Maharashtra Navnirman Kaamgar Sena v. State of Maharashtra through the Office of Government Pleader
Case brief
What is this about?
Minimum wages; Minimum Wages Act, 1948; Notification dated 24 February 2015; Maharashtra Navnirman Kaamgar Sena v. State of Maharashtra; Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC); Labour Commissioner; representation dated 21 October 2024 left undecided; disposal without merits adjudication; additional representation within two weeks; BMC say within two weeks of service; hearing and reasoned order within 12 weeks; rights and contentions expressly kept open; liberty to challenge adverse order; no order as to costs. Bench: R. I. Chagla and Advait M. Sethna, JJ. Decided 24 April 2026.
What did the court decide?
No adjudication of the wage claim; the Writ Petitions were disposed of with procedural directions: additional representation by the Petitioners within two weeks, say by Respondent No.2 (BMC) within two weeks of service, hearing and reasoned order by the Labour Commissioner within 12 weeks, and liberty reserved to the Petitioners to impugn any adverse order.