contractors are liable to pay the minimum
wage to the workmen employed by them under the Minimum Wage
Act 1948 but the Union of India ... complaint in regard to non-payment of minimum wage to the
workmen under the Minimum Wages Act 1948, is also one
relating to breach
intended for enforcement of payment of wages. Under s.
20(1) of the, Minimum Wages Act , in which provision is made
for seeking remedy ... Minimum Wages Act with the provisions of
the Payment of Wages Act which was already in existence when
the Minimum Wages Act was passed
minimum rates of wages in respect of
employment in the textile industry within that State, under
the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act (Act ... fixing minimum wages. The appropriate
Government can appoint a committee to hold enquiries to
advise it in the matter of fixing minimum wages
fixation
of minimum wages of labourers in the textile industry within
the State, under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act . A
committee was formed ... Wages Act makes it a criminal
offence not to pay the wages fixed under the Act. This
being the position and as the Minimum Wages
less than the minimum
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wage, unless, of course, the minimum wage fixed by the
Notification under the Minimum Wages Act 1948 is correlated
with ... paid less than the minimum wage, unless, of
course, the minimum wage fixed by the Notification under the
Minimum Wages Act 1948 is co-related
Government might fix
a minimum rate of wages for time work, a minimum rate of
wages for piece work, a minimum rate of remuneration ... called
upon to pay wages and compensation to persons who are not
governed by the notification under the Minimum Wages Act .
On an analysis
ACT:
Minimum Wages-Notification fixing wage structure-If ultra
vires-Validity of enactment-Capacity of employer to pay, if
relevant consideration- Minimum Wages Act ... bare
subsistence or minimum wage and a statutory minimum wage,
and it is observed that the statutory minimum wage is the
minimum which is prescribed
between the wages due according
to the minimum rate of wages fixed by the job
and wages actually paid amount overtime wages ... with providing
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for minimum wages and if an employee is being paid more,
than minimum wages so provided, the Act does not operate
deficit amount of minimum wages.
Dismissing the appeals, this Court,
HELD: 1. Section 11(i) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948
lays down that ... concerned with the fixing of
rates of minimum wages. Under Section 20(1) of the Minimum
Wages Act in which provision is made for seeking
minimum wage which was accordingly
fixed. Fair wage is a mean between the living wage and
minimum wage. The minimum wage contemplated above is
something ... facts and fix a minimum wage which may be higher than the
minimum wage contemplated under Minimum Wages Act . The
Industrial Tribunal was not called
