Maruti Suzuki Violence

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...

The Maruti Suzuki case reveals the potential for violent unrest at one of the biggest success stories of foreign investment in Indian manufacturing.

The Supreme Court decision to give bail to two Maruti workers recently has put the spotlight on the law on bail as being stringent on poorer sections of society.

The Sensex and Nifty fell on Wednesday for a fifth session in six with blue-chips such as Reliance Industries taking a hit as caution ahead of expiry of June derivatives on Thursday and fears of more violence in Iraq prompted investors to pare positions.

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.

While new models such as the Ertiga and Duster kept consumers interested, recalls by Honda and Ford added to the industry's woes.

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.

Maruti Suzuki today said it is committed to operations in Haryana and will not cut back any planned investment in the state, although the Manesar plant would function under security cover for the time being due to unprecedented violence there last month.

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

Maruti Suzuki India is likely to sack workers against whom the police had filed a charge sheet, sources told NDTV Profit. All contract workers likely to be made permanent workers with immediate effect, according to sources. Sources said that the company is likely to partially re-open the plant on August 21, 2012.

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...

They said that the violence was not pre-planned, but a spontaneous outburst.

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...

The Maruti Suzuki case reveals the potential for violent unrest at one of the biggest success stories of foreign investment in Indian manufacturing.

The Supreme Court decision to give bail to two Maruti workers recently has put the spotlight on the law on bail as being stringent on poorer sections of society.

The Sensex and Nifty fell on Wednesday for a fifth session in six with blue-chips such as Reliance Industries taking a hit as caution ahead of expiry of June derivatives on Thursday and fears of more violence in Iraq prompted investors to pare positions.

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.

While new models such as the Ertiga and Duster kept consumers interested, recalls by Honda and Ford added to the industry's woes.

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.

Maruti Suzuki today said it is committed to operations in Haryana and will not cut back any planned investment in the state, although the Manesar plant would function under security cover for the time being due to unprecedented violence there last month.

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

Maruti Suzuki India is likely to sack workers against whom the police had filed a charge sheet, sources told NDTV Profit. All contract workers likely to be made permanent workers with immediate effect, according to sources. Sources said that the company is likely to partially re-open the plant on August 21, 2012.

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...

They said that the violence was not pre-planned, but a spontaneous outburst.