Read the full judgment text of DCEC 000530/1999 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 21 December 2000.
1. The applicant in this matter, Mr Vipin Kaura, is a 53 year old Indian national. After school he pursued a marine apprenticeship in India for four years and from 1968 he started what was to be a long and successful career in the engineering branch of the Merchant Navy. He rose through the ranks rapidly and in 1979 was promoted to Chief Engineer. Since 1985, save for a two year period when he returned to India to work in a managerial position in a factory, he has been employed by the respondent