Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 289 · Decided 31 October 1968
Workmen of Shri Bajrang Jute Mills LTD. v. Employers of Shri Bajrang Jute Mills LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 289 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 593
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 923/1966
- Decided
- 31 October 1968
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
c D E F G H Wage Scale-Determination-Jndustry-cum-region basis-Wage Board fixing uniform wage scale irrespective of differing conditions in different region~Validity-Region}vise classrfication, necessity of. The Central Wage Board was constituted for devising a wage structure, based on wages payable in the Jute industry. In determining the financial capacity of the industry the Board selected 20 mills from West Bengal and 9 mills from the rest of the region as re- presenting a cross-section of the Industry. The respondent, a fairly small mill in Andhra Pradesh, was considered
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