Bombay High Court notice to public insurance companies
Sumitra Pednekar, the 72-year-old wife of former state minister Satish Pednekar who died of oral cancer in 2011.
The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to major public sector insurance companies, directing them to file their replies by April 27, on a petition filed by Sumitra Pednekar, the 72-year-old wife of former state minister Satish Pednekar who died of oral cancer in 2011.
Pednekar, along with several other eminent anti-tobacco crusaders, filed a public interest litigation seeking directions to divest their shareholdings from companies that are directly and indirectly engaged in tobacco businesses.