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Centre told to give pay revision benefits to prosecutors
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- The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to extend all the benefits to the prosecutors in the matter of granting revision of their pay scales as recommended by the city government.
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- What is the issue?(1) A Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon (since retired) and Justice Brijesh Sethi asked the Centre to accept the recommendations made by the government on the service conditions pertaining to prosecutors in the orders passed by it on September 3, 2015 and February 1, 2019.(2) This has not been implemented yet.(3) The court was informed that the committee constituted by the Centre has accepted recommendations of Delhi government and some reductions have been recommended by the panel.(4) However, the Centre is yet to take a final decision.
- Delhi and center power tussle:(1) SC had ruled that, Lieutenant-Governor, while appointing the Special Public Prosecutor, is to act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers.(2) HC said that, Union of India has no other option but to accept the recommendations made by the Government of NCT of Delhi in its totality and implement the same.
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The hindu