Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 335 · Decided 12 May 2006
U.P. State Sugar Corporation LTD. and ANR. v. Sant Raj Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 335 · [2006] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 636
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6588/2003
- Decided
- 12 May 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 39(d)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14 and 39 (d)-Equal pay for equal work-Applicability of­ Held-/t cannot be applied in a vacuum-It applies to those who are equally C placed in all respects-Possession of a higher qualification is a valid basis for classification of two categories of requisite qualification only on the ground that others had it, rejected especially cases of other employees stood on different footing-Uttar Pradesh Sugar Undertakings D (Acquisition) Act, 1971. Articles 14-Wrong decisions-Applicability to other cases-Held - Such decisions would not clothe
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