Regularisation Cannot Be Denied to Casual Workers When Similarly Placed Daily Wagers Were Regularised: Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India has delivered a landmark judgment regularising the services of four daily-wage employees, emphasizing the principle of parity. The Bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar held that employees performing similar work cannot be treated differently once regularisation has been granted to others in comparable positions. The appeal was filed by the appellants seeking regularisation of their services in the Income Tax Department,…