https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183792 The Supreme Court upheld the Working Journalists Act in most respects, holding that regulation of service conditions and labour protections for journalists did not directly abridge press freedom under Article 19(1)(a) and did not create unconstitutional discrimination under Article 14. It also held that special welfare treatment for journalists was generally permissible under Article 19(1)(g). However, the gratuity provision for a journalist voluntarily resigning after three years was struck down as an excessive and unjustified burden. The Wage Board's decision was declared ultra vires because it failed to genuinely consider the industry's capacity to pay, a mandatory statutory factor, rendering the wage fixation unsustainable. en-us Wed, 19 Mar 1958 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:41:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183792 The Supreme Court upheld the Working Journalists Act in most respects, holding that regulation of service conditions and labour protections for journalists did not directly abridge press freedom under Article 19(1)(a) and did not create unconstitutional discrimination under Article 14. It also held that special welfare treatment for journalists was generally permissible under Article 19(1)(g). However, the gratuity provision for a journalist voluntarily resigning after three years was struck down as an excessive and unjustified burden. The Wage Board's decision was declared ultra vires because it failed to genuinely consider the industry's capacity to pay, a mandatory statutory factor, rendering the wage fixation unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Mar 1958 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183792