If a show-cause notice intends to blacklist the recipient of the notice in case of an unsatisfactory reply, this stipulation must be clearly mentioned in the notice. This observation was recently made by the Supreme Court in an appeal by UMC Technologies Pvt. Ltd against the order of the MP High Court.
The Jharkhand High Court has said that equal pay in lieu of equal work is not a fundamental right, but looking at the Directive Principles of State Policy it appears to be a fundamental right. For this reason, the demand for equal pay in lieu of equal work cannot be considered unnecessary.