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We worship women as Goddesses, just need them back at their desks by 9 AM
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (952+ words) Picture this: It is 8: 47 in the morning. A woman in her mid-20s sits hunched over her desk in a busy office. Her lower back feels like it is being squeezed in a vice. The cramps started before dawn. She is running…...
CMS INDUSLAW acts on Palmonas $40 million Series B fundraise
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (117+ words) Demi-fine Fashion Private Limited, dba Palmonas, has raised $40 million from a Series B fundraise, led by Xponentia Capital and Vertex Growth Fund. CMS INDUSLAW advised existing investor Vertex Ventures on this fundraise. Kartik Ganapathy (Founding & Senior Partner) provided strategic inputs…...
Khaitan advises L&T Technology Services on sale & transfer of business to AMI Paradigm Solutions
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (137+ words) L&T Technology Services has made a sale and transfer of its Smart World and Communication Business Unit, comprising the safe and smart segment and communication segment, to AMI Paradigm Solutions Private Limited on a slump sale basis for a…...
State, Bengaluru women lawyers defend menstrual leave policy before Karnataka High Court
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1020+ words) The Karnataka government has told the Karnataka High Court that its recent policy mandating the grant of paid menstrual leave to working women in various establishments has scientific and objective basis [Karnataka Employers Association v Government of Karnataka]. The State…...
Women's careers will be damaged if menstrual leave is made mandatory: Supreme Court
3+ week, 5+ day ago (322+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking paid menstrual leave for women across all establishments. [Shailendra Mani Tripathi v. Ministry of Women and Health] Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant cautioned that if…...
Dangerous trend: Karnataka High Court flags litigants lodging criminal cases against opposite side's lawyers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (203+ words) The Karnataka High Court on Friday flagged the "dangeorus" trend of litigants implicating lawyers of opposite parties with the object of dissuading them from appearing in the case. Justice M Nagaprasanna said that the Court has come across numerous such…...
No stay for now by Karnataka HC on menstrual leave policy after State defends it as progressive move
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (731+ words) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said that a detailed hearing is needed before passing any orders on challenge to the State's November 20 order entitling w. .. The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said that a detailed hearing is needed before passing…...
Hours after staying policy on paid menstrual leave for women, Karnataka High Court recalls its order
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (366+ words) The Karnataka High Court has recalled its interim order passed this morning by which it had stayed a State government notification entitling women employees in various establishments to avail one paid leave each month as menstrual leave. Justice Jyoti M…...
Karnataka High Court stays State's one-day-a-month menstrual leave mandate for working women
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (392+ words) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed a notification recently issued by the State government, which entitled women employees in various establishments to avail one paid leave each month as menstrual leave. This notification applies to all industries and establishments…...
Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on SCBA plea against menstrual shaming in Haryana college
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (442+ words) The Supreme Court recently sought the response of the Union government on a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking nationwide guidelines to protect women's privacy and dignity in workplaces and educational institutions against practices amounting to…...