2026 LLR WEB 821 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Financial inability of employer is no defence to non-payment of minimum wages to long-serving workmen. UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES Minimum wages Item 9 of Schedule IV of the MRTU and PULP Act, 1971 Section 28 of the MRTU and PULP Act Minimum Wages Act Section 86A and 86C of the Maharashtra Indust...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 820 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT A statutory settlement by a recognised union binds all employees; State approval power cannot override a lawful union fund deduction clause. UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE Recognised union Bilateral statutory settlement Union fund deduction State Government approval MRTU and PULP Act, 1971, Schedule IV, Item 9 Petitioner, a recognised u...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 819 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Inordinate unexplained delay bars revisional challenge to Labour Court's order issuing process even absent statutory limitation under Section 44 of MRTU and PULP Act. UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES Criminal complaint for breach of Labour Court order Revisional jurisdiction under Section 44 of the MRTU and PULP Act, 1971 Delay and laches Vicarious criminal liabili...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 818 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Belated claim for date of birth correction in service record, raised only at threshold of retirement, not maintainable. UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE Date of birth Correction of service record Superannuation Acquiescence Long silence MRTU and PULP Act, 1971, Section 28 read with Items 1(a), (b), (d) and (f) of Sche...... read full judgement