Calcutta High Court Directs Govt To Finalise Minimum Wage Of Tea Plantation Workers Within 6 Weeks, Calls It A Statutory & Legal Right
11 months ago

Calcutta High Court Directs Govt To Finalise Minimum Wage Of Tea Plantation Workers Within 6 Weeks, Calls It A Statutory & Legal Right

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The Calcutta High Court's circuit bench at Jalpaiguri has directed the West Bengal government to finalise the minimum wage of tea plantation workers within 6 weeks, under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.This comes after a coordinate bench had upheld the interim hike in wages for the workers and directed the state to finalise a minimum wage within 6 months. The Calcutta High Court's circuit bench at Jalpaiguri has directed the West Bengal government to finalise the minimum wage of tea plantation workers within 6 weeks, under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. This comes after a coordinate bench had upheld the interim hike in wages for the workers and directed the state to finalise a minimum wage within 6 months. Upon hearing these submissions, a single bench of Justice Aniruddha Roy held: To receive minimum wages is a statutory and legal right under the Minimum Wages Act.

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Employers Not Outsiders But Stakeholders, Must Be Heard While Fixing/Revising Minimum Wage Of Employees: Karnataka High Court
3 months ago

Employers Not Outsiders But Stakeholders, Must Be Heard While Fixing/Revising Minimum Wage Of Employees: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

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Decks cleared for winding up operations at Manjolai tea estate as Madras HC dismisses petitions by workers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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New Indian Express  

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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Minimum Wages Act Does Not Apply To Temples & Mutts: Andhra Pradesh High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Minimum Wages Act Does Not Apply To Temples & Mutts: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

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This election season, there’s a storm brewing in Assam’s tea gardens
3 years, 11 months ago

This election season, there’s a storm brewing in Assam’s tea gardens

Live Mint  

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Tea Garden Owners Free To Decide If They Want To Implement Govt's Order Increasing Assam Tea Workers' Wage: Gauhati High Court
4 years ago

Tea Garden Owners Free To Decide If They Want To Implement Govt's Order Increasing Assam Tea Workers' Wage: Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to the Tea Estate owners in the State of Assam by giving them the 'liberty' to decide if they wish to comply with the State Government's last month Notification directing them to give enhanced wages to tea workers. Earlier, on 08th March, the Court had restrained the State government from taking …

Delhi high court quashes AAP govt’s notification fixing higher minimum wages for workers
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi high court quashes AAP govt’s notification fixing higher minimum wages for workers

Hindustan Times  

In a blow to Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party government, the Delhi high court on Saturday quashed a notification fixing higher minimum wages for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers in the city on grounds that it was unconstitutional. Reacting to the judgment, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government had provided relief to poor labourers from inflation by hiking …

Breaking: Delhi High Court Quashes Govt. Notification Revising Minimum Wage [Read Judgment]
6 years, 7 months ago

Breaking: Delhi High Court Quashes Govt. Notification Revising Minimum Wage [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a huge blow to the AAP government, the Delhi High Court on Saturday quashed its much-touted March 2017 order revising the minimum wages for all classes of workmen in scheduled employment, opining that the same was ultra vires Article 14 of the Constitution of India.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar further opined …

Breaking: Delhi High Court Quashes Govt. Notification Revising Minimum Wage [Read Judgment]
6 years, 7 months ago

Breaking: Delhi High Court Quashes Govt. Notification Revising Minimum Wage [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

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Delhi High Court sets aside AAP govt order revising minimum wages
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court sets aside AAP govt order revising minimum wages

India TV News  

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Rise In Minimum Wages: Bombay HC Rules In Favour Of Cleaning Services Against Indian Railways [Read Judgment]
6 years, 9 months ago

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Live Law  

In a writ petition filed by A2Z Cleaning Services seeking a revision in reimbursement given by the Indian Railways with regard to cleaning and housekeeping services provided by them, the Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of the petitioners.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Bharati Dangre directed the respondents i.e., Union of India through Ministry of Railways …

SC Refuses to Stay Kerala Govt’s Notification to Revise Wages of Nurses in Pvt Hospital Sector
6 years, 10 months ago

SC Refuses to Stay Kerala Govt’s Notification to Revise Wages of Nurses in Pvt Hospital Sector

Live Law  

The Supreme Court vacation bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Navin Sinha on Monday refused to stay a notification dated April 23 issued by the Government of Kerala revising the minimum rates of wages payable to the employees in the private hospital sector, which superseded the existing rates of minimum wages fixed by notification of the year 2013.The bench …

SC Refuses to Stay Kerala Govt’s Notification to Revise Wages of Nurses in Pvt Hospital Sector
6 years, 10 months ago

SC Refuses to Stay Kerala Govt’s Notification to Revise Wages of Nurses in Pvt Hospital Sector

Live Law  

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Delhi HC Notice To Kejriwal Govt On Petition For Statutory Minimum Wages [Read Petition]
7 years, 8 months ago

Delhi HC Notice To Kejriwal Govt On Petition For Statutory Minimum Wages [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought to know the stand of Arvind Kejriwal led- AAP government on a petition seeking enforcement of statutory minimum wages.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal issued notice to the Delhi government on a PIL filed by NGO Social Jurist through advocate and social activist Ashok Agarwal seeking enforcement of current statutory …

West Bengal tea workers' strike: Trade unions demand minimum wage; protests spread to Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling
7 years, 9 months ago

West Bengal tea workers' strike: Trade unions demand minimum wage; protests spread to Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling

Firstpost  

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Madras HC dismisses challenge against revision of minimum wages in tailoring trade [Read Order]
8 years, 8 months ago

Madras HC dismisses challenge against revision of minimum wages in tailoring trade [Read Order]

Live Law  

Madras High Court has dismissed a batch of Writ petitions filed by Management/Employers challenging the revision of minimum wages fixed in respect of tailoring trade in export garments manufacturing industry, hosiery industry, etc.Division Bench comprising of Justices Huluvadi Ramesh and M.V.Muralidaran, by allowing the Writ appeal filed by state against Interim order of Single bench which. Madras High Court has …

Bring wages under MGNREGS on par with minimum wages: SC
10 years, 8 months ago

Bring wages under MGNREGS on par with minimum wages: SC

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to bring wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on par with minimum wages prevailing in different states. A bench of justices S J Mukhopadhaya and S A Bobde directed the Centre that wage under the scheme cannot be less than the minimum wage fixed by the state …

Minimum need
11 years, 9 months ago

Minimum need

The Hindu  

Aruna Roy’s decision to terminate her relationship with the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has returned the spotlight to the ideological divide within the ruling establishment on welfare spending. As the civil rights activist noted in her letter to the Congress president, the rupture came over the Manmohan Singh government’s refusal to pay statutory minimum wages to workers under the …

Withdraw SLP against court order on minimum wages, Aruna Roy tells Centre
13 years, 1 month ago

Withdraw SLP against court order on minimum wages, Aruna Roy tells Centre

The Hindu  

Expressing shock at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's instruction to challenge the Karnataka High Court order for payment of minimum wages to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers, the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan has demanded that the government withdraw its SLP the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday. MKSS leader and National Advisory Council member …

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