Maharashtra Government Cannot Delegate Power to Refer Journalist Wage Disputes to Labour Courts: Bombay High Court

The Supreme Court has held that the Maharashtra Government could not delegate its statutory power to refer disputed wage claims of journalists and other newspaper employees to Labour Courts under Section 17(2) of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955. A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu delivered the judgment on August 11, 2026, in a group of connected…