Supreme Court Directs Regularisation of Income Tax Casual Workers, Condemns Discrimination in 2006 Policy Implementation

The Supreme Court of India recently delivered a landmark judgment directing the Union of India to regularise the services of four long-serving daily wage employees of the Income Tax Department in Gwalior. The decision was delivered by a Bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar in the case Pawan Kumar & Ors. VERSUS Union of India & Ors. The appellants – Pawan Kumar and three others –…