https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169780 Section 17A of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 and the retrospective validating amendment were upheld because the scheme of nationalisation, merger and service rationalisation provided sufficient legislative guidance for the Central Government's power to frame, amend and vary schemes. The retrospective amendment was treated as a valid curative measure that removed the defect identified in earlier litigation and did not violate Articles 14, 19 or 21. Service-condition schemes revising provident fund, sick leave, retirement age and related benefits were also sustained as rationalisation measures aimed at uniformity and parity, not hostile discrimination or invalid interference with collective bargaining. en-us Mon, 19 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 May 2015 13:19:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169780 Section 17A of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 and the retrospective validating amendment were upheld because the scheme of nationalisation, merger and service rationalisation provided sufficient legislative guidance for the Central Government's power to frame, amend and vary schemes. The retrospective amendment was treated as a valid curative measure that removed the defect identified in earlier litigation and did not violate Articles 14, 19 or 21. Service-condition schemes revising provident fund, sick leave, retirement age and related benefits were also sustained as rationalisation measures aimed at uniformity and parity, not hostile discrimination or invalid interference with collective bargaining. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169780