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Repealed and replaced by the Code on Wages, 2019 from 21 November 2025.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.

• Town Municipal Council, Athani v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Hubli & Ors.
  1969 INSC 8720 March 1969Dismissed
• Hydro (Engineers) Pvt. Ltd. v. Tiie Workmen
  1968 INSC 12730 April 1968Partly allowed
• The Pabbojan Tea Co. Ltd., Etc. v. The Deputy Commissioner, Lakhimpur, Etc.
  1967 INSC 18118 August 1967Appeal(s) allowed
• Sarpanch, . Lonand Grampanchayat v. Ramgiri Gosavi & Anr.
  1967 INSC 12420 April 1967Dismissed
• Workmen of Bombay Port Trust v. The Trust of the Port of Bombay
  1965 INSC 25418 November 1965Dismissed
• State of Maharashtra v. Mohanlal Devichand Shah
  1965 INSC 7823 March 1965Appeal(s) allowed
• Narottamdas v. State of Madhya Pradesh
  1964 INSC 12821 April 1964Dismissed
• M/S. Bhikusa Yamasa Kahatriya v. Sangamner Akola Taluka Bidi Kamgar Union
  1962 INSC 28510 October 1962Dismissed
• Bidi, Bidi Leaves' and Tobacco Merchants Association v. The State of Bombay
  1961 INSC 31115 November 1961Partly allowed
• U. Unichoyi and Others v. The State of Kerala
  1961 INSC 14914 April 1961Dismissed
• Madhya Pr.Adesh Mineral Industr.Y Association v. The Regional Labour Commissioner Jabalpur and Others
  1960 INSC 737 April 1960Appeal(s) allowed
• The Bijay Cotton Mills Ltd. v. Their Workmen & Another
  1960 INSC 2612 February 1960Dismissed
• A. M. Allison v. B. L. Sen
  1956 INSC 8221 December 1956Dismissed
• The Edward Mills Co. Ltd., Beawar, and Others v. The State of Ajmer and Another.
  1954 INSC 9114 October 1954Dismissed