Delhi court orders FIR against employees for criminal breach of trust with fashion designer
New Delhi (PTI): A court here has directed the Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against two former employees of fashion designer Pallavi Mohan for criminal breach of trust for running a parallel business and using her brand name and clients to sell their own products.
Judicial Magistrate Akshay Sharma directed the police to file the case on a complaint filed by 'Not So Serious Trading LLP', owned by Mohan.
The judge accepted the submissions made by advocates Sumit Gehlot and Nikhil Bhalla, representing the company, that prima facie cognisable offence was committed.
"This court has no hesitation to hold that the cognisable offence of criminal breach of trust by a servant, punishable u/s. 408 IPC is clearly seen to be committed by the alleged Manu Uniyal and Surender Kumar. Further, this court is of the view that proper filed investigation is required as the vendors and the buyers require to be examined," the judge said in an order passed on October 4.
The judge directed the SHO of the Okhla Industrial Area Police Station to register an FIR in the matter and file compliance report on the next date of hearing, i.e., October 18.
The complaint alleged that the accused secretly accepted orders from Mohan's clients.
Thereafter, the accused persons manufactured 'high-end' ladies' garments using "Not So Serious" brand name, design and materials, and diverted payments to their own accounts and those of their family members and associated companies.
The complaint also includes allegations of forgery and record fabrication.
Mohan alleged that despite her initial complaint to the Delhi Police, no FIR was registered.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
