more-inThe Plachimada Tribunal Bill, which has been returned without Presidential assent, is to be reintroduced in the Assembly after making necessary changes. Disclosing this at a press conference here on Wednesday on the eve of the fourth session of the 14th Kerala Assembly, Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan said discussions had been held with the government and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to reintroduce the Bill with changes. The Plachimada Coca Cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill, 2011, which proposed to establish a tribunal to try all disputes for compensation and secure it from Coco Cola Company, was passed unanimously by the Assembly on February 24, 2011. The Speaker said a series of seminars on various aspects of democracy had been planned as part of the diamond jubilee of the Assembly. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury would deliver the first lecture on ‘Federalism-possibilities and challenges’ on March 7.

Source: The Hindu February 22, 2017 17:27 UTC