Annual Increment Cannot Be Denied to Employees Retiring Before July 1 After 6 Months’ Service: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has reiterated that annual increment is an earned benefit accruing from service already rendered. The Court held that
The Bombay High Court has reiterated that annual increment is an earned benefit accruing from service already rendered. The Court held that
It is well known that in complaints of these kinds sometimes even neighbours or match-makers are indicted and as such to hold that this kind of FIR were to be accepted, to exclude any person from public employment, would be a travesty of justice.
The petitioner, a law graduate, was appointed as Assistant Director (Legal) in BIS in 2021 after due scrutiny by a selection committee. In 2024, her services were terminated on the ground that her earlier experience as an advocate for a private university did not meet the prescribed eligibility of working in a government or autonomous body.