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Whether a Shared Autorickshaw Used for Office Commute Constitutes a “Workplace” Under POSH Act? Bombay HC Answers
Bombay High Court considered the scope of “workplace” under the POSH Act in relation to an incident allegedly occurring during a shared autorickshaw commute to work.
“Addressing the apprehension of auction sale of an arrested vessel, the Bombay High Court held that in view of the earlier auction process having failed due to technical reasons and the petitioner having made out a strong prima facie case, no auction of the vessel would be permissible at this stage.”
“Banks are required to issue prior notice and provide a hearing to affected parties before proceeding with classifying an account as fraud and entering the names of the Directors of a company in the Central Fraud Registry.”
“The sole respondent in this proceeding is a cooperative housing society, which is a private entity, and hence the writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution would not be maintainable.”
“The fee was charged from the petitioner in accordance with the Resolution of 2010 whereby the State Bar Council was authorized to collect enrollment fee but the realization of such fee for transfer of enrollment was not permissible under Section 18(1) of the 1961 Act.”
“Unless the Accused is granted a fair opportunity to defend his interest in a fair trial, an order of conviction would stand vitiated merely on such count.”
Illegal coal mining was being done by coal smugglers destroying the historical Tipam Hills, hence, the Court directed for Continuous monitoring of Tipam Hills for illegal coal mining.
Petitioner stated that due lack of proper guidelines and clear instructions, neither the Central Government nor the State Government of Assam is coming forward with any concrete step to redress the grievance of the transgender community.