FIRST LAW

The Supreme Court has accepted following limitations or qualifications to the applicability of the doctrine of ‘equal pay for equal work’:- 1. The doctrine of ‘equal pay for equal work’ is not an abstract doctrine.  2. The principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ has no mechanical application in every case.  3. The very fact that the person has not gone through the process of recruitment may itself, in certain cases, makes a difference.  4. The application of the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ requires consideration of various dimensions of a given job.  5. Thus normally the applicability of this principle must be left to be evaluated and determined by an expert body. These are not matters where a writ court can lightly interfere.  6. Granting pay scales is a purely executive function and hence the court should not interfere with the same. It may have a cascading effect creating all kinds of problems for the Governmen...