Why Stepmotherly Treatment To Ayurvedic Doctors? Supreme Court Pulls Up Rajasthan Govt For Non-Release Of Salaries

The Supreme Court criticized the Rajasthan government for its "stepmotherly treatment" towards Ayurvedic doctors by delaying their salaries. The Court expressed its displeasure at the discrimination faced by Ayurvedic doctors compared to their allopathic counterparts. It questioned the rationale behind the non-payment of salaries despite the doctors performing essential services. The government was directed to release the pending salaries, with the Court affirming that equal work should attract equal pay across different branches of medicine.