Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Code on Wages, 2019

Year: 2019

Enactment Date: 2019-08-08

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 57: Bar of suits.
    No court shall entertain any suit for the recovery of minimum wages, any deduction from wages, discrimination in wages and payment of bonus, in so far as the sum so claimed--
         (a) forms the subject of claims under section 45;
         (b) has formed the subject of a direction under this Code;
         (c) has been adjudged in any proceeding under this Code;
         (d) could have been recovered under this Code.
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