Service Benefits Archives

State is not expected to deprive lawful benefits of employees; Himachal Pradesh HC grants service benefits to employees from initial date of appointment on contract basis

“It appears, in order to avoid its liability to pay salary attached to the post and to deprive the employees from lawful service benefits available to them, exploitative policy of contract appointment for initial five years is being adopted and practiced.”

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Second wife though not legally wedded in a strict sense, is entitled for service benefits of deceased husband: Andhra Pradesh High Court

“Rule 50 of the Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980 is with intend to give relief to the woman becoming wife. Under such circumstances, even the wife from the second marriage was made entitled for family pension.”

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Bombay High Court grants Rs 5 lakhs compensation to a cleaner who worked for 26 years for paltry wages

The petitioner was engaged to undertake the cleaning and sweeping of the Government office premises for almost 26 years and was being paid much less than even the minimum wages paid to manual labourers. The Bombay High Court said that it t is a fit case where the State should compensate the Petitioner for violating her rights under Articles 14, 21 and 23 of the Constitution of India.

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Raj HC | Candidates in the lower order of merit cannot become entitled to benefits merely because they had approached court earlier

Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of Arun Bhansali, J., allowed a petition filed with the prayer to extend to the petitioners same