Non-payment of minimum wages to workers is unconscionable and unpardonable in law: HC

Central Secretariat Club Vs. Geetam Singh (Delhi High Court) Non-payment of minimum wages, to a workman is, therefore, unconscionable and unpardonable in law. It strikes at the very root of our constitutional framework, and belies the aspirations set out in the preamble thereto. The preamble to the Constitution is the Constitution. It is the most basic feature or the basic structure of the Constitution which, it is trite, is inviolable and immune from amendment. Any attempt to erode the values enshrined in the preamble to our Constitution has, therefore, to be quelled with a heavy hand, if we ...