Section 15(4)(a) in The Payment Of Wages Act, 1936
(a)that the application was either malicious or vexatious, the authority may direct that a penalty ] [not exceeding three hundred seventy five rupees] [ Substituted by Act 41 of 2005, Section 8, for " not exceeding fifty rupees" (w.e.f. 9.11.2005).][be paid to the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages by the person presenting the application; or [Substituted by Act 53 of 1964, Section 13, for sub-Section (4) (w.e.f. 1.2.1965). ]