2016 (3) TMI 1456

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....GAM For Appellant : Mr.K.Srinivasan Senior Counsel for Mr.G.Prabhu Rajadurai For Respondent : Mr.R.Nandakumar No.1 For Respondents : Mr.V.S.V.Venkateswaran 2 and 3 JUDGMENT (Judgment of the Court was made by A.SELVAM,J.) This Writ Appeal has been directed against the order dated 26.06.2007 passed in W.P(MD)No.3642 of 2004. 2. The appellant herein as petitioner has filed W.P(MD....

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....entioned in the petition and therefore the present Writ Petition has been filed for getting the relief sought therein. 4. The learned Single Judge after considering the divergent contentions raised on either side has dismissed the Writ Petition. However the petitioner is given liberty to raise his objection under Section 7-A of the Act. Against the order passed by the learned Single Judge, the ....

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....s Provisions Act, 1952. 8. The learned counsel appearing for the respondents 2 and 3 has drawn the attention of the Court to the definition of Section 2(f) of the said Act, wherein it is mentioned as follows: "employee" means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work, manual or otherwise, in or in connection ... ..." 9. A mere reading of the said Section would clearly....

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....7(2) of the Act. (ii)The compulsory contribution amounts to denial of minimum wages. (iii)The amendment is impracticable and unworkable. (iv)The amendment is ultra vires the Act and Article 14 and Art.19(1)(g) of the Constitution. By a detailed and well reasoned judgment, the High Court has rejected all the four contentions noted above. We see no ground to inter....