Supreme Court of India

State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors v. District Bar Association, Bandipora

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Reported as [2016] 12 S.C.R. 106
Bench T. S. Thakur, Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 8 December 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that at this stage it would be appropriate and proper to set aside the impugned order of the High Court which directs the regularization en masse of two hundred nine daily rated workers.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Service Law: Regularization - PIL seeking construction of District court complex - High Court proceeded to issue directions for en masse regularization of services of daily rated workers engaged in High Court - Held: High Court proceeded without considering relevant· constitutional and legal principles enunciated in the judgments of Supreme Court regarding regularization of employees - On facts, the directions issued were totally unconnected to the reliefs sought in the PIL - The State Government had constituted an empowered Committee to inquire into the issue of creating posts for

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