Insurance Society Is ‘State’ as Government Control Is Deep & Pervasive: SC

Ravi Khokhar & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court considered an appeal involving employees of the Air Force Group Insurance Society (AFGIS), a society established in 1976 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, with the sanction of the President of India. The dispute arose after the Board of Trustees initially decided in December 2016 to revise employee pay scales in accordance with the Sixth Pay Commission of the Government of India, but subsequently resolved in February 2017 to revise the pay structure without any linkage or parity with Centr...