Section 44: Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group

The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973State Act of Goa · Act 13 of 1974

(1) Employees are said to belong to the same unpaid group if they are borne on the same establishment and if their wages or gratuity for the same period or periods have remained unpaid after the day on which those were due.

(2) A single application may be presented under section 43 on behalf, or in respect, of any number of employees belonging to the same unpaid group, and in such case the maximum compensation that may be awarded under sub-section (2) of that section shall be twenty five rupees per head.

(3) The Judicial authority may deal with any number of separate pending applications, presented under section 43, in respect of persons belonging to the same unpaid group, as if it were single application presented under sub-section (2) of this section, and the provisions of that sub-section shall apply accordingly.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973
Section	44
Marginal note	Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group
Jurisdiction	State of Goa
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.