Fourteen, or basically one-quarter, were brought on behalf of Muslim employees; one more was brought on behalf of a class of employees including both Muslims and non-Muslims.
The court adjourned for further submissions the claim brought on behalf of one further applicant, Haroon Rashid Aswat, who is suffering from schizophrenia.
The case is being brought on behalf of four survivors, including one whose father was allegedly beheaded.
The suit was brought on behalf of religious and community leaders, mosques and a charitable organization.
The department said on Monday that it sought to intervene in a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of prisoners.
In India, books are frequently withdrawn after publication because of dubious legal cases brought on behalf of supposedly aggrieved groups.
They are brought on behalf of investors who, when they purchased their stock, paid an artificially inflated price.
To begin with, the so-called stock-drop suits are not brought on behalf of investors as holders of stock.
Because a derivative suit is being brought on behalf of the corporation, any recovery must go to the corporation.
He cited a lawsuit he had brought on behalf of a longshoreman in New Jersey named Pasquale Falcetti Jr.
Since then, Philip Morris has lost two record jury awards in suits brought on behalf of individual smokers.
