Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 78 · Decided 23 March 1965
State of Maharashtra v. Mohanlal Devichand Shah
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 78 · [1965] 3 S.C.R. 461
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 198/1963
- Decided
- 23 March 1965
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, J.R. MUDHOLKAR, S.M. SIKRI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), s. 2(b) Part I Entry 8-Stone breaking or stone-crushing in a quarry-Jur1sd1ctwn whether of Central or State Government-Competency to file com- plaint. The Labour Inspector, appointed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 filed two complaints before the Judicial operation wmk, had contravened certain provisions of the Minimum Wages (Control) Rules, 1950. The respondent, inter alia, submitted that the Inspector wos not authorised to file the complaint, and only an Inspector appointed by the State Government was competent to file the com- plaint. The
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