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Press Statement Supreme Court of India rules equal pay for equal work28 Oct, 2016 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in welcoming the historic ruling by the Supreme Court of India that the principle of equal pay for equal work applies for every employee regardless of the status of employment. The IFJ strongly welcomes the decision as a step forward for equality in the media. The bench of J.S. Khehar and S.A. Bobde ruled that an employee engaged for the same work, cannot be paid less than another based on whether they were engaged on regular or temporary basis. The Court said: “An employee engaged for the same work, cannot be paid less than another, who performs the same duties and responsibilities. Certainly not, in a welfare state. Such an action besides being demeaning, strikes at the very foundation of human dignity.” The verdict came on the petitions filed by the temporary workers of the Punjab Government, who had moved to the Supreme Court after the Punjab and Haryana high courts denied them the pay-scale equivalent to the permanent employees. The SC said India must follow the equal pay for equal work principle because it was a signatory of International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The NUJ(I) said: “The court has unequivocally rejected arguments of employers for lower pay to contract, temporary workers and slammed the claim that the workers are voluntarily accepting lower pay. The newspaper industry is also full of temporary and contract workers who are paid far below than stipulated by the Majithia Wage Board.” The Supreme Court said that ‘anyone compelled to work at lower wages does not do so voluntarily’. The NUJ(I) added: “So, no more pleas of ‘voluntarily working at lower wages’ that some newspapers are putting forward will be accepted. We now call for Majithia recommendations to be implemented by all newspapers.” The IFJ said: “The IFJ hails the verdict by the Supreme Court of India and demand that the Indian authorities ensure that all media staff, whether they were employed permanently or temporarily or on contract or casual basis, are paid equal wage as per recommended by the wage board.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement लोकतान्त्रिक व्यवस्थामा सञ्चारमाध्यममा प्रकाशित/प्रसारित सामग्रीले अदालतको अवहेलना हुन सक्दैन : महासंघ28 Feb, 2018 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ लोकतन्त्र, प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको पक्षमा दृढतापूर्वक उभिँदै आएको छ । लोकतान्त्रिक व्यवस्थामा सञ्चारमाध्यममा प्रकाशित/प्रसारित सामग्रीले अदालतको अवहेलना हुन सक्दैन भन्ने महासंघको प्रष्ट धारणा रहेको छ । सञ्चारमाध्यममा कुन सामग्री प्रकाशन तथा प्रसारण गर्ने वा नगर्ने विषय उसको संविधान प्रदत्त अधिकार हो । नेपालको संविधान २०७२ ले पूर्ण प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता सुनिश्चित गरेबाट आम सञ्चारको हक र महत्व स्पष्ट हुन्छ । सम्मानित सर्वोच्च अदालतले मिति २०७४ फागुन १३ गते कान्तिपुर दैनिक विरुद्ध चलिरहेको मानहानीको मुद्दामाथि दिएको आदेश नेपालको संविधानको मूल मर्म र प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको विश्वव्यापी मान्यताविपरीत भएकाले यसलाई सच्याउन महासंघ आग्रह गर्दछ । सञ्चारमाध्यमलाई कुनै पनि निकायबाट समाचार प्रकाशन/प्रसारण गर्नुपूर्व लगाइने बन्देज ‘प्रिसेन्सरसीप’ महासंघलाई मान्य हुन सक्दैन । यस्तो बन्देजका विरुद्ध महासंघ सधै दृढताका साथ उभिने छ । साथै, महासंघ पत्रकारको पेशागत सुरक्षा, सम्पादकीय स्वतन्त्रता र सञ्चारमाध्यमको आचारसंहिता पालनाप्रति सबै सञ्चारमाध्यमको सजगता र प्रतिवद्धताप्रति विश्वस्त रहेको छ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, September, 2022 09/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2022 08/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, July 2022 07/15/2022 Download