UK judgement

It is a great victory for highly skilled Indian workers of UK

UK Government’s frequent alterations in the terms and conditions pertaining to highly skilled Indian workers in the United Kingdom has temporarily affected thousands of doctors, engineers and technocrats. But the recent high court judgment is really a landmark victory for half a lakh highly skilled Indian workers in UK. High court categorically ruled that it was not open to the government to alter the terms and conditions of highly skilled Indian workers in UK. Judgment added that the old scheme constituted an integrated programme. Recent amendment made by the Government to reappear for the examination under the new scheme stands cancelled.

During the last two years highly skilled Indian workers in UK have been under threat due to frequent changes in the working norms, immigration and visa regulations. It mainly affected doctors and engineers of non-European countries. After the Glasgow incident series of changes have been made even in the student visa itself. Moreover regulation to fill the existing vacancies only after ensuring that Europeans are not available drastically affected technocrats from non-European countries.