Minimum Wages Act, 1948
24. Bar of suits
No court shall entertain any suit for the
recovery of wages in so far as the sum so claimed –
(a) forms the subject of an application under
section 20 which has been presented by or on behalf of the plaintiff or
(b) has formed the subject of a direction
under that section in favor of the plaintiff or
(c) has been adjudged in any proceeding under that section not to be due to the
plaintiff or
(d) could have been recovered by an
application under that section.