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New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Tech firm fined Rs 1 lakh for levelling allegations against TN govt official
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Limited for levelling unsubstantiated 'serious allegations' against a top labour department official, a quasi-judicial officer, in connection with an order passed to set aside the termination of an employee of the firm. Justice AD Maria Clete passed the orders while dismissing the petitions filed by the subsidiary of the US-based tech firm challenging the order of the special joint commissioner of labour (JCL), who is the appellate authority. The JCL, by an order dated October 18, 2019, set aside the order of the firm issued on December 21, 2015 to terminate Sivakumar Krishnamurthy, an associate director of the company, from the service on the grounds of under-performance and causing loss to the firm. The JCL also ordered his reinstatement with back wages on an appeal filed by him under the TN Shops and Establishments Act, 1947. The matter was entangled in several litigations as Krishnamurthy filed petitions in the high court seeking to expedite the hearing and disposal, and later, for transferring the matter from the JCL concerned. After the JCL passed the orders, the tech firm moved the high court with petitions challenging the orders and levelled certain allegations and even questioned the official's integrity stating she had favoured the same person who sought transfer of the case. Justice Maria Clete remarked, 'If the allegations made by the petitioner (Cognizant) against the statutory appellate authority are to be taken at face value, it would render it virtually impossible for any authority to discharge its quasi-judicial functions.'
Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Indian Express
Minor held for murder of youth days after decomposed body found in Ranhola
Over a week after the decomposed body of a 24-year old man was recovered from a plot in West Delhi's Ranhola area, the police have apprehended a juvenile in connection with the case. Police claim that the 17-year-old boy, who allegedly smothered the youth, had a fight with the latter and wanted to take revenge. The police received a call on May 9 about a body found in a plot. Upon reaching the place, they found a decomposed body of a man in the bushes. During preliminary enquiry, it was found that the deceased had been missing since May 5 evening and a missing report had already been lodged at Ranhola police station. The deceased was later identified as Rahul, an e-rickshaw driver. The crime scene was inspected by an FSL team and the body was subsequently sent to the mortuary at DDU Hospital, Delhi, for a post-mortem examination. A case was registered at Ranhola police station and an investigation was taken up, police said, adding that they could not find any eyewitness. A police team conducted meticulous analysis of CCTV footage from the vicinity of the crime scene. Concurrently, a network of local informers was activated. Careful scrutiny of footage, combined with technical analysis and discrete ground-level surveillance led the team to a suspect — a Juvenile in Conflict with Law (JCL). A targeted raid was conducted at an identified location, resulting in the successful apprehension of the suspect. Further interrogation to ascertain the motive behind the murder role of others is in progress. 'The accused claimed that he had a fight with the deceased earlier. He also said that on the day of the incident, the duo were drinking together during which they had an argument and he allegedly murdered him. He has been changing his statements,' said Sachin Sharma, DCP, Outer.
