In a historical judgment, a division bench of the Calcutta high court on Friday quashed the dismissal of a 44-year-old air hostess Nipa Dhar by her employer — the Indian Airlines (now Air India) — for being overweight. The division bench comprising of Justice Pratap Kumar Ray and Justice M.K. Sinha directed the airlines to constitute a medical board to check her health condition and give her ground duties accordingly within January, 2011.
The Indian Airlines in 2001 had dismissed Ms Dhar from her job, without referring her for medical treatment or giving her an alternative job like ground duty.
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NIG report to be given to CCS soon
age correspondent
New Delhi
Dec. 10: The Union home ministry is expected to place the detailed project report of the National Intelligence Grid before the CCS within the next fortnight. The DPR once cleared will pave the way for the rollout of the NIG where all crucial records of all citizens ranging from driving license, bank account details to immigration records will be linked for quick and real-time access to all security and intelligence agencies for tackling terror threats and other anti-national activities. Home minister P. Chidambaram is believed to have discussed the NIG proposal with other senior government officials on Friday.
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Raman raises reservation for ST to 32%
AGE CORRESPONDENT
raipur
Dec. 10: Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Friday announced to raise the reservation quota for scheduled tribe people from 20 to 32 per cent in the government jobs and educational institutions in the state. Mr Singh said the decision to make upward revision of the reservation quota for the ST was made considering the percentage of the tribal population in the state. The CM said the decision would be enforced after the high-level committee set up by the government to work out modalities of implementing the raised quota.