After 14 Yr Long Legal Battle, Bombay HC Orders Reinstatement Of HIV+ve Man As Coast Guard [Read Judgment]

After a 14-year long legal battle, an HIV positive man who was discharged as an invalid on being diagnosed with HIV and tuberculosis has been ordered to be reinstated immediately by the Bombay High Court.The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice NJ Jamadar.The petitioner joined the Indian Coast Guard in 1995 and had worked as a sweeper, office boy, sentry and...