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Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan

20 January, 1983

The constitutional validity of the Exemption Act in so far as it excludes the applicability of the
Minimum Wages Act 1948 providing that minimum wage may not be paid to a workman
employed in any famine relief work, cannot be sustained in the face of Article 23. Article 23
mandates that no person shall be required or permitted to provide labour or service to another on
payment of anything less than the minimum wage. Whenever any labour or service is taken by
the State from any person, whether he be affected by drought and scarcity conditions or not, the
State must pay, at the least, minimum wage to such person on pain of violation of Article 23.