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Former art college students
display works CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The group show by 13 former students of the Government College of Art, Sector 10, features works on a variety of themes and in a variety of mediums. But even in this variation the objective is common — that of garnering room for talent of upcoming artists, some of whom cannot always manage a gallery. Hence the show in a small place which houses an advertising firm in one part and a tiny art gallery in the other. The works, however, have substance enough to hold the attention of an unbiased observer. Among works on the display are those of budding city-based artists like Ajay Yashpaul, who earlier participated in a group show held at the gallery of Punjab Kala Bhavan. Ajay exhibits two works and in both, he explores feelings. Most striking are the two works by the secretary of the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Madan Lal, who has titled the works quite aptly: journey towards light I and II. In the first work, he paints the peaceful bearing of Lord Buddha; in the other he reflects the divine light which symbolises communion with God. The two works by Raman Bhardwaj explore the power of man. He uses oil on canvas to portray the ever-struggling human form. There are strong streaks of hope in these images. Among other artists participating in the show are Deepa Bajaj, whose The Hybrid explores the complexities of life. Also on display are works of Vijay Yashpaul and Seeta Yashpaul. Yet another interesting painting comes from Sanjeev Dutta who paints women on the panghat. Set in bright colours, this work in acrylic spreads brightness in the surroundings. Sanjeev Jaswal’s work carries a touch of surrealism , as he explores the world after death and before rebirth. The works by Aditi, Suvina, Daizy and Aditya Pande are equally appealing. An installation The works are all in paper, or paper pulp and the effect mustered is amazing. Sometimes the surface is crumbled, sometimes the paper is over-dried. In every piece of work. Artist says: “In these works I have enjoyed drawing circles and enjoyed the motion. From the leitmotif of the leaf, other earth forms spread out inside the circular form.” |
Bail for suspended engineer CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — A suspended executive engineer with Haryana Urban Development Authority, R.K. Garg, booked in a case alleging diversion of flood relief fund, was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court here. Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar observed that the petitioner was in judicial custody since December 21 and no useful purpose would be served by further incarcerating him. The Judge added that the petitioner had already been suspended and the necessary record was with the department concerned. Gupta, confined in Rohtak District Jail, was booked in a cheating and a forgery case registered on December 30, 1999, by the state Vigilance Bureau under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, besides under Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to the FIR, funds for repairing roads damaged in 1995 flood in Hisar, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa and Bhiwani were diverted to Rohtak district by a minister Mr Krishan Dass. A perusal of the FIR, the prosecution added, prima facie showed that the petitioner was acting on the orders received from the higher authorities. Seeking grant of bail, counsel for the petitioner had contended that Garg was being implicated in the case. He had added that no useful purpose would be served by keeping him in judicial custody as the relevant record was with the authorities concerned. Stay on IAS promotions vacated
Our Legal Correspondent adds:
A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Mr Justice N.. Sodhi and Mr Justice R.C. Kathuria today, vacated the stay which the court had earlier ordered regarding the opening of the sealed cover concerning the selection of PCS officers for appointment on promotion to the IAS. The earlier order was passed on November 16 in which the Bench had directed that the selection by the committee might take place but it should be kept in a sealed cover. The order was passed in which petitions filed by PCS officer Gopal Krishan who challenged the seniority list of PCS officers issued on November 14. They had alleged that the government had changed the seniority list to accommodate certain PCS officers for appointment to the IAS. Those lower down the seniority list ad been brought up to facilitate their selection. The petitioner also submitted that to bring some PCS officers of later years the government did not hold the meetings of the selection committee for four years and ultimately when the meeting of the selection committee was held, the vacancies of IAS officers were clubbed together to bring “favourites” in the zone of consideration. The matter will come up for further hearing on February 26. Woman constables
reinstated
Mrs Paramjit Kaur, a woman constable of Punjab Police, who had alleged that she was suspended on her refusal to become a party to trap and involve the Superintendent of Police (HQ) in a false case of immoral trafficking, has been reinstated. Besides the allotment of her house and that of a fellow constable, Rajbir Kaur, (who also had been suspended), which had cancelled, had been revoked and houses in the complex of the Sadar police station, Patiala, allotted to them. The above information was given by the state counsel to the Division Bench comprising Mr Justice J.L. Gupta and Mr Justice N.K. Sud who disposed of the writ petition filed by the two constables. The petitioners had also alleged that their household goods had been taken away by the police after getting their houses forcibly vacated. On this issue, the state counsel assured that whatever had been recovered from the residences of the woman constables would be returned to the petitioners and receipts given. The Judges directed that if there still remained any grievance, the petitioners might seek the remedy in an appropriate forum in accordance with the law.
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Bhatnagar alleges fraud CHANDIGARH, Feb 3 — Maj Maneesh Bhatnagar today alleged fraud by the prosecution and the lawful custodians of documents pertaining to his disciplinary case after one of the witnesses produced two different accounts of a pre-trial procedure. He was referring to forms written under Army Rule 24 of 1994, which bring on record whether the hearing of charges is done on the basis of a court of inquiry or on the basis of the examination of witnesses. The witness, Col G.S. Ranawat, Commanding Officer of 503 ASC Battalion, had produced two such forms. In one of the forms, certain portions had been scored out with pencil, while there were no cuttings in the other form. Major Bhatnagar, in his submission, contended that his questioning of the witness had brought out that the said portions were not scored out by the witness and nor did the witness know who had done so. This, the accused officer said. was either a white lie or a forgery, which should be investigated by the court and the findings conveyed to the defence. Earlier, the general court martial overruled his request to cross-examine Colonel Ranawat again. The court said that adequate leeway had been given to the defence to cross-examine the witness earlier. Colonel Ranawat is being examined by Major Bhatnagar in support of his plea seeking a bar on the trial. Major Bhatnagar also wanted the witness to be declared hostile as he contended that the latter was attempting to hide the truth. The prosecution, however: said that there were no provisions under which the witness, in the present circumstances, could be declared hostile. Meanwhile, the defence, after examining and cross-examining one of the witnesses in the GCM trying Maj V.K. Madhan, began with the re-examination of the witness, Col Vivek Tiwari. The GCM had reassembled today after remaining adjourned for more than a week. |
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Forum orders replacement
of faulty phone CHANDIGARH The complainant, Mr Jasbir Singh, had filed a complaint before the forum that he had purchased one National Panasonic cordless telephone from Surinder Radios, Sector 22, for Rs 36,00. The shopkeeper owner had issued a warranty of the product on the behalf of manufacturer National Panasonic India Limited. The complainant had alleged that the telephone set went faulty within four months. When he approached the shopkeeper and the manufacturer, both of them refused to repair or replace the telephone set. Despite repeated requests nothing fruitful came out and the local dealer returned the set to the purchaser with the excuse that it was tampered with. A bench comprising the President, Mr RP Bajaj, and members, Mr HS Walia and Ms Urvashi Agnihotri, allowed the complaint with a direction to Surinder Radios and National Panasonic Limited to replace the telephone set with a new one of the same mark and the same model after obtaining the defective set back from the
complainant. The complainant was also entitled to Rs 550 as cost of the case, including compensation for harassment. |
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Notice on folk singer’s plea CHANDIGARH In the telegram addressed to the Chief Justice of the High Court, the singer, Maninder Singh Gill, alleged that his father, Iqbal Singh, was picked up by the police at 6 a.m. on January 21. He also expressed apprehension that his father might be implicated in a false case. Gill, in a petition, had earlier alleged that his father was taken away in an unnumbered Gypsy by a police party headed by DSP Satish Malhotra. He had added that serious allegations had been levelled against the SSP in another petition filed against the state of Punjab seeking the transfer of investigations in a cheating case registered against him to the CBI or the crime branch of the Punjab Police. |
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Legal Services Authority
summons DC CHANDIGARH The ‘Pind Bachao Committee’ had filed a plea seeking rehabliatation of 5000 authorised original resident families of Chandigarh's former 11 villages which were acquired during the second phase of the city's expansion. The committee alleged that for long the Chandigarh Administration had been planning and rehabilitating unauthorised slum-dwellers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, ignoring the claims of Punjabis. A list of original residents was formed following an assurance but nothing had been done. The original plea of the committee was filed before the National Legal Services Authority, which referred the matter to the State Legal Services Authority. |
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DISTRICT COURTS CHANDIGARH While most of the telephone numbers are the mobile connections from Spice Telecom and Escotel, a few of the numbers were the DoT ones. Mr H.G.S. Dhaliwal said they would approach the two telephone companies to provide them with the addresses of the clients whose numbers were traced. He also said the police had learnt during its investigations that these bookies were the sub-agents of a Delhi-based bookie Sunil Bansal. “ However, the whereabouts of this gentleman are not yet known,” he said. Bail plea rejected The UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr R.C. Godara, today dismissed the bail application moved by a city resident, Naveen Kumar, in a case of criminal breach of trust. The case against the accused had been registered under Section 406 of the IPC, on October 28. The accused had moved the bail plea under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The complainant, a resident of Sector 34 Mr Suresh Kumar, an employee of Sanora Tiles had alleged that the accused had collected an
amount of Rs 9.96 lakh on behalf of the company for depositing in the Oriental Bank of Commerce, Mani Majra, but he did not deposit the sum there. The judge observed that the police had recovered only Rs 2.6 lakh from the accused and three co-accused in the case were yet to be arrested and if the accused was released, he may tamper with the evidence. Bail granted in theft case The UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, today granted bail to a resident of Mauli Jagran, in a case of theft. It was alleged that the accused, Younas Mohamad, had stolen a sum of Rs 90,000 from the Industrial Area. The case against the accused had been registered under Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code. The accused was granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 10,000. 2 released on probation The UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) today released two persons, Navneet Singh and Amit Singh, on probation of one year, on furnishing bond worth Rs 5,000, in a case of eve teasing. The police had registered a case against the two under Section 294 of the IPC, on the complaint of a resident of Sector 18. |
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Ensure amenities
on time: HC CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — While disposing of the writ petitions of Shanti Punj Investment, Sector 33-A, Chandigarh, and six other allottees of commercial sites, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, directed the Chandigarh Administration to ensure that there was no delay in the provision of amenities and removal of encroachment and it should recover the instalments and penalise the defaulters. The Division Bench, comprising Mr Justice J.L. Gupta and Mr Justice K.S. Garewal, observed that in the present cases, they were not happy with the manner in which the Administration had performed its part of the duty. It had failed in some of the cases to remove encroachments and to provide amenities and the delay had resulted in loss to citizens as well as to the Administration. The Judges expressed the hope that the Administration and corporation would be careful in future. The petitioners, allottees of godown sites, alleged that the Administration had failed to provide basic amenities and facilities for the occupants. They also complained that the Administration was guilty of maladministration yet it charged ground rent and interest and even resorted to resumption of sites. They sought that the interest on the instalments and ground rent not be charged from them until the needful was done. The first petitioner had purchased a godown site in Sector 26 and after depositing Rs 5,52,500, the allotment was made on March 16, 1989, giving the site on lease for 99 years. The Judges also observed that while the allottees were bound to pay the instalments regularly, the authorities were under an obligation to perform their part of the duty. |
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