AIR INDIA CABIN CREW ASSN. vs UNION OF INDIA .

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the promotional avenues for pre-1997 Assistant Flight Pursers could be altered detrimentally under the Air Corporation (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act, 1994, particularly Section 8. The Court held that applying a gender-neutral policy retrospectively to the pre-1997 cadre would violate Articles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution, as it would infringe upon vested rights related to promotions. Consequently, the Court ruled in favor of the appellants, affirming their rights to the existing promotional avenues.