Group 4 Securities Guarding Ltd. vs Secy.Labour,Govt.Of Nct Of Delhi on 13 May, 2024
W. Because the Ld. Tribunal erred in holding that bonus
was payable at least on the minimum wages as it overlooked
the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sanghi
Jeevaraj Ghevar Chand Vs. Secretary, Madras Chillies,
Grains, Kirana Merchants Workers Union (1969) 1 SCR
366, wherein, after considering the history of the legislation,
the background and the circumstances in which the Bonus
Act was enacted and the object of the Bonus Act and its
scheme, the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the Bonus Act
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is an exhaustive Act dealing comprehensively with the
subject matter of bonus with all its aspects and the
Parliament did not leave any issue open. The Hon'ble
Supreme Court also repelled the arguments that if the Bonus
Act were to be held as an exhaustive statute dealing with the
subject of bonus, certain results would follow which could
never have been expected, much less intended by the
Parliament. In view of the above, even if it is contended that
the Parliament could not have ever intended that bonus be
not paid on the minimum wages payable, such contention is
wholly unsustainable.