Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) In a major relief to the state government and Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the acquisition of 516 acres of agricultural land for the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township Project at Bidadi.The PIL, filed by Rajesh Kamplapura Basavanna, questioned the legality of the land acquisition process and sought the court’s intervention against the notification issued for the project.A D…
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New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi on Friday inaugurated the National Commission for Women’s (NCW) two-day programme on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, underscoring that dignified workplaces is the key to women-led development. The Union Minister emphasised that every woman has the right to work with dignity and without fear, and that creating a safe work environment is a shared responsibility of governments, employers and insti…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ruled that while an employer retains inherent powers to suspend an employee facing sexual harassment allegations, universities and colleges cannot constitute parallel fact-finding committees outside the statutory mechanism prescribed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.The ruling came from a single-judge Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, hearing a petition filed by Prof R…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi will lead discussions on the creation of safe, dignified and harassment-free workplaces for women across sectors at a national conference beginning here on Saturday.At the ‘National Conference on Safety of Women at Workplace (SHe-Box)’, being organised by the Ministry, Minister Annpurna Devi will administer a National Workplace Safety Pledge, according to an official statement.An international roundtable wi…