https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181474 Wage fixation under the statute must rest on relevant classification and the employer's real capacity to pay. The SC held that the Wage Board's placement of Press Trust of India in a higher class, despite its revenue position, and its assumption that a heavy wage burden could be met by increased subscriptions and tighter organisation, made the recommendation arbitrary and discriminatory; the fixation was struck down for that establishment. By contrast, Indian National Press failed to show more than a small deficit between profits and the wage burden, which was insufficient to invalidate the wage fixation, so the challenge failed there. The impugned order was invalid only as against Press Trust of India. en-us Tue, 23 Apr 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:38:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181474 Wage fixation under the statute must rest on relevant classification and the employer's real capacity to pay. The SC held that the Wage Board's placement of Press Trust of India in a higher class, despite its revenue position, and its assumption that a heavy wage burden could be met by increased subscriptions and tighter organisation, made the recommendation arbitrary and discriminatory; the fixation was struck down for that establishment. By contrast, Indian National Press failed to show more than a small deficit between profits and the wage burden, which was insufficient to invalidate the wage fixation, so the challenge failed there. The impugned order was invalid only as against Press Trust of India. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Apr 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181474