SC slams Bihar, Jharkhand for non-payment of salaries

Slamming Bihar and Jharkhand for non-payment of salaries to employees of Irrigation Corporations of the states, the Supreme Court on Friday said the employees were treated as "guinea pigs" and directed the governments to pay the dues from Jan-1995 till Sept-2004. The differences arising out of Bihar bifurcation resulted in the non-payment of salaries, driving employees to brink of starvation.