State Cannot Arbitrarily Reject Chief Justice’s Staff Pay Proposals Without Justified Grounds: SC

State of Rajasthan And Ors. Vs Ramesh Chandra Mundra & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) SSupreme Court of India recently addressed the extent of the Governor’s approval required under Article 229(2) of the Constitution concerning the salaries and conditions of service of High Court staff. The case, State of Rajasthan And Ors. Vs Ramesh Chandra Mundra & Ors., arose from a dispute over the Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice’s decision to upgrade 16 posts of Private Secretaries to Senior Private Secretaries, which the State Government subsequently rejected. The Chief Justice of t...