Supreme Court of India · 2014-09-01
State Of H.P.& Anr vs Tilak Raj
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2015 SC (SUPP) 295
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- State Of H.P.& Anr
- Respondent
- Tilak Raj
- Author
- Anil R. Dave
- Bench
- Uday Umesh Lalit, Anil R. Dave
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that the High Court's direction to grant higher pay scales to certain employees based on the precedent set in Madan Gopal v. State of H.P. was flawed due to insufficient factual clarity. The Court emphasized the principle of 'equal pay for equal work' as established in Director General of Police v. Mrityunjoy Sarkar, AIR 1997 SC 249, but noted that the specific circumstances of each case must be properly evaluated. The appeals by the State of Himachal Pradesh were allowed, overturning the High Court's decisions.