Swami Ramamnand Bharati Sahakari Soot Girani Ltd. Thr. Chairman v. Macchindra Nanaso Pawar
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-payment of minimum wages; unfair labour practice Item 9 Schedule IV MRTU & PULP Act 1971; Section 28 complaint; Industrial Court Sangli; cooperative spinning society; textile workers engaged since 2006 paid Rs. 240 per day; financial inability not a defence to non-payment of minimum wages; Section 86C and Section 86A Maharashtra Industrial Relations Act 1946 Wage Board alternative remedy rejected; maintainability of Industrial Court complaint; Article 227 supervisory jurisdiction no re-appreciation of evidence; Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd. vs. Gorakhnath 2026 INSC 434 applied; Government of Maharashtra minimum wage notifications skilled semi-skilled unskilled; failure to deposit awarded amount lack of bona fides; writ petitions dismissed with costs; Bombay High Court Kolhapur Circuit Bench; Sachin S. Deshmukh J; decided 4 May 2026.
What did the court decide?
None to the Petitioner; the batch of writ petitions dismissed with costs, leaving undisturbed the Industrial Court's directions to pay the differential minimum wages with a default stipulation of interest at 6% per annum.