Vs
Case brief
What is this about?
Textile workers' monthly minimum wages required payment for 30 days and dearness allowance based on the preceding calendar year's average consumer price indices. The court partly allowed the management's appeal and reduced the monthly wages by correcting the dearness allowance calculation.
What did the court decide?
Monthly wages payable by the management were reduced through correction of the dearness allowance calculation.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Orders Reserved on 30/08/2018 Orders Pronounced on 19/03/2019
C O R A M THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.MANIKUMAR AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Writ Appeal No.918 of 2017 a n d C.M.P.No.12736 of 2017
The Management of Sri Munipachaiappan
Textiles Private Limited
Ippedu Village
Sholingur
Vellore District. ... Appellant/2 nd Respondent
Vs
1. The Presiding Officer
Principal Labour Court
Vellore. ..1 st Respondent /1 st Respondent
2. E. Ganapathy
3. R. Chinnadurai
4. K. Megaraj
5. Babu
6. P. Vinayagam
7. C. Manikandan
8. V. Desan
9. V. Veeramani
10. S. Anandan
11. S. Babu
12. N. Raja
13. K. Ganesan
14. N. Shankar
15. A. Sundaravelu
16. P. Subramani
17. N. Saravanan
18. K. Vijayan
19. A. Srinivasan
20. E. Subakaran
21. R. Krishnamoorthy
22. S. Kumar
23. A. Kumaresan
24. P. Anandan
25. D. Nataraj
26. S. Sekar
27. D. Perumal
28. M. Sethuraman
29. S. Srinivasan
- A. Venkatesan
- P. Sabapathy
- G. Narasimman
- K. Sugumar
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Should monthly minimum wages under the applicable notification be calculated for 30 days rather than 26 working days?
Should dearness allowance use the preceding calendar year's average consumer price indices rather than a single month's index?
Parties & counsel
- appellant
The Management of Sri Munipachaiappan Textiles Private Limited
- respondent
The Presiding Officer Principal Labour Court Vellore
- respondent
E. Ganapathy
- respondent
R. Chinnadurai
- respondent
K. Megaraj
- respondent
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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