Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Act No. 11 of 1948 38 sections

Text as published by the Legislative Department, from the copy archived on 10 January 2020. Amendments made after that date and before the repeal may be missing; check the official Gazette for them.

Repealed and replaced by the Code on Wages, 2019 from 21 November 2025. It still governs matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides, which is why the judgments below apply it.

54 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Gomantak Mazdoor Sangh v. State of Goa & Anr.
  2022 INSC 54610 May 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Dayle De’Souza v. Government of India Through Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (C) and Another
  2021 INSC 69929 October 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Ficus Pax Private Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2020 INSC 42512 June 2020Directions issued
• Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Anr. v. Jaggu & Ors. Etc.
  2019 INSC 7275 July 2019Disposed of
• The Director Steel Authority of India Ltd.V. Ispat Khadan Janta Mazdoor Union v. Ispat Khadan Janta Mazdoor Union
  2019 INSC 7285 July 2019Disposed of
• Hindustan Sanitaryware and Industries Ltd. & Others v. The State of Haryana
  2019 INSC 58429 April 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Ragini Sinha v. State of Bihar & Ors.
  2019 INSC 207 January 2019Dismissed
• National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour (Ncc-Cl) v. Union of India and Ors.
  2018 INSC 24419 March 2018Directions issued
• Kerala Private Hospital Association v. State of Kerala & Ors.
  2017 INSC 10909 November 2017Dismissed
• Sanobanu Nazirbhai Mirza & Ors. v. Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service
  2013 INSC 6693 October 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• Public Union for Civil Liberties v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
  2012 INSC 47215 October 2012Disposed of
• Prabhu Dayal v. Sadhan Sahkari Samiti Mujuri Vikas Khand Paniyara & Ors.
  2008 INSC 26027 February 2008Allowed
• State of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. v. Abdul Majid
  2007 INSC 145 January 2007Disposed of
• Lingegowd Detective & Security Chamber Pvt. Limited v. Mysore Kirloskar Limited and Ors.
  2006 INSC 2894 May 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India and Ors. v. M/S Essel Mining & Industries Ltd. and Anr.
  2005 INSC 3509 August 2005Disposed of
• Ahmedabad Pvt. Primary Teachers' Association v. Administrative Officer and Ors.
  2004 INSC 3213 January 2004Dismissed
• Kerala State Electricity Board and Anr. v. Kurien E. Kalathil and Ors.
  2000 INSC 34119 July 2000Partly allowed
• Airfreight Ltd. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
  1999 INSC 3054 August 1999Partly allowed
• State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Honble High Court of Gujarat
  1998 INSC 38024 September 1998Disposed of
• Uptron India Ltd. v. Shammi Bhan and Anr.
  1998 INSC 746 February 1998Dismissed
• Municipal Council Hatta v. Bhagat Singh and Ors.
  1998 INSC 695 February 1998Appeal(s) allowed
• Haryana Unrecognised Schools Association v. State of Haryana
  1996 INSC 51112 April 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti, Haldwani Etc. Etc. v. M/S. Indian Wood Products Ltd and Anr.
  1996 INSC 30423 February 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Pali Devi and Ors. v. Chairman Managing Committee and Anr.
  1996 INSC 27015 February 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Chief Conservator of Forests v. Jagannath Maruti Kondhare
  1995 INSC 8476 December 1995Dismissed
• Tarapore and Co. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
  1994 INSC 7716 February 1994Appeal allowed.
• Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. v. Chand Lal Saha and Ors.
  1990 INSC 3361 November 1990Dismissed
• Catering Cleaners of Southern Railway Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc.
  1987 INSC 344 February 1987Disposed of
• Ministry of Labour & Rehabilitation & Another. v. Tiffins Barytes Asbestos & Paints Ltd. & Anr.
  1985 INSC 15716 July 1985Appeal(s) allowed
• Mukesh Advani v. State of Madhya Pradesh
  1985 INSC 1202 May 1985Disposed of
• Ram Kumar Misra v. State of Bihar and Others
  1983 INSC 12421 September 1983Allowed
• Patel Ishwerbhai Prahladbhai Etc. Etc. v. Taluka Development Officer & Others
  1983 INSC 728 January 1983Appeal(s) allowed
• Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan
  1983 INSC 520 January 1983Allowed
• People'S Union for Democratic Rights and Others v. Union of India & Others
  1982 INSC 6718 September 1982Allowed
• South Gujarat Roofing Tiles Manufacturers Association and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Another
  1976 INSC 25420 October 1976Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Andhra Pradesh v. Narayana Velur Beedi Manufacturing Factory & Others
  1973 INSC 5326 March 1973Appeal(s) allowed
• Y. A. Mamarde and Ors. v. Authority Under the Minimum Wages Act (Small Causes Court) Nagpur & Anr.
  1972 INSC 10812 April 1972Appeal(s) allowed
• Labour Inspector, Central v. The Chittapore Stone Quarrying Co. (P) Ltd. & Ors.
  1972 INSC 1015 April 1972Dismissed
• Jaydip Industries, Thana v. The Workmen
  1971 INSC 35116 December 1971Dismissed
• Chandra Bhavan Boarding and Lodging, Bangalore v. The State of Mysore and Anr.
  1969 INSC 26229 September 1969Dismissed