The Delhi High Court has sought MHA’s response on a PIL alleging BSF and CAPF personnel are misused as domestic workers at senior officers’ homes. The plea warns such misuse threatens national security amid 83,000 vacancies.
New Delhi, March 27– The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena regarding a plea filed by activist Medha Patkar. She has requested permission to examine a new witness in a defamation case she filed against Saxena in the year 2000. Medha Patkar, the leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, had filed a defamation case against Saxena for allegedly publishing a defamatory advertisement. At that time, Saxena was the head of a Gujarat-based NGO.
NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Central Government regarding a plea that challenges the validity of Article 334A of the Indian Constitution. This article relates to the reservation of seats for women in Parliament and State Assemblies, under the 2023 Women’s Reservation Law.