Order comes two years after the two parties had settled the matter at a mediation centre, and the woman conveyed to the HC that she had “no objection” if the FIR is quashed
The court was hearing a lawsuit by BJD MP Pinaki Misra against lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai over his allegedly defamatory tweets and statements, including that the lawmaker -- along with expelled TMC MP Mahua Moitra -- conspired against the prime minister.
A division bench of Justice V Kameshwar Rao and Justice Saurabh Banerjee set aside a July 2023 order of the HC's single-judge bench, which had directed the DSLSA to release all medical, monetary and other benefits to a lawyer on account of her pregnancy, as per the Maternity Benefit Act.
The bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that once the division bench is seized of the matter, all other similar petitions pending before single judges shall also come to it and be heard together.
Vinai Kumar Saxena has asked the Speaker to expunge the area in the resolution that mentions 'the BJP exercises direct control over the Lieutenant Governor’
Saxena specifically mentioned four instances of "mindful delay" and alleged neglect, asking Kejriwal to take personal interest to avoid any repetition in the future.