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Temprorary, Ad Hoc And Contract Staff Also Entitled To Maternity Leave: CAT [Read Order]    OCTOBER 24, 2017 CAT observed that it is a fact that temporary, ad hoc or contract employees do not enjoy the same benefits as a regular employee but request for maternity leave stood on a different footing. In a significant ruling, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has said that temporary, ad hoc and contract women employees are also entitled to maternity leave and consequent benefits akin to regular staff. One Anuradha Arya, a guest teacher at Government Girl’s Senior Secondary School, West Patel Nagar (New Delhi) had moved the CAT under section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act saying she has been denied grant of maternity leave and benefits as per the maternity benefit Act, 1961 by the Respondents. Arya was also orally told that she has been terminated after she was forced to take the maternity leave without permission from the school. The ruling is set to benefit lakhs o

20. Application not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted –   (1) A Tribunal shall not ordinarily admit an application unless it is satisfied that the applicant had availed of all the remedies available to him under the relevant service rules as to redressal of grievances. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person shall be deemed to have availed of all the remedies available to him under the relevant service rules as to redressal of grievances, -   (a) if a final order has been made by the Government or other authority or officer or other person competent to pass such order under such rules, rejecting any appeal preferred or representation made by such person in connection with the grievance; or   (b) where no final order has been made by the Government or other authority or officer or other person competent to pass such order with regard to the appeal preferred or representation made by such person, if a period of six months from the date on which such appeal was p

                            Anticipatory Bail Application               IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF PANJAB AND HARYANA                                                                               CRM-M no. ...... of 2017 Raju S/o Shyam R/o Mani Majra Surendra S/o Sita Prasad R/o Sec 27 D, Chandigarh   …..Applicants/Petitioners                                   Versus State of Chandigarh      …..Respondent                               Application Under Section 438For Grant of                                               Anticipatory Bail in Case FIR No. 345 Under Section                                498A, 406IPC Respectfully Showeth: 1- That the respondent has registered the above mentioned case against the applicant/petitioner. 2- That the applicant/petitioner has no nexus or connection with the above-mentioned offence. 3- That the applicant/accused is a resident of India as Engineer is aged about 42 years. 4- That

CONTENTS THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986 CHAPTER – I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application 2. Definitions 3. Act not in derogation of any other law CHAPTER – II CONSUMER PROTECTION COUNCILS 4. The Central Consumer Protection Council 5. Procedure for meetings of the Central Council 6. Objects of the Central Council 7. The State Consumer Protection Councils 8. Objects of the State Council 8A. The District Consumer Protection Council CHAPTER – III CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL AGENCIES 9. Establishment of Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies 10. Composition of the District Forum 11. Jurisdiction of the District Forum 12. Manner in which complaint shall be made 13. Procedure on admission of complaint 14. Finding of the District Forum 15. Appeal 16. Composition of the State Commission 17. Jurisdiction of the State Commission 17A. Transfer of cases