The application also submitted that Isha Foundation, who filed the petition before the High Court, had submitted that even recently, a criminal case under POCSO was registered against a doctor working in Isha Foundation. “The allegation was that he molested 12 girls studying in the Adivasi Government School,” it said.It further alleged that the Isha Foundation has not implemented the 2013 Act when it is mandatory in the working places, and the harassment situation arose due to this.The application said that as Isha Foundation runs various programmes, thousands of male and female workers are working regularly, and it has large infrastructures where devotees stay for some months, years or permanently.Also in top courtPoll freebies: EC, Centre told to replyA three-judge bench led by the Chief Justice on Tuesday sought detailed responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a fresh plea against the practice of political parties promising freebies during elections. The top court tagged the plea by Bengaluru resident Shashank J Sreedhara with other petitions filed on the issue.Plea against Gogoi: Litigant shown doorIrked over the allegations levelled by a litigant against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi, the top court on Tuesday not just dismissed the plea, but also ordered the security personnel to escort him out of the court room. The petitioner, Arun Ramchandra Hublikar, had sought an in-house inquiry against Gogoi for dismissing his previous plea in a service dispute.
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