The Supreme Court on Friday sought a reply from the concerned respondents on a plea challenging the Gauhati High Court s judgment, which convicted five accused, including ULFA members
The Court said that the need for an arbitrator to remain neutral assumes the highest importance, particularly since courts have very limited powers to interfere with arbitral awards.
HC notice to Delhi govt on PIL seeking financial rehabilitative assistance to bonded labour victims ANI | Updated: Jan 07, 2021 18:53 IST
By Sushil Batra
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to respondents on a PIL seeking direction to the Arvind Kejriwal government and others to grant immediate financial rehabilitative assistance to the victims of bonded labour in the national capital.
The plea referred to assistance, as applicable under the Central Sector Scheme 2016 (CS Scheme, 2016) and in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued vide order dated July 4, 2018, passed by the Delhi High Court.
After hearing the submission of the petitioner s counsel, the Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh sought a response from the Delhi government, Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, and others and posted the matter for February 8.
HC seeks Centre, AAP government responses on PIL for back wages to child, bonded labourers
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In his plea filed through advocates Kriti Awasthi and Nimisha Menon, the petitioner has sought an expeditious recovery of the back wages due to his child as well as to 115 other victims of bonded labour in whose cases the recovery process has been initiated after they were rescued.
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the responses of the Centre and the AAP government on a Public Interest Litigation seeking recovery of back wages due to rescued child and bonded labourers. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notices to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Delhi government and the police over the plea filed by the father of a now-rescued child labourer.