The Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) in Jharkhand has finally agreed to pay a total compensation of Rs.970,000 to 24 of its employees because it had paid them Re.1 less as salary for as long as 30 years, an official said on Monday.
The affected employees had taken the company to court, fighting a legal battle all these years. However, five of them died during the course of the case and the remaining 19 have retired from HEC.
According to an HEC official, the company had promoted around 500 employees from grade E to grades C and D in 1978 and their salary was increased to Rs.8 per month. The management however, gave Rs.7 per month while implementing the new scale.
The 24 employees moved the labour court, which took up the matter in 1990 and passed a judgement in their favour in 1997. The HEC management then moved the high court in appeal, which upheld the labour court's verdict.
Source - http://www.feeleminds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5259
Friday, August 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Militant's say in the Additional Sessions Court at Mysore
Source – The Hindu - http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/06/stories/2008080656560100.htm
“MYSORE: Rejecting the free legal aid offered to him by the court, the suspected militant from Pakistan Mohammed Fahad has informed the Mysore court that he would like to defend himself on the terror charges framed against him by the police.
After the charges were read out to Fahad and co-accused Ali Hussain in the III Additional Sessions Court in Mysore on Wednesday, the judge, Uma, asked Fahad to avail of the free legal aid services. Fahad rejected the offer and sought permission to write to Pakistan High Commission for a counsel to defend him. When the judge said it was not possible for the court to issue any directions in the regard, Fahad said he would argue the case himself.
Special Public Prosecutor Ashwini Kumar Joshi told The Hindu that the court has fixed September 5 as the next date of hearing.
"The accused said that he does not trust the Indian Lawyers, and needs a lawyer from Pakistan." As reported by a National Television News Channel TV-9.
“MYSORE: Rejecting the free legal aid offered to him by the court, the suspected militant from Pakistan Mohammed Fahad has informed the Mysore court that he would like to defend himself on the terror charges framed against him by the police.
After the charges were read out to Fahad and co-accused Ali Hussain in the III Additional Sessions Court in Mysore on Wednesday, the judge, Uma, asked Fahad to avail of the free legal aid services. Fahad rejected the offer and sought permission to write to Pakistan High Commission for a counsel to defend him. When the judge said it was not possible for the court to issue any directions in the regard, Fahad said he would argue the case himself.
Special Public Prosecutor Ashwini Kumar Joshi told The Hindu that the court has fixed September 5 as the next date of hearing.
"The accused said that he does not trust the Indian Lawyers, and needs a lawyer from Pakistan." As reported by a National Television News Channel TV-9.
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