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Dangi case: April 5 next date of hearing
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 30
Directing the Superintendent of Rohtak Jail to be present in the court with record pertaining to Haryana’s former Revenue Minister Anand Singh Dangi’s admission in jail in a cheating and forgery case, Mr Justice Amar Dutt of the High Court today fixed April 5 as the next date of hearing.

Claiming to have been arrested on December 18 last year, Dangi, in his petition before the High Court, had earlier contended that he was liable to be released on bail as the challan had not been presented even though he had completed 90 days in judicial custody.

Quoting the rules, the counsel for the petitioner had contended on his behalf that it was mandatory for the court to release the accused on bail in case the challan was not submitted within the stipulated period of 90 days.

He had added that Dangi had applied for bail before the Ambala Sessions Judge on March 19 and the notice was issued for March 24, but the case was adjourned to April 10.

Dangi, it may be recalled, was booked under Sections 218, 406, 409, 418, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, besides under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

According to the prosecution, Dangi, in conspiracy with certain officials, had approved of allotments made to his favourites after summoning the files directly from the Tehsildar.

Re-auction stayed

In less than 24 hours before the re-auction of liquor vends in Jhajjar district was scheduled to be held, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the same.

Pronouncing the orders in the open court, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice Nirmal Singh of the High Court, also fixed April 4 as the next date of hearing in the case.

In their petition before the High Court, Bharat Singh, Kamlesh Kumar, Vijay Singh and company had earlier contended that the re-auction was ordered even though their bid had been approved. Arguing before the Bench, the counsel for the petitioner had claimed that their bid of Rs 27 crore was the highest.

Orders not communicated to him, says Brig Devinder Singh
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 30
Brig Devinder Singh, former Commander of 70 Infantary Brigade, today testified before the General Court Martial trying Major Maneesh Bhatnagar that as per norms the orders from the higher authorities, if any, to revive his earlier orders which were being held in abeyance, should have been communicated to him.

He was answering the defence counsel’s question put to him through the court. His earlier orders given to Major Bhatnagar on June 15 asking him to induct his company to the Base of Point 5203 preceding an assault, were being held in abeyance after the accused officer pointed out that he and his men were unfit for offensive operations and the matter, thereafter, was raised before GOC 3 Division.

When asked why and on whose orders had the accused gone to the base of Point 5203 on the night of June 16 or 17, Brig Devinder Singh stated that all troops, including officers, located at Ganasok were used to undertaking night ferries for transporting logistics to forward posts and bringing back casualties. Stating that the accused may have been detailed to accompany one of the ferries or may have gone on his own, he added that the ferries were controlled by his staff officers and that he was informed that the accused had gone to Point 5203 on one of these days.

The Brigadier testified that fit persons from the accused person’s company were used for operational tasks other than assault on Point 5203 during the period from June 16 to 18 and that all orders to the company were passed through Major Bhatnagar as he was the company Commander.

On being asked if the orders to induct the company had been changed to appoint Capt B M Carriappa as the company Commander, Brig Devinder Singh stated that the Commanding Officer of 5 Para, Col A. K. Srivastava, confirmed to him that that the company would be under Captain Carriappa and was fit for attack on Point 5203. By this time, he added, about one-third of the accused person’s company had reached forward to undertake operational duties at the Base of Point 5203. While Colonel Srivastava moved with the balance of the company on the night of June 18, the Brigadier said, Captain Carriappa was briefed by him on the morning of June 19 and inducted that night.

Brig Devinder Singh further stated before the court that the accused was moved to Dah in the rear on the instructions of Colonel Srivastava and Captain Carriappa was given further responsibility for undertaking the required tasks.

Earlier, the court hauled up the Judge Advocate, Major Vipin Chakravorty, for refusing to record certain court proceedings. In its directive, the court, while stating that though it was satisfied with the earlier record of proceedings, acknowledged that certain proceedings were not recorded by the Judge Advocate yesterday and directed him to record all court proceedings correctly in accordance with the Army rules. The court also directed the Judge Advocate to record in verbatim, the question put to the witness which he had declined to record yesterday.

Controversy shrouds Bar Association elections
Kiran Deep

Chandigarh, March 30
Controversy has gripped the forthcoming elections of the Bar Association here. While founder members alleged that the process of the elections is not as per the constitution of the Bar Association of the district courts, the present Bar Association has refuted the allegations and said that the Bar had never adopted any constitution.

The present bar members alleged that even last year elections were conducted without any constitution and claimed that only those advocates were raising controversy, who had personal interests in the elections.

Founders of the constitution have also submitted a letter to the Bar Association resenting about the decision of the Bar of declaring the date of elections without their notice and also appointment of the Returning Officer and two Assistant Officers. They also threatened to challenge the elections in the court if the elections were not conducted as per the constitution.

It may recalled that the present Bar Association had earlier declared April 20 as the date of elections and also appointed the Returning officer, Mr G.S Malik and two assistant officers, Mr L.R Chadda, Mr R.L Luthra, to conduct the forthcoming elections. The Bar has invited nominations for the post of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and executive members are invited upto March 31, the date for the scrutiny has been be fixed for April 3 and withdrawal date April 4.

Mr Atma Ram, founder member of the constitution of the Bar Association, said , “ As per the constitution the elections shall be held on the date fixed by the annual conference at its meeting. Only the annual conference can appoint one returning officer and two assistant Returning Officers to conduct election as per the prevailing norms and conventions. But this year the bar had not called up any annual conference”.

Another member and advocate, Mr K.S Baidwan, said the advocates should be allowed to cast the vote only on submitting an affidavit duly sworn to the effect that they have no voting rights in the others respective bars, excluding the members of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

They also alleged that the Bar even have not collected the fees from all the members and it would create problems in the elections. As per the constitution, those members are not allowed to cast the vote and can file papers for the nominations.

When the President of the District Bar Association, Mr N.K Nanda contacted he refuted all the allegations levelled by the members. He said that the Bar had never adopted any constitution to conduct the elections. Last year also the elections to the bar had not adopted any constitution and this year to the Bar was not going to adopt any constitution, he added.

Bail plea dismissed in theft case
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, March 30
The UT Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.K Goel, today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea moved by Harish, a resident of Ram Darbar, in a case of theft. The accused had moved bail plea under Section 433 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Mr Prem Sagar Sharma had filed a complaint against the accused in Sector 31 police station on March 16. The case against the accused was registered under Section 380 of the IPC.

The complainant alleged that the accused had stolen a purse and a wrist watch from his house, and he was caught red handed.

It was stated in the bail plea that the accused was a minor and was falsely implicated in the case. Therefore, the accused deserved the concession of bail.

The judge observed that the recovery was yet to be effected. Therefore, the police had to play its own role in investigating the case. As a result, the bail plea moved by the accused was dismissed.

Bail granted:
The UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) on Friday granted bail to K.D Sharma, a resident of Panchkula. The case against the accused was registered under Sections 420, 406, 120-B of the IPC in Mani Majra police station on May 31, 2000. The accused was granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 50,000 and with one surety.

Bail in cheating case:
The UT Additional Sessions Judge on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Ajay Bharti in a case of cheating and forgery. It was alleged that the accused who was clerk in the Sarab Bharti Kalyan Sabha along with others had forged a bill for purchasing of printing material.

Judicial remand:
The two persons who were arrested in a case of cheating M.M. Negi and Nirmala Verma were remanded to judicial remand till April 12 by the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) on Friday.

It was alleged that the accused M.M Negi, managing director of Real Agro Estate, along with others had cheated the complainant and had failed to return the amount.

Bail plea dismissed:
The UT Additional Sessions Judge on Friday dismissed a bail plea moved by P.K Mittal in a case of cheating. The complainant, Ms Indu Rani, had alleged that the accused had given a forged UTI bond to her.

A music lover from across seven seas
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 30
On the face of it, there is nothing special about this man from Canada who is these days in India on a special assignment. But behind the unassuming facade of Kuldip Deepak, lies talent which spans various fields of activity from management to system technical analysing, finally to ...music, something which Kuldip is in love with.

Till date, Kuldip has eight music albums to his credit. The eight album, titled Kuldip Deepak Singh’s Shiv, was released in the Chandigarh Press Club this afternoon. To an unbiased listener, the title of this album might sound a little weird, but for someone who has known Deepak closely, the album could not have been titled better.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune here today, Kuldip spoke of how his association with Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s verses began. “I was always into singing, but the real knowledge of music came to me through Harbhajan Singh Bansal, under whose tutelage I learnt the nuances of ragas. Once I was to asked to compete for the college in the category of poetry recitation. My professor handed over a Batalvi verse to me and asked me to recite the same in tarannum. The appreciation that followed was immense, perhaps because I sang the sad verse with a lot of soul. From there, I developed affinity with Batalvi’s verses. This affinity lingers on till now.”

There are 10 songs in Kuldip’s latest album and all have been composed by Kuldip himself. Music has been arranged by different people like Charanjit Ahuja, Jagjit Singh, Mohinderjit Singh, Prem Gupta.

Said Deepak, who is the first East Indian artiste to have produced the first long-playing record on Indian music in North America,”The first album, Bhathi Waliye, also had Batalvi’s lyrics and I had composed it with the help of some Canadian music arrangers. With this album, I was instantly recognised not only in North America but also in Europe. Then I produced seven more albums with lyrics by Punjabi poets like Amrita Pritam, Batalvi, Surjit Pattar, Bismal Faridkoti and S.S. Misha.”

As far as composing is concerned, Kuldip has been doing the same from childhood. “I have been composing my own tunes and I have had the privilege to work with some great singers like Jagjit, who has often performed in Canada”, said Deepak. Another facet to Deepak’s character is his lyricist status.

He has written his own lyrics for three albums titled, Eh dil eh dil, Kadi tirthan di pheri, and Char ke tu doli pind vich aaye.