Hon'ble madras High Court extends the stay granted to the BSNL Corporate Office letter, banning demonstrations, dharna, etc..

The BSNL Management issued letter on 02-07-2019, banning demonstrations, dharna, etc., till the completion of the 8th Membership Verification. BSNL Management had also threatened in that letter, that any union organising demonstrations, dharna, etc., would be debarred from participating in the 8th Membership Verification. This is a serious attack on the trade union rights in BSNL. Hence, BSNLEU filed a writ petition in the Hon'ble Madras High Court. On hearing our arguments, the Hon'ble High Court granted interim stay to the BSNL Corporate Office's letter dated 02-07-2019. Thereafter, the stay was extended up to 26-08-2019. In the mean while, the BSNL Management filed it's petition to vacate the stay. The efforts of BSNL management to vacate the stay became futile. The Interim Stay granted earlier has been further extended until 12-09-2019. This is a severe blow to the BSNL Management's autocratic methods to curb trade union rights in BSNL. It is also a great victory to BSNLEU, in it's struggle to uphold trade union rights.