As strike entered eighth day, Karnataka HC orders HAL employees to call off stir
Bengaluru, Oct 22: As the strike by workers of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited entered the eighth day on Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court has restrained the Hindustan Aeronautics Employees Association from continuing their stir.
The High Court has passed an interim order restraining the HAEA, its office bearers/workmen from continuing their ongoing strike including go-slow, work to rule or any form of agitation or disrupting day-to-day activities of HAL and its offices in Bengaluru, HAL said in a statement.
"It is now obligatory for the HAEA to immediately call off the strike and resume work, failing which it would amount to contempt of court," the company said.
HAL unions are on strike since October 14 demanding wage revision on parity with executives. The unions have rejected an offer of a partial increase.
The HAL management, which has termed the stir illegal, had filed a petition in court seeking a declaration that the unions had no legal right to go on strike under the Industrial Disputes Act and for a direction to call off the strike.
The management had offered to enhance allowances under the 'cafeteria system' and revised rate of fitment benefit at 11 per cent, among others, which was rejected by the unions.
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Karkala: Lorry transporting stone overturns, two laborers die
Karkala: Two laborers died after a lorry loaded with stones overturned near the laterite stone quarry near Nitte in Karkala on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Kariyappa (26) and Nariappa (27), residents of Yalaburgi Devalapur in Koppal district.
The incident occurred while a lorry was loading stones near Karkala Nitte Brahmari Cross. According to the police, the lorry was moving on a sloped road next to the quarry when the driver lost control, causing the vehicle to overturn. The laborers were trapped under the lorry and died at the spot.
Karkala DySP Arvinda Kalagujji and Karkala rural police visited the site to conduct an investigation. A case has been registered in this regard at the Karkala Rural Police Station.
