HCs must embody equality principles: SC

THE SC SET ASIDE ALLAHABAD HC RULINGS THAT DENIED CLASS-III EMPLOYEES REGULARISATION

- Utkarsh Anand

High courts must not only dispense justice by upholding equality and fairness in their judicial role but also embody those constitutional values in their own administrative functioning, the Supreme Court has underlined, warning that discriminatory treatment of employees strikes at the heart of the Constitution’s guarantees of non-arbitrariness and reasonableness.

“High Courts, being Constitutional courts entrusted to uphold equality and fairness, are expected to encompass such principles within their own administrative functioning as well, and must exemplify the standards of a model employer.