Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Act No. 4 of 1936 32 sections

Text as published by the Legislative Department, from the copy archived on 12 April 2021. 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Repealed and replaced by the Code on Wages, 2019 from 21 November 2025.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.

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

• Ajay Malik v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
  2025 INSC 11829 January 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  (1) Whether the High Court acted well within the contours of its powers under Section 482 of the CrPC in rejecting Ajay Malik’s quashing petition; (2) Whether the High Court fell in error in rejecting the Compounding Application…

• Dushyant Janbandhu v. M/s Hyundai Autoever India Pvt. Ltd.
  2024 INSC 96611 December 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  High Court allowing the petition filed by the respondent under Section  11(6) under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 appointed an arbitrator. Whether the disputes relating to non-payment of wages and the legality and…

• 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
• Jaya Biswal & Ors. v. Branch Manager, Iffco Tokio General Insurance
  2016 INSC 1374 February 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• The Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. v. Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation
  2014 INSC 98631 July 2014Disposed of
• Bhuwalka Steel Indus. Ltd. v. Bombay Iron & Steel Labour Bo. & Anr.
  2009 INSC 131817 December 2009Dismissed
• L.I.C. of India v. Anwar Khan (Since Deceased) Through Lrs.
  2007 INSC 44923 April 2007Allowed
• Hotel and Restaurant Karamchari Sangh v. M/S. Gulmarg Hotel and Ors.
  2006 INSC 3698 June 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• P.C. Aggarwala v. Payment of Wages Inspector, M.P. and Ors.
  2005 INSC 44526 September 2005Appeal(s) allowed
• Uptron India Ltd. v. Shammi Bhan and Anr.
  1998 INSC 746 February 1998Dismissed
• Union of India v. Sh. Punnilal and Ors.
  1996 INSC 119911 October 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Labour and Ors.
  1996 INSC 9873 September 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Modi Industries Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
  1993 INSC 33514 October 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• Bank of India v. T.S. Kelawala and Ors.
  1990 INSC 1924 May 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India & Others
  1983 INSC 20316 December 1983Disposed of
• Dilbagh Rai Jarry v. Union of India and Others
  1973 INSC 1985 November 1973Appeal(s) allowed
• Silver Jubilee Tailoring House and Others v. Chief Inspector of Shops and Establishments and Another
  1973 INSC 17625 September 1973Dismissed
• Works Manager, Central Railway Workshop, Jhansi v. Vishwanath and Ors.
  1969 INSC 2769 October 1969Dismissed
• Payment of Wages Inspector v. Surajmal Mehta & Anr.
  1968 INSC 3283 December 1968Dismissed
• Md. Qasim Larry, Factory Manager, Sasa Musa Sugar Works v. Muhammad Samsuddin and Another
  1964 INSC 8624 March 1964Dismissed
• Lalji Haridas v. State of Maharashtra and Another
  1964 INSC 317 February 1964Dismissed
• J. C. Jain v. R. A. Pathak and Others .
  1960 INSC 312 January 1960Appeal(s) allowed
• Sitaram Ramcharan Etc. v. M. N. Nagarshana & Others
  1959 INSC 12125 September 1959Dismissed
• Shri B. P. Hira, Works Manager, Central Railway, Parel, Bombay Etc v. Shri C. M. Pradhan Etc.
  1959 INSC 718 May 1959Dismissed
• A. v. Dcosta v. B. C. Patel and Another.
  1955 INSC 714 December 1955Appeal(s) allowed
• The Dvisional Engineer, G.I.P. Railway, v. Mahadeo Raghoo and Another
  1955 INSC 112 March 1955Appeal(s) allowed