Kanpur, Nov 23: A court here has issued a notice
to Wipro Chairman Azim Premji after the wife of one of the
company's employees alleged her husband had left her because
the firm paid him a "dating allowance".
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate issued the notice to
Premji and Wipro Vice President Pratik Kumar in connection
with a case filed by Tripti Nigam, a resident of Gwaltoli
area, under the new Domestic Violence Law.
Tripti's husband Gaurav and the Wipro officials were
asked by the court to submit their replies by November 29.
Tripti had initially filed a case of domestic violence
against her in-laws and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's
court had fixed November 25 as the date for submission of
replies by Gaurav and his parents.
Advocate Nandlal Jaiswal, who represented Tripti, said
she filed a fresh case in the same court yesterday and made
Premji and Pratik Kumar parties to the matter as her husband
had allegedly left her because of a "dating allowance" paid to
him by Wipro.
Tripti alleged this allowance had changed her
husband's behaviour towards her.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, November 23, 2006, 00:00