Ram Karan and 5 Others v. Bhanu Prakash Ram, Director Horticulture and Food Processing Lko.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Contempt Application (Civil)/CAPL No. 2977 of 2025; Manish Kumar, J.; 16 January 2026; Ram Karan and 5 others v. Bhanu Prakash Ram, Director Horticulture and Food Processing; minimum wages for unskilled casual labour; compliance affidavit 24.11.2025; objection 02.12.2025; order dated 02.06.2025 rejecting minimum-wage claim; Sabha Shankar Dube v. Divisional Forest Officer AIR 2019 SC 220; Jagjit Singh AIR 2016 SC 5176; Tilak Raj AIR 2003 SC 2658; Surjit Singh 2009 AIR SCW 6759; temporary/casual/contractual employees entitled to minimum of regular pay scale; willful disobedience of writ petition judgment; two weeks' time for further compliance affidavit; appearance in person for framing of charges; listed week commencing 02.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Interim direction only: two weeks' time granted to learned State Counsel for filing a further compliance affidavit, failing which the opposite party is to appear in person for framing of charges; case listed in the week commencing 02.02.2026. No substantive decision rendered on the minimum-wage claim.