Today in a
completely unexpected sequence of events, India’s IT Majors (Infosys, TCS,
Wipro etc.) filed a petition in the SC asking to bar the media from reporting
any news about Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s tax case with the ITSC. They were
contending that details of this case were leading to a huge attrition problem
as young employees were quitting 'en masse'. Opting to study Law to become
Juniors under lawyers for a Year, instead !!!
FakingNews
also spoke to several youngsters in the IT Industry and got the following
responses…
- “Shit Man,
do you know what a status symbol Laptop is in our Industry. We work our a$$ off
to buy one…. And these guys have it so easy….”
- “I heard
that Abhishek Uncle gives 100+ laptops per year to every Junior of his. We are
gadget freaks imagine getting a new laptop and upgrade yourself every week or
even twice a week !”
- “We are in
the wrong industry man, we are in the business of computing. Who knew that junior
lawyers will need more than 100 laptops per year….”
- “Already,
girls were becoming picky -- it was difficult to get one to say yes to
marriage. Now how can we compete with these Lawyers…. ?”
Meanwhile,
the FB page of TCS Employees who were laid off, changed its Status to “Thank
God, we now can join Abhisheck Singhvi’s law offices….”
The IT
Majors, in their press conference, thundered that with President Obama’s visit
and easing of restrictions H1B etc., they were hoping to breathe easy but “Exit
Interviews” of resigning employees told a completely different story. “We didn’t
realize the serious impact of this news item then. Now with this being available on
Twitter, FB, YouTube etc. wherein our employees spend most of their time at our
offices anyway, the impact has been devastating….”
Asked, why
are they approaching the court for an injunction they quipped…. “Actually
Abhiskek Ji himself has set the standard here. He had approached the courts for
an injunction earlier to stop broadcast of a video of his Judge selection
Process with – ahem - a female applicant…”
By the time
this news item got published Abhishek had also approached the court with his
plea for an injunction to the media restraining them against any mention of
this “injunction petition by the IT majors….”