Bombay High Court Allows Employer's Petition in Working Journalists Act Recovery Case — Summary Remedy Under Section 17(1) Cannot Adjudicate Disputed Entitlement. The Labour Commissioner's order directing payment of arrears under the Majithia Wage Board Award was quashed as the employer had raised a bona fide dispute regarding the employee's status as a newspaper employee, which could not be decided in summary proceedings....
This group of writ petitions, led by D.B. Corp. Ltd. (the petitioner), challenged orders passed by the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Mumbai City, under Section 17(1) of the Working Journalists and Ot...




