Bombay HC Says BMC Community Health Volunteers Must Get Minimum Wages
Mumbai, August 14, 2026: “Though branded as volunteers, CHVs almost work as workers of the Municipal Corporation,” the Bombay High Court observed while holding that Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) working with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC) are entitled to minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Justice Sandeep Marne, on August 13, dismissed a batch of petitions…
Mumbai, August 14, 2026: The Bombay High Court has ruled that Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) employed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC) must be paid minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The court dismissed a series of petitions filed by the BMC challenging an earlier order directing it to pay CHVs the difference between the minimum wages and the honorarium they were already receiving.
The judges observed that the CHVs, who have been working with the BMC for nearly four decades, perform important public health duties and should be treated as employees under the law.
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