https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=376382 Different eligibility and disqualification conditions for workman and officer directors under the nationalised banks scheme were held constitutionally permissible because the two employee categories are not similarly situated. Workmen are governed by the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, while officers serve under separate service rules, and the legislature could rationally prescribe different qualifications based on the office held, experience, and the stream from which a director is drawn. The challenge under Article 14 therefore failed, and Clause 3(2)(iii) was upheld as valid. en-us Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:07:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=376382 Different eligibility and disqualification conditions for workman and officer directors under the nationalised banks scheme were held constitutionally permissible because the two employee categories are not similarly situated. Workmen are governed by the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, while officers serve under separate service rules, and the legislature could rationally prescribe different qualifications based on the office held, experience, and the stream from which a director is drawn. The challenge under Article 14 therefore failed, and Clause 3(2)(iii) was upheld as valid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=376382