The Kerala High Court has made it clear that the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) cannot expand the term landslide prone area without approval from the State Disaster Management.
The Chennai-based firm, which is incubated at IIT Madras Research Park and is operated by Agrosperity Tech Solutions, is currently present in four districts in Tamil Nadu and Bihar and is looking to expand in the southern states in the next five years.
The Kerala High Court has laid down that the Subordinate Judge s Courts are vested with the jurisdiction to grant leave for institution of a suit relating to a public charitable trust, and thereafter.
Carrying heavy loads on the head or body by a person was a "dehumanising activity" and the statute Headload Workers Act which permits this was a relic of the past, Kerala High Court said on Tuesday and directed the state to take steps to ameliorate the plight of such workers.