India, Oct. 28 -- A division bench of the Delhi High Court has set aside a single judge's order directing the Delhi government to constitute two high-powered committees (HPCs) for payment of salaries to teachers in private unaided schools in accordance with the 6th and 7th Central Pay Commissions (CPC).

A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav, in its October 10 ruling released on Monday, observed that the earlier order effectively delegated judicial functions to the committee, which was legally impermissible. The court emphasised that judicial functions must be performed by judges themselves and cannot be assigned to any committees constituted by the court.

"The courts cannot relegate judicial functions to the commi...