Summary
The Supreme Court declined to disturb overtime payments awarded to seventeen former Currency Note Press employees. All had retired or died, the sums were modest, the claims related to 1986–1990, payment had occurred long before, and the overtime work was admitted. Questions concerning the Bombay Shops and Establishment Act and Factories Act were expressly left open.
Issues
- Whether the overtime award should be disturbed in the particular circumstances of these former employees.
Held
- The retirement or death of all seventeen employees, modest sums, old claim period, long-completed payment and admitted overtime justified declining interference with the High Court’s award. (¶¶ 9, 10)
- The statutory interpretation questions advanced by the employer were left open for decision on their merits in another case. (¶¶ 11, 12)
Result
Employer’s appeal dismissed; the High Court’s monetary relief stands. The legal questions were left open.