Delhi HC notice to Centre, Delhi govt on PIL seeking recovery of damages during protests related to CAA
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government and the city police on a PIL seeking recovery of damages from persons who allegedly damaged public property during the protests related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in 2020. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla listed the case for further hearing on September 21. The petition, which was filed by advocate Hinu Mahajan and Amandeep Singh Gahlot in 2020, also seeks setting up an independent machinery for investigating the claims of damages and awarding compensation.
Employers having 10 or more employees must have committee to probe sexual harassment complaints
Every employer and organisation, whether in the public or private sector, employing 10 or more people must set up an internal committee for receiving complaints of sexual harassment, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said the government has enacted the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 with the aim to provide a safe and secure work environment to women irrespective of their work status.
SC considers Centre’s plea, closes cases on evacuation of students from Ukraine
The Supreme Court on Monday closed two cases after the Centre said it had completed the “mammoth job” of evacuating 22,500 stranded Indian students from the war zone in Ukraine. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Krishna Murari took note Attorney General K K Venugopal’s submissions that the Centre, besides bringing back stranded students, is also looking into the representation on their studies being hit by the ongoing war. “Now nothing remains in this matter as students have come back,” the bench observed at the outset.
Delhi HC notice to Centre, Delhi govt on PIL seeking recovery of damages during protests related to CAA
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he Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government and the city police on a PIL seeking recovery of damages from persons who allegedly damaged public property during the protests related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in 2020. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla listed the case for further hearing on September 21. The petition, which was filed by advocate Hinu Mahajan and Amandeep Singh Gahlot in 2020, also seeks setting up an independent machinery for investigating the claims of damages and awarding compensation.
Most farmers’ bodies supported the 3 farm laws, SC-appointed panel’s report reveals
Most of the farmers’ organisations, that the Supreme Court-appointed body for studying the now-rolled-back farm laws interacted with, supported the legislation, the report of the committee that was made public on Monday revealed. Farmer leader and member of the committee Anil Ghanwat, while releasing the report, said that while the observations of the committee hold little significance in terms of its impact on the laws as they have already been repealed, it is significant for policy makers and farmers in general. The two other members of the committee — Ashok Gulati, agricultural economist and former Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices and Dr Parmod Kumar Joshi, Agricultural Economist, Director for South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute — were not present on the occasion.
