Violence At Maruti Plant

A Gurgaon court today awarded life sentence to 13 former employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, who it had found guilty of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant's Manesar plant in 2012 in which a senior company officer had died.

A court in Gurgaon in Haryana has convicted 31 workers for the violence at the Maurti Suzuki factory in Manesar in 2012 in which a manager was set on fire in a conference room. A mob tore through the plant in Haryana owned by India's largest car manufacturer, smashing property and setting parts of the factory on fire. Human Resources Manager Awanis...

To fight high-profile cases, state and Central governments often hire senior lawyers. But the previous Haryana government under chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress was billed an unusually high amount - a whopping Rs 5.5 crore - to prosecute workers accused of violence at Maruti's plant in Manesar, in the western part of the state.

A Gurgaon court today framed murder charges against 147 jailed Maruti workers allegedly involved in the July 18, 2012 violence at Manesar car plant in Gurgaon that left a company executive dead and 100 others injured.

The demonstration today marks one year since labour unrest at the plant resulted in riots and the death of a senior human resources executive.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki fell 1.6 per cent after a business newspaper reported that workers are planning a hunger strike and other peaceful protests to force the management to take back the 548 employees sacked after the deadly violence in July that hit production.

The violence at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in July was not instigated from outside, but was due to internal issues between management and workers, according to the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the incident.

The company has been gradually ramping up production at the plant, which had been locked out for a month following the July 18 violence, in which one senior official was killed.

Hit by a month-long lockout at its Manesar plant due to violence, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India today reported 40.8 per cent decline in total sales for August at 54,154 units as against 91,442 units in the same month last year.

This is Suzuki’s first visit to India after violence at the Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant left one management official dead.

The company had declared an indefinite lockout at the Manesar plant on July 21 following the worst ever violence in its history on July 18 that left one senior HR official dead and nearly 100 injured. Initially, only about 150 cars will be rolled out every day instead of 1,500-1,700 units earlier. Production will be gradually ramped up at the plant...

Maruti Suzuki India is likely to sack workers against whom the police had filed a charge sheet, sources told NDTV Profit. All contract workers are also likely to be made permanent workers with immediate effect, according to sources. The company is also likely to resume partial production at its violence-hit Manesar plant by next Tuesday or August 2...

The Gurgaon police on Wednesday announced that it has arrested 10 office bearers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU), including union president Ram Mehar. The union members had been absconding since July 18, when violence by factory workers left one employee dead and scores injured. The plant at Manesar in Haryana will remain closed until wo...

Haryana police on Wednesday arrested 10 office bearers of Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union, including its President Ram Meher and General Secretary Sarabjit Singh, in relation with the violence at the company's Manesar plant on July 18.

The senior Maurti Suzuki executive, who was killed in the July 18 violence at the car factory in Manesar, paid for anti-worker remarks made by another executive, official sources said Friday.

A Gurgaon court today awarded life sentence to 13 former employees of Maruti-Suzuki India Limited, who it had found guilty of murder, in connection with the violence at the automobile giant's Manesar plant in 2012 in which a senior company officer had died.

A court in Gurgaon in Haryana has convicted 31 workers for the violence at the Maurti Suzuki factory in Manesar in 2012 in which a manager was set on fire in a conference room. A mob tore through the plant in Haryana owned by India's largest car manufacturer, smashing property and setting parts of the factory on fire. Human Resources Manager Awanis...

To fight high-profile cases, state and Central governments often hire senior lawyers. But the previous Haryana government under chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress was billed an unusually high amount - a whopping Rs 5.5 crore - to prosecute workers accused of violence at Maruti's plant in Manesar, in the western part of the state.

A Gurgaon court today framed murder charges against 147 jailed Maruti workers allegedly involved in the July 18, 2012 violence at Manesar car plant in Gurgaon that left a company executive dead and 100 others injured.

The demonstration today marks one year since labour unrest at the plant resulted in riots and the death of a senior human resources executive.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki fell 1.6 per cent after a business newspaper reported that workers are planning a hunger strike and other peaceful protests to force the management to take back the 548 employees sacked after the deadly violence in July that hit production.

The violence at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in July was not instigated from outside, but was due to internal issues between management and workers, according to the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the incident.

The company has been gradually ramping up production at the plant, which had been locked out for a month following the July 18 violence, in which one senior official was killed.

Hit by a month-long lockout at its Manesar plant due to violence, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India today reported 40.8 per cent decline in total sales for August at 54,154 units as against 91,442 units in the same month last year.

This is Suzuki’s first visit to India after violence at the Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant left one management official dead.

The company had declared an indefinite lockout at the Manesar plant on July 21 following the worst ever violence in its history on July 18 that left one senior HR official dead and nearly 100 injured. Initially, only about 150 cars will be rolled out every day instead of 1,500-1,700 units earlier. Production will be gradually ramped up at the plant...

Maruti Suzuki India is likely to sack workers against whom the police had filed a charge sheet, sources told NDTV Profit. All contract workers are also likely to be made permanent workers with immediate effect, according to sources. The company is also likely to resume partial production at its violence-hit Manesar plant by next Tuesday or August 2...

The Gurgaon police on Wednesday announced that it has arrested 10 office bearers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU), including union president Ram Mehar. The union members had been absconding since July 18, when violence by factory workers left one employee dead and scores injured. The plant at Manesar in Haryana will remain closed until wo...

Haryana police on Wednesday arrested 10 office bearers of Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union, including its President Ram Meher and General Secretary Sarabjit Singh, in relation with the violence at the company's Manesar plant on July 18.

The senior Maurti Suzuki executive, who was killed in the July 18 violence at the car factory in Manesar, paid for anti-worker remarks made by another executive, official sources said Friday.