Search Results for Tag : Discrimination
Judgments
CCI begins nosing around fishy Uttarakhand alcohol wholesaling(19.07.2016)
The Competition Commission of India ordered an investigation into claims that the State-owned wholesalers in Uttarakhand are indulging in one-sided a.....
Tags : wholesale, india made foreign liquor, uttarakhand, discrimination
International Cases
Religious discrimination in workplace must be for legitimate business aim(13.07.2016)
The NewsDelhi High Court: False Cases of Caste Discrimination Damages People’s Integrity(29.01.2018)
Delhi High Court has opined that false cases of caste discrimination are “equally divisive and pernicious to the integrity of the people of this natio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Caste Discrimination
Madras HC to Madras Bar Association: Give Bar Membership Without Any Discrimination(23.06.2023)
Madras High Court while criticizing Madras Bar Association (MBA) for its strict bye-laws making it difficult for lawyers to become a member of MBA res.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Madras Bar Association, Discrimination, Membership
Judicial review, even on basis of proportionality, cannot partake of nature of an appeal(01.11.2017)
Ewa Michalak began employment as a doctor with the Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in April 2002. She remained in that employment until she was dism.....
Tags : Discrimination, Judicial review, Remedy
Ker. HC: Discrimination Against Hepatitis B or HIV Patients Not Allowed in Public Employment(15.09.2023)
Kerala High Court has observed that one can certainly not countenance, particularly in this age and time that a person be kept out of public employmen.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Discrimination, Public Employment
Discrimination on grounds of religious belief and political opinion is unlawful(17.12.2018)
The claimant was employed by the Respondent on a regular but not formal basis from March 2016 until 16 May 2016, on which latter date he signed a cont.....
Tags : Discrimination, Termination, Compensation
US Court of Appeals Says 'No' to Discrimination Against LGBT Employees(10.04.2017)
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has ruled that Companies cannot discriminate against their LGBT employees because of their sexual orientation.....
Tags : US Court of Appeals, LGBT, Discrimination
Del HC: Denial of Caste Certificate on Basis of Single Mother’s Certificate is Policy Discrimination(24.11.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the denial of caste certificate to the children of single mothers, belonging to other backward class (OBC) on the basis.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Caste Certificate, Policy Discrimination
Gauhati High Court Frames Policy For Persons With Disabilities(04.03.2024)
Gauhati High Court has framed the 'Equal Opportunity Policy for Persons with Disabilities' in order to avoid discrimination and harassment taking plac.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Persons with Disabilities, Discrimination
SC Slams Centre for Failure to Prevent Racial Discrimination against Northeast People(19.10.2016)
Supreme Court has slammed Centre for not being able to take enough measures to prevent racial discrimination of people from Northeastern States in Del.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Northeastern States, racial discrimination
Statute
Cabinet approves Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016(20.07.2016)
The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 in Parliament.
The Bill envisages .....
Tags : transgender, protection, discrimination, accountability
A person exercising a public function must not do anything that constitutes discrimination, harassment or victimisation(24.05.2017)
In facts of present case, in August 2004, Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, with a tariff of 11 years and three months. Her tar.....
Tags : Approved Premises, Stay, Discrimination
Ker. HC: Non-Consideration of Disadvantages Attributable to Motherhood will Result in Discrimination(14.12.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that pregnancy or motherhood cannot be seen as a burden or clog on the aspiration of women in public employment, has.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Motherhood, Discrimination
Blast from the Past
Taking the discrimination out with the guesswork(28.08.1981)
Courts nowadays usually work off a simple formula when faced with differing terms and conditions for appointment and retirement of men and women for t.....
Tags : Air india, gender discrimination, retirement, air hostess
Mad. HC: Allegation of Discrimination on the Basis of Caste in Madras Bar Association is Far-fetched(09.11.2023)
Madras High Court while observing that allegation of petitioner that there is discrimination on the basis of caste in the Madras Bar Association is fa.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Discrimination, Madras Bar Association
Bom HC: Emp. to Ensure That Minor Mistakes Due to Candidate’s Disability Shouldn’t Lead to Job Loss(29.02.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that minor errors stemming from the impairment of disabled candidates should not result in discrimination or unfair treatme.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Candidate’s Disability, Minor Mistakes, Discrimination
Notifications & Circulars
UGC denounces ‘selective’ ragging(29.06.2016)
The University Grants Commission introduced ‘Curbing the menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions (third amendment) Regulations, 2016’.Tags : ugc, ragging, discrimination, caste