https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200597 Section 5(1) of the Minimum Wages Act permits the Government to choose between committee-based and proposal-based wage fixation according to the material available, and that choice is not arbitrary or contrary to Article 14. Fixation of minimum wages is administrative, not quasi-judicial, so a mandatory hearing or prior consultation with affected employers is not required as a matter of right. The Advisory Board's constitution and the inclusion of the hotel industry in the Schedule did not invalidate the notification. Zone-wise wage classification was upheld, and food supplied to employees could be valued for deduction, but the notification was invalid to the extent it applied adult rates to children, adolescents certified to work as children, and apprentices. en-us Fri, 08 Sep 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:06:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200597 Section 5(1) of the Minimum Wages Act permits the Government to choose between committee-based and proposal-based wage fixation according to the material available, and that choice is not arbitrary or contrary to Article 14. Fixation of minimum wages is administrative, not quasi-judicial, so a mandatory hearing or prior consultation with affected employers is not required as a matter of right. The Advisory Board's constitution and the inclusion of the hotel industry in the Schedule did not invalidate the notification. Zone-wise wage classification was upheld, and food supplied to employees could be valued for deduction, but the notification was invalid to the extent it applied adult rates to children, adolescents certified to work as children, and apprentices. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Sep 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200597