Regularisation Cannot Be Denied Solely Because Initial Appointment Was Not Against a Sanctioned Post: Supreme Court

In a major judgment protecting the rights of long-serving temporary employees, the Supreme Court has ruled that workers cannot be denied regularisation merely because they were initially appointed on temporary basis or not against sanctioned posts. The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta while deciding a batch of appeals filed by temporary workers engaged in different departments of the Government of Assam.…