Srinagar, April 25 -- Dismissing an appeal filed by J&K Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation, a division bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani underlined that the principle of "no work no pay" can be put in to operation when the employee remains out of service because of his own act, omission or fault but not when an employee is kept away from the work by any act or omission on the part of the employer.

The Corporation had challenged court's single bench verdict on the sole ground that as the employees in question have not worked for the period for which they have claimed salary, therefore, the corporation cannot be directed to pay the same to them, contending that it was settled law that no...