Supreme Court of India

State of Kera La v. B.renjith Kumar & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 9 S.C.R. 1078
Bench C.K. Thakker and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 5 June 2008

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We are of the view that the impugned judgment warrants no interference inasmuch as no illegality, infirmity or error of jurisdiction could be shown before us by the appellant- State.. D.

Judgment, page 18

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Service Law - Pay parity - Equal pay for equal work - c Presiding Officers of Industrial Tribunal initially granted pay at par with the District Judges - Pay parity denied after revi- sion of pay of judicial officers as per recommendations of National Judicial Commission (Sheffy Commission) - Pro- priety of - Held: Presiding Officers of the Industrial Tribunals were entitled to the pay parity with the District Judges - It was not correct to deny the parity having accepted and recognized • the same for more than 30 years - The two categories cannot • be treated differently as the nature of

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