HC on Pensioners: Welfare State Expected To Treat Pensioners With Soft Gloves as They Are in Evening of Their Life After Long and Spotless Service, Says Karnataka High Court
The division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice Krishna S Dixit remarked while dismissing an appeal filed by the Corporation challenging the order of the single judge bench which directed it to re-fix the salary of the petitioners by granting them the additional annual increment.
The Karnataka High Court recently said that an employer in a Welfare State is expected to treat pensioners with soft gloves as they are in the evening of their life, having retired after putting in a long and spotless service during their productive years. The court also stated that the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) being a 100 percent public sector undertaking of the Government of Karnataka, falls within the definition of 'State' under Article 12. The division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice Krishna S Dixit remarked while dismissing an appeal filed by the Corporation challenging the order of the single judge bench which directed it to re-fix the salary of the petitioners by granting them the additional annual increment. The single-judge bench had also ordered the corporation to refit and pay the pension of the petitioners along with the arrears of salary and pension accrued. HC on Adoption: Karnataka High Court Directs Central Government To Recognise Adoption of Child From Uganda by an Indian Couple.
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Pensioners Are In The Evening Of Life After Long & Spotless Service, Welfare State Expected To Treat Them With Soft Gloves: Karnataka High Court | @plumbermushihttps://t.co/nDCCN7BR4o
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