Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 341 · Decided 19 July 2000
Kerala State Electricity Board and ANR. v. Kurien E. Kalathil and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 341 · [2000] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 581
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4092/2000
- Decided
- 19 July 2000
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 136; Contract Act
Headnote
labour laws: Minimum Wages Act, 1948: State Electricity Board-Contract for construction of a dam with a contractor-Government notification enhancing minimum wages­ Consequently enhanced wages paid by contractor-Claim by contractor from Electricity Board-Held permissible-Remedy for such a private law-However in D view of lapse of time and danger of miscarriage of justice Supreme Court itself examined the matter-Declined to interfere with the order of payment passed by High Court in writ jurisdiction. Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226: Writ jurisdiction-Held not a proper
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