Dr Pushpa Ravi v Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Holdings Limited T/A Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

Dr Pushpa Ravi applied to the Federal Circuit Court for an order to stop her employer, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Holdings Limited, from bullying her. Dr Ravi alleged that she was subjected to adverse action, including bullying, by her employer. The application was made after Dr Ravi had been dismissed from her employment. Baker IDI applied to have the application dismissed, arguing that the application for an order to stop the bullying had no reasonable prospect of success and that there was no risk of continued bullying at work.

The court considered whether the application had a reasonable prospect of success and whether the risk of continued bullying at work was sufficiently serious to warrant the making of the order. In determining these issues, the court examined the evidence presented by both parties and the relevant legal principles. The court found that the application for an order to stop the bullying had no reasonable prospect of success and that there was no risk of continued bullying at work. The application to dismiss the application for an order to stop bullying was upheld, and the application for an order to stop bullying was dismissed.

The court ordered that Dr Ravi pay Baker IDI's costs of the application to dismiss in the sum of $5,000. The court noted that the costs were not to be paid until the conclusion of any appeal to the Full Court. The court also ordered that the application for an order to stop bullying be dismissed with costs to be paid by Dr Ravi to Baker IDI.