Author: Hemalatha Saravanan

On Tuesday of this week Twitter Inc. has hit with the second law suit in this month over the severance pay which it owes to its ex-employees. The estimated amount that the company owes is said to be at least $500 million. A Claim Which is not Present in any other Suits for Severance Pay: The Proposed Class Action suit was initiated by the company’s former senior engineer Chris Woodfield in the Delaware Federal Court. In addition to the severance pay he also alleged that the company showed a bias during the layoffs and mainly targeted the old workers for…

Bombay HC on Monday has ordered a stay on Russian Women’s deportation by the government. The HC stated that it disapproves the government’s order which asked the women to leave India after her divorce without considering the fact that she has an Infant beside her. Nursing Mother Should not be Separated from her Infant – says Bombay HC: The Bombay High Court on Monday has granted an interim relief by ordering a stay on the government’s order to deport a Russian, women who has a 6month, old infant. The bench also stated that a woman and her infant should not…

SC granted bail to the accused arrested under the Narcotics Act. SC stated that they cannot keep the accused behind the bars under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Act behind the bars for an indefinite period of time. Confinement Without Conclusion of Trial Results in Violation of Article 21 The SC has stated that Long Period of Confinement without the conclusion of the Trial will hinder Article 21, which speaks about the Right to Life and Liberty. It also stated that the person cannot be kept behind the bars for an indefinite period under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Act just…

The SC on Friday, citing the Constitutional Provision which outlaw judicial interference in electoral matters stated that if the matter is covered under Article 329 then the courts are absolutely powerless to stay an election in a democratic country. Article 329 Interdicts the Judicial Interference in the Electoral Matters: The case came before the bench consisting of Justice Suryakant and Justice Dipankar Datta who emphasised that the Article 329 of the Constitution clearly Interdicts the Judicial Interference in the allotment of seats Only the Results of Poll can be Challenged by Election Petitions: The bench also stated that the results…

A special CBI court on Thursday has rejected the application of interim medical bail to Dheeraj Wadhawan who was arrested by the CBI in the month of April 2022, for the alleged involvement in the private sector bank scam. This scam is regarded as one of the biggest bank frauds in the country. Rejected the Interim bail but allowed Medical Treatment at a Private Hospital: The Interim application came before the Special Court in Mumbai on Thursday where Justice MG Deshpande has rejected the interim medical bail but allowed the medical treatment to be taken at a private hospital. Wadhawan…

On Wednesday the U.S. Officials and Microsoft confirmed that Chinese state linked hackers has secretly accessed the email accounts which includes two US government agencies by exploiting the fundamental gap in Microsoft’s cloud. US Government Detected the Breach of Account’s “Fairly Rapidly”: In an TV show the White house national security adviser stated that US has detected this breach fairly rapidly and has taken measures to prevent the accounts being hacked again. State and Commerce Department says they are the most affected agencies: The state and Commerce Department confirmed that they were a part of the affected agencies. Only Known…

On Tuesday the Bombay High Court have rejected the petition filed by 154 students against Maharashtra’s Common Entrance Test (CET) for MBA admissions. Petition Filed seeking that CET Exam should be Reconducted Once Again: On Tuesday the Petition filed by 154 students came for final hearing and judgement before the Bombay HC. In the petition it was stated that the admission process followed by the authorities of normalizing marks for MBA’s admission in the year 2024 lacks transparency and called for the CET to be held again. Court considering the Age Factor Did not impose Penalty: The court rejected the…

In an affidavit filed by the Centre before the SC on Monday stated that its decision on article 370 has paved a way of Unprecedented Era of Peace and Progress in Jammu and Kashmir by defending the Article 370 Abrogation. The Affidavit which was presented before the SC stated that “Life has returned to Normalcy in the region after three decades of Turmoil” Defending its Abrogation of Article 370: Defending its Presidential order on 2019, Centre has filed an affidavit on Monday stating that abrogation of Article 370 has led to the Dismantling of Terror network in the state of…

On Monday, The Israeli Army said that in an “Extensive Counter terrorism Effort” it was striking the targets who were occupied in the West Bank Of city Jenin. On the same day Palestinian Health Ministry reported that the strike has killed three in Jenin and another in Ramallah. City of Jenin – The Regular Site of Confrontations: Located in the Northern West Bank, City of Jenin is a Palestine city which serves as an administrative centre of the Jenin Governorate of the state of Palestine. This city of Jenin including its, adjacent refugee camps is also known as the regular…

U.S. District Judge on Friday, has dismissed the damages to be paid by the BNSF Railway and ordered a new trial to decide the appropriate compensation amount for statutory damages. New Ruling Resulted in $228Million being wiped out: On Friday, U.S. District Judge ordered a new trial, which entirely wiped out the compensation to be paid by the railway company. Previously, The BNSF was directed to pay a compensation of $228 million to their truck drivers for unlawfully collecting their Finger prints. Jury’s Liability Verdict Was Upheld: In yesterday’s Hearing the Illinois District Judge Matthew Kennelly upheld the Chicago jury’s…