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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, MR. SYAM KUMAR V.M., JJ
KERALA NON-BANKING FINANCE COMPANIES WELFARE ASSOCIATION – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenge to wage notifications (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. legal framework for setting minimum wages (Para 4 , 9 , 10) |
| 3. errors in the single judge's conclusions (Para 5) |
| 4. procedural non-compliance under section 27 (Para 7 , 11 , 12 , 15 , 16) |
| 5. lack of effective consultation before wage notification (Para 19) |
JUDGMENT
Dated this the 18th day of December, 2025 Syam Kumar V.M., J.
This Writ Appeal is filed challenging the judgment dated 09.04.2024 of the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No.9184 of 2021.
Appellant was the petitioner in the W.P.(C).
2. The Writ Petition was filed by the appellant, which is an association of non-banking private financial institutions. They sought to quash Exhibits P2 and P7 notifications, issued by the 1st respondent relating to fixing of minimum rates of wages payable to the employees of non-banking private financial institutions, under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 1948'), contending that the same had been fixed in violation of the statutory prescriptions and norms.
3. The learned Single Judge dismissed the W.P.(C) inter alia holding that no substantial grounds had been raised in the W.P.(C) to interfere w
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