A.I. REG. RURAL BANK OFFICERS FED. & ORS. vs GOVT. OF INDIA & ORS.

The court addressed whether the implementation of a government circular, purportedly following a previous judgment, constituted willful contempt of court. The central legal dispute concerned whether employees of Regional Rural Banks are entitled to an ipso facto revision of wages upon the acceptance of a bipartite settlement between a sponsor bank's management and its employees. The petitioners alleged that the Government of India's circular violated the court's prior directions regarding wage revisions.