Hyderabad, April 15 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the state government to submit a counter affidavit and a compliance report concerning its previous 2023 order, which required the revision and publication of minimum wages in the official gazette.

This directive was issued by a division bench consisting of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice NV Shravan Kumar during the hearing of a contempt petition filed by advocate Chikkudu Prabhakar on behalf of the Telangana Regional Trade Union Council.

Contempt petition points out at lack of revised minimum wages

The contempt petition stems from a 2023 public interest litigation (PIL) that pointed out the lack of revised minimum wages for nearly 47 lakh workers across 73 schedul...