Maharashtra Navnirman Kaamgar Sena v. State of Maharashtra and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Maharashtra Navnirman Kaamgar Sena; minimum wages; Minimum Wages Act, 1948; Notification dated 24 February 2015; State of Maharashtra; Labour Commissioner; representation dated 21 October 2024; Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (Respondent No.2; Respondent Nos.2 and 3-BMC); Respondent No.4 (unnamed); Assistant Engineer (SWM) Planning Officer noted present; six connected writ petitions of 2024; disposed with directions (additional representation two weeks; BMC say two weeks; reasoned order 12 weeks); merits expressly kept open; liberty to challenge adverse order; no order as to costs; Bombay High Court, Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction; decision dated 24 April 2026.
What did the court decide?
No substantive adjudication: the captioned Writ Petitions were disposed of with directions — Petitioners to file an additional representation in terms of the averments and prayers of the Petitions within two weeks; Respondent No.2-Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to file its say within two weeks from service; Labour Commissioner to hear both sides and pass a reasoned order within 12 weeks from filing of the representations; Petitioners free to impugn any adverse order in accordance with law; merits expressly left open; no order as to costs.