Both Acts were repealed when the Code on Wages 2019 came into force on 21 November 2025. They are still the Acts named on the syllabus, so each chapter teaches the Act and then shows the provision of the Code that carries it forward.
The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.
Sections in the syllabus
s. 1(6)
s. 3
s. 3(1)
s. 4
s. 4(3)
s. 5
s. 5(1)
s. 5(2)
s. 5(3)
s. 6
s. 6(1)
s. 7
s. 7(1)
s. 7(2)
s. 8
s. 9
s. 9A
s. 10
s. 11
s. 13
s. 13(2)
s. 14
s. 14(1)
s. 14(2)
s. 15
s. 15(3)
s. 20(1)
s. 26
s. 27
s. 59
Cases on this Act
- U. Unichoyi v. State of Kerala (1962)
- Bijay Cotton Mills v. State of Ajmer
- Municipal Council, Hatta v. Bhagat Singh
- The deduction-list decision reported at AIR 1956 Madras 79
- Saurashtra Salt Manufacturing Co. v. Bai Valu Raja
- New India Assurance Co. v. Smt Padmavati
- United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. (Smt.) Susheela
- Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation v. Krishna Kant
- Ram Bahadur Thakur (P) Ltd v. Chief Inspector of Plantations
- The decision on daily-wage municipal workers