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…
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