PAYMENT OF WAGES INSPECTOR, UJJAIN vs SURAJMAL MEHTA AND ANOTHER — 1970 PLC 561

Citation: 1970 PLC 561

Court: Supreme Court of India

Year: 1968

Decision Date: 1968-12-03

Parties: PAYMENT OF WAGES INSPECTOR, UJJAIN vs SURAJMAL MEHTA AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 PLC 561

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of India Judge(s): J. M. Shelat, C. A. Vaidialingam Title: PAYMENT OF WAGES INSPECTOR, UJJAIN vs SURAJMAL MEHTA AND ANOTHER Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 1577 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1968-12-03 Reported As: 1970 PLC 561 Result: N/A JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SHELAT, J.--This appeal, by certificate, is directed against the judgment and order of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh and raises the question of the scope of jurisdiction of the Authority ,under the Payment of Wages Act IV of 1936 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). On the licence of the Barnagar Electric Supply and Industry Company, of which respondent 1 was at all material times the managing director, having been revoked by the Madhya Pradesh Government and the company's undertaking having been taken over by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, respondent 1 served notices on the company's employees that their services would no longer be required as from 1st October 1962. There--upon the appellant on behalf of 20 employees of the company filed an application under section 15(2) of the Act to recover from respondent 1 wages for the notice' month and retrenchment compensation amounting to Rs. 12,853'60 Paise payable to the employees under section 25-FF of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. On respondent 1 contesting the claim as also the jurisdiction of the Authority, the Authority raised certain preliminary issues, namely: (1) whether the said application was maintainable in view of the revocation…

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