B.C.PANT . vs UNION OF INDIA . — SLP(C) No. 7916/2004

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed B.C. Pant's special leave petition challenging a Delhi High Court judgment, rejecting his "equal pay for equal work" claim based on parity of pay scales. However, the Court held that Pant's alternative claim—that Sangeet Natak Akademi's bye-laws mandated payment at Government of India scales for similar personnel—was not independently considered on merits and warranted fresh examination. The Court granted liberty to petitioners to pursue their rights based on the bye-laws in appropriate proceedings, which shall consider such claims afresh without being bound by the High Court's observations. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.