Include ‘No Caste’, ‘No Religion’ in online applications - Telangana High Court to State govt
On Wednesday, the telangana High court ordered the Principal Secretary, school Education, Municipal Administration, and other State government officials to include a column in the online forms that would allow people to indicate that they have "No Caste" and "No Religion" as their status. Swaroopa Sandepu and David Ajjpagu had filed a writ petition with Justice Kanneganti Lalitha, asking for the option of designating their child's identity as having no caste or religion in any government records, including the birth certificate.
Since 2019, the petitioner has made numerous representations to the relevant authorities. In 2021, the petitioner turned to the court. According to the court, turning down this plea would violate the secularism that the citizens were given by the Constitution's Articles 14, 19, 21, and 25. The court agreed with the petitioner's claims and pointed out that, like the fundamental right to freedom of religion, people have the right to practice no religion at all. As a result, the court ordered the authorities to take into account the choice of the citizens who choose to practice or profess no religion or caste by including a column of "No Caste" and "No Religion" in the online applications.
Emergency Ambulance
Since 2019, the petitioner has made numerous representations to the relevant authorities. In 2021, the petitioner turned to the court. According to the court, turning down this plea would violate the secularism that the citizens were given by the Constitution's Articles 14, 19, 21, and 25. The court agreed with the petitioner's claims and pointed out that, like the fundamental right to freedom of religion, people have the right to practice no religion at all. As a result, the court ordered the authorities to take into account the choice of the citizens who choose to practice or profess no religion or caste by including a column of "No Caste" and "No Religion" in the online applications.
Emergency Ambulance
A judgment by Justice S. Nanda ordered GVKEMRI to reinstate the staff members of Emergency Ambulance Services. The telangana State 108 Employees Union's writ petition was accepted, and relief was given. drivers and technicians were among the groups of workers who questioned the 12–15-hour workday as a violation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act and the contract Labour Act's provisions and requested the establishment of an 8–hour workday. The union contested the firing of workers and the approximately 45-day period during which salaries were not paid.
GVKEMRI argued that the writ petition could not be upheld and emphasized that the employees' union could not speak for specific terminations. The judge determined that the case could be maintained after noting that the State government is responsible for providing emergency medical services and that the State government also provided funding for those services. Additionally, it has been noted that even though employees have an additional remedy, the courts may step in when Article 21's right to life is under jeopardy.