Month: August 2019

“Employee” to be interpreted according to EPF Act for Provident Fund matters: SC

Source: indialegallive.com The Supreme Court Bench of Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre and R. Subhash Reddy on 14th Augustremanded a writ petition back to the Allahabad High Court to be decided on merits afresh after clarifying High Court’s error in defining “employee” under the wrong statute. The Bench in Asst. Provident Fund Commissioner EPFO, Bareilly v M/s U.P. State Warehousing

HC unhappy with govt’s approach on establishment of cattle camps

Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: Taking the state government to the task for not complying with the directions issued by it with regard to establishment of cattle camps with specified amount of fodder in drought-hit taluks across state, the Karnataka High Court on Friday said these matters should be handled by the government sensitively. “It is apparent

What kind of petition is this: SC pulls up petitioner over defective pleas on Article 370

Source: indiatoday.in She Supreme Court on Friday pulled up petitioner ML Sharma over the defective pleas challenging Centre’s decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 which abrogated special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The SC questioned lawyer petitioner ML Sharma, saying that his petition against Centre’s move on Article 370 has “no meaning”. “What kind

Army dismisses officer for sexual harassment

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com New Delhi:The Indian Army has punished a Major General by dismissing him from service in relation to sexual harassment of a lady officer.  On Friday, the sentence was ‘promulgated’, meaning it was sent to the formation where the officer is currently posted and he was informed about it. Following an Army General Court

Andhra Pradesh HC orders to restore Chandrababu Naidu’s security

Source: timesnownews.com Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to restore the security of former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu with 97 police personnel. A division bench of the high court bench headed by Justice Durga Prasada Rao pronounced the orders on a petition by Naidu, challenging the scaling down of the