Tag: SC
Ministry of Labour complies with SC’s directions regarding higher pension option
As per a press release by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the EPFO has made arrangements for obtaining applications for validation of option...
‘Revise wages periodically in public interest’: SC to public employers
According to the Supreme Court, State and public employers are obliged to revise wages for their employees periodically, considering the adverse effects of price...
Job on compassionate grounds can’t be given years after death of...
The Kerala High Court had ordered a company to consider the application of a respondent for compassionate appointment 24 years post the death of...
Employment basis false info can be terminated: SC
Employees who produce false information regarding their suitability for a job or get appointed basis their suppression of their past records or history, such...
Disabled staff cannot be denied promotion basis posting as per Beneficial...
The appellant in the said case, is a disabled OBC candidate, who was appointed as senior teacher under the Education Department of the Government...
Employer can’t arbitrarily fire employee for supressing info / declaring false...
An employer cannot arbitrarily terminate the service of an employee who has been found to have concealed important information about himself or has produced...
SC urges Government to be sympathetic, “model employer”
In 2018, the Supreme Court (SC) had ordered that journalists working for Doordarshan and All India Radio should also be promoted as per the...
“Government staff cannot have a say in transfers”: SC
A division bench of the Supreme Court observed that government employees cannot insist on transfer or non-transfer to particular locations, and that the decision...
Maratha quota denies right to equality: SC
The Supreme Court does not approve of the Maharashtra government’s proposal to reserve government jobs and also seats in educational institutions and colleges for...
Supreme Court being sanitised, at least 44 staff members found Covid+
After at least 44 members of the Supreme Court (SC) staff tested positive for COVID-19, the court premises are being sanitised. All the courtrooms...
EPFO and SC differ on linking Aadhaar and PF accounts
Many technology companies have sought Government intervention because their employees refuse to link their Aadhaar numbers with their provident fund (PF) accounts, because the...