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DELHI HIGH COURT: CANNOT APPROVE MCD NOT PAYING WAGES, RETIRAL BENEFITS TO ITS EMPLOYEES; IF THEY DEFAULT MUST SUFFER INTEREST
The Daily Guardian
|November 18, 2024
The Delhi High Court in the case Municipal Corporation Of Delhi Versus Bijender Singh observed and has stated that it can never be an approver to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, MCD for not paying wages or retiral benefits to its employees.
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The Division bench comprising of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain was hearing the present matter.
The bench in the case observed that the civic body default in paying, it must "suffer interest", emphasising that "there is no escape."
The bench in the case stated that how the MCD manages its funds is its own affair, suffice it to state, however, that the court can never be an approver to the MCD not paying its employees their wages or retiral benefits. If they default in doing so, they must suffer interest. There is no escape.
This story is from the November 18, 2024 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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