 2(n) of Act of 1948, as well as its amendment in year 1987, is not applicable to Act of 1936, as amended in year 1964 by Section 3 of State Act-Under Section 3 of the State Act only a person named as Manager of Factory and employer jointly, is made liable, and if a Director of Company owning the Factory was not so named, he could not be made liable-Even otherwise also, Act of 1936

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