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July 19, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Strike against
ceasefire PM holds meeting TEHELKA PROBE Sikh issues
unlikely to get diluted: NCM KASHMIRI SIKHS-V No rift in Cabinet,
claims Mahajan
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Rao tried to divide sants
on Ayodhya: Joshi Ceiling on ration shop margin
goes 13 killed as bus
falls into gorge 19 landslip
victims’ bodies recovered A boy pushes a makeshift raft carrying his mother through floods in Jajpur district of Orissa on Tuesday. TDP suffers setback in AP panchayat
poll DMK to implead in case against Jaya’s appointment Stadium scandal not
on LF agenda My suspension
illegal: Panja LISTING OF LAWYERS Kolkata’s
date with Amitabh Ex-serviceman’s
wife, children murdered White crow finds
saviour Tuskers trample
farmer to death Tanker hits motor cycle;
2 killed
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Strike against ceasefire Imphal, July 18 Various communities, including Muslims, Kukis, Hmars and Paites, participated in the rally which went through the two districts of Imphal East and West. Mass rallies, relay hunger strikes and sit-in-protests were also organised in most parts of the four valley districts of Imphal East and West, Thoubal and Bishnupur. About 5000 vehicles joined a procession yesterday to express solidarity with the ongoing agitations. Meanwhile, shops and markets throughout the state remained closed today to commemorate the death of 15 persons in police firing on June 18 and the July 5 outburst against the ceasefire extension. The Manipuri Students Federation also observed a general strike in protest against the ceasefire extension and the police firing on June 18 and July 5. The Kuki Defence Force, an underground outfit of the Kukis, is observing a bandh in hilly areas on similar ground. The outfit, opposed to the ceasefire extension, has asked the Centre to confine the ceasefire to Nagaland. Kuki Defence Force chief R. Zowemthang in a statement said Meiteis and other tribes, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan-Burmese group, had been living together in Manipur, which was an independent kingdom. He said the term ‘Naga’ and ‘Kuki’ was created by the British in 1840 to broadly classify the hill tribes. In 1992 the United Naga Council served ‘quit notices’ to the Kukis, inhabiting the hills and launched ethnic cleansing in Ukhrul, Senapati, Tamenglong and Chandel districts by murdering hundreds and setting ablaze their houses, he alleged. Meanwhile, a 24-hour blockade on the National Highway 39 began since midnight last night in protest against the Centre’s announcement to review the ceasefire. The blockade was organised by the Senapati District Youth Front.
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holds meeting New Delhi, July 18 Mr Vajpayee’s decision to hold fresh parleys with the North-Eastern states came after he held a high-level meeting, part of the ongoing process of review of the ceasefire with the NSCN(I-M) in all its
entirety, including extension of truce beyond territorial limits of Nagaland, official sources said. The meeting, held at Prime Minister’s residence, was attended by Union Home Minister L.K. Advani, Union Home Secretary Kamal Pande, Chief of Army Staff Gen S Padmanabhan, National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra and Centre’s emissary for Naga peace talks K. Padmanabhaiah. During the meeting all aspects relating to the ceasefire extension was deliberated and the Prime Minister decided to hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of North-Eastern states before a final decision was taken to resolve the issue. Ever since the Centre signed an agreement with the NSCN(I-M) for the extension of the ceasefire to other areas beyond Nagaland, there had been violent opposition to the decision from Manipur even as other states wanted a review of the ceasefire extension, which is to come into effect from August 1. Leaders and MLAs from Manipur had been demanding a review of the agreement and immediate withdrawal of the expansion of ceasefire. |
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TEHELKA PROBE New Delhi, July 18 Senior advocate Gopal
Subramaniam, counsel for the commission which is probing “Operation
Westend” by tehelka.com, submitted a list of 26 persons for issuing notices under Section 8 (b) of the Act. Contrary to the prayer of the Tehelka team, the commission’s counsel included the names of Tehelka Editor Tarun
Tejpal, and reporters Anirudh Behl and Mathew Samual in the list of persons to be asked to appear before the commission for cross-examination. Among the defence personnel who were proposed to be issued notices include Brig Anil
Sehgal, Brig Iqbal Singh, Maj-Gen P.K.S. Chaudhary, Maj-Gen Manjit Singh
Ahluwalia, Maj-Gen S.P. Murgai (retd), Lt-Col Berry, Maj S.K. Singh,
Maj-Gen Satnam Singh, Lt-Gen Shanker Prasad and Lt-Col V.P. Sayal (retd). Others against whom notices were proposed to be issued are industrialist Surendra Singh
Sulekha, Senior Section Officer in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Sashi
Menon, Additional Financial Adviser (MoD) Narendra Singh, MoD Deputy Secretary
H.C. Pant, RSS national trustee R.K. Gupta, defence middleman and industrialist Deepak Gupta, defence middleman and Consul-General, Belize, Mohinder Pal
Sahni, freelance liaisoning officer Rakesh Nigam, Mr Satya Murti, private secretary to Mr Bangaru
Laxman, Mr Raju Venkatesh, personal secretary to Mr Laxman, and Additional Defence Secretary
L.M. Mehta. Notices under Section 8 (b) of the Act are issued by the commission after it prima facie feels the need for cross-examination of persons on going through the replies received under Section 5 (2) (a) of the Act or if it thinks that the reputation of an affected person will be prejudicially affected by the allegations. Once notices under Section 8 (b) are issued, it becomes mandatory for the party concerned to place all facts available with it before the commission. Regarding issuance of notices to former Home Ministry official Thomas Mathew, Mr Subramaniam said his response to the Section 5 (2) (a) notice had not yet been received and the commission should wait for some more time before deciding in his case. However, the commission deferred till Friday the question of allowing the parties to view the complete Tehelka tapes as Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee was not present today. Additional Solicitor-General Kirit
Rawal, who was present today, said the matter would be addressed by the Attorney-General and hence an adjournment be granted. The commission had on the last date of hearing asked the MoD to place its response on the issue before the commission by today. The MoD was also directed to place the detailed response to the objections of Mr Subramaniam on the list of 38 defence transactions submitted to the commission finding the comments on them not “satisfactory”. |
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Sikh issues unlikely
to get diluted: NCM New Delhi, July 18 “The Sikh issues are religious in nature. They are the demands of a section of the community, which will help Pakistan in attracting pilgrims to the holy sites,” the Vice-Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities, (NCM) Mr Tarlochan Singh told The Tribune today. The NCM took up the community’s issue with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. On his part, the Prime Minister took up this matter with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during his close-door session in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal. During his meetings with Gen Musharraf, the Prime Minister urged him for the facilitation of pilgrims to visit religious shrines in both countries. He urged Pakistan to hand over terrorists, hiding in various gurdwaras. Stating that track-II level contact with the Pakistan authorities would continue to persuade Islamabad to grant Vatican city status to Nankana Sahib, Mr Tarlochan Singh said he had urged the External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh to take up the issue with the Pakistani counterpart soon. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) was keen on performing “kar sewa” at all these gurdwaras by Sikh saints who had undertaken a similar ritual in all Sikh places of worship in India. The expenditure on the “kar seva” would be borne by the Sikhs themselves, he said. The SGPC chief Jagdev Singh Talwandi had written a letter to Mr Tarlochan Singh appreciating his efforts and placing the Sikh issues in the summit agenda. The NCM vice-president said the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee should be re-organised with members of the community managing the affairs of the historic shrines. |
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KASHMIRI SIKHS-V Mohan Nagar (Raisinghnagar), July 18 So far the government has been giving them only meagre them grants from time to time with the assurance that the problem of PoK would be resolved and they would have the option of either going back or settling down in India permanently. But the failure of the summit is seen as the uncompromising stand taken by Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir including PoK. Community elders point out that so far they have not been given any compensation for lands they left in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in 1947. Already 53 years have passed and going by present indications the matter is unlikely to be resolved in the near future. A few months ago the centre decided that it was time for another grant and Rs 47 crore was sanctioned. Again the issue of compensation was sidetracked and officials told the community that they could not give them compensation since doing so would weaken their case before the United Nations. They needed to have refugee status to prove to the world body that they still had people displaced from the areas which rightfully are theirs and have been occupied wrongly by Pakistan. The Jammu Kashmir Sharanarthi Action Committee has claimed that the grant announced is based on the 1952 figures, but the number of families has multiplied manifold over the years. The committee has urged the government to raise the compensation to at least Rs 50, 000 so that at least each extended family received at least Rs 5,000 Rs 7,000. A petition in this context is pending before the Supreme Court. Similarly, the issue of compensation was raised in Parliament many times, but nothing came out of it, the community leaders allege. On the other hand the events of the past 53 years have somewhat sapped the patience of the community. We have already suffered many trials and tribulations over the decades. The present generation has come to terms with the bloody past and has started to strike root. It has been a long and hard journey for the old timers but there is till hope for the younger generation which has little memory of life and times at our homes in PoK. Only a handful people still nurse the hope of going back while others by and large want to stay. The people own land and are shopkeepers and small businessmen which is remarkable for a community which had nothing when they came here. The elders believe that they should be compensated for land and property left behind at the earliest and blame the successive governments at the Centre for their continued harassment and plight. The Sikh leadership also comes in for criticism for ditching them time and again since they did not espouse their causes over the decades, they remark wistfully . They also alleged that the situation in Kashmir would not have been what it is if all refugees had been settled in the state. But the main purpose of the then government headed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was to ensure that Jammu and Kashmir did not cede to Pakistan and for this they were willing to bend over backwards to please the Muslim leaders of the valley. In this process, the well-being of thousands of Kashmiri Sikhs got eclipsed, the consequences of which they are facing even after 53 years of Independence. (Concluded) |
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No rift in Cabinet, claims
Mahajan New Delhi, July 18 Describing as “baseless” reports which said a section of the Cabinet was against the Prime Minister visiting Pakistan in view of the disappointing outcome of the Agra summit, Mr Mahajan said: “No minister raised the issue during the meeting of the Council of Ministers last evening that the Prime Minister cancel his visit to Pakistan.” Mr Vajpayee had accepted an invitation of President Pervez Musharraf to visit Pakistan, Mr Mahajan said. He, however, did not say when the visit would take place. Asked if the Prime Minister would visit Pakistan by this year-end, Mr Mahajan said he could not hazard any guess. On reports that the Shiv Sena was opposed to the proposed visit, Mr Mahajan said two ministers from the party were present at the Cabinet meeting. The minister informed newspersons that Mr Vajpayee was scheduled to visit New York in September for the UN General Assembly session, Moscow in October and Tokyo in November. He would visit Pakistan “whenever it is possible”, he added. On the possibility of the External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, visiting Islamabad, Mr Mahajan said it was too early to comment. |
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Rao tried to divide sants on Ayodhya: Joshi New Delhi, July 18 Deposing before the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry, which is probing the events leading to the demolition in 1992, Mr Joshi alleged that Chandraswami, at the instance of Mr Rao, had persuaded the sants supporting the movement “to delink from the VHP and the BJP” on the Ayodhya issue. Mr Joshi said Mahant Seva Dass had on November 30, 1992, talked to Bamdevji, who was in the forefront of the movement, to exclude the VHP from the proposed construction work and defer the December 6 kar seva to some other date. Bamdevji said it was impossible and then Seva Dass told him that the government would neither permit construction work on the 2.77-acre land nor agree that the land was “Ram janamsthan”, Mr Joshi said. He said sants felt that the government wanted to create a wedge between the sants and was not sincere about initiating a dialogue or resolving the dispute either through settlement or through the court. Mr Joshi squarely blamed the government for “provoking the mood of the masses” and causing the demolition of the structure. He asserted that the “demolition was never in the minds of his party leadership”. Mr Joshi also accused Mr Rao of having offered money to some sants when they had come to discuss the dispute with him but did not elaborate on the offer. He said the sants were irritated when Mr Rao referred to the structure as a “mosque”. The sants told Mr Rao that it was not a “mosque but a disputed structure”. Asked by the commission’s counsel Anupam Gupta if he was aware of the mass psychology before the demolition, Mr Joshi said: “We had never felt that mass psychology would go to the extent of demolishing the structure. We never got any indication of any such temperament of the kar sevaks,” he said. “It has given a setback to our entire effort for the grand reconciliation,” he said, adding that “had we realised, we would have taken very strong action against the kar sevaks”. He also expressed ignorance about whether the Bajrang Dal, which had participated in the kar seva, had organised training programmes for the demolition of the structure. Mr Joshi said that after the Bommai Committee, in April, 1992, recommended to the government to initiate a dialogue, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, on behalf of Mr Rao, had given a proposal to Mr Advani for the resolution of the dispute but Mr Rao backtracked later, saying that “there was no such proposal”. He said Mr Rao did not want to resolve the dispute and had adopted “delaying tactics”, even though there were several occasions to bring an end to the Ayodhya issue.
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on ration shop margin goes New Delhi, July 18 The Cabinet also took several other decisions, including approval for the introduction of two Bills in the next session of Parliament, extradition treaty with the Philippines and an award for Sanskrit scholars, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan told newspersons. The move, which would give flexibility to states to fix the margin and make ration shops viable would, however, not apply for the distribution of foodgrain under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana under which the retail price would be retained at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 3 per kg for rice. It was explained that with the abundance of foodgrain in the market, there was not much difference between the prices at the ration shops and the open market. At times, the prices in the open market were less than those fixed at the fair price shops, which made sales through these outlets unviable. Mr Mahajan also announced that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee had sanctioned immediate release of Rs 100 crore for relief measures in flood-ravaged Orissa. He said Mr Vajpayee was in constant touch with the Orissa Chief Minister and he had assured him that the Centre would do everything possible to provide relief to the state. The state government had sought Rs 200 crore in relief and the Agriculture Ministry had been asked to assess the situation. The Cabinet also approved the introduction of Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2001, in Parliament. The Bill provided for the regulation and development of mineral resources in territorial waters, continental shelves and exclusive economic zones of the country, he said. The Bill would ensure that mineral exploration and development in offshore areas was streamlined and in the process attracted private investment in the mineral sector. Another Bill that would be introduced in the coming monsoon session would aim to change the administrative structure of the Indian Council of World Affairs
(ICWA) which had been taken over by the Centre in the wake of allegations of corruption and misuse of premises. It sought to replace an ordinance which was re-promulgated after a Bill in this regard was passed by the Lok Sabha and was awaiting approval of the Rajya
Sabha. Under the new Bill, the ICWA would not have a political head and instead the Vice-President of the country would be its president and the External Affairs Minister its vice-president. In the proposed governing council, five Lok Sabha members would be named by the speaker of the lower House and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha would nominate three members from the upper House. The governing council would also have academicians and representatives of trade bodies as its members. The Cabinet also approved the signing of an extradition treaty between India and the Philippines providing a legal framework for seeking the extradition of fugitive offenders. The Cabinet also authorised the ratification of the treaty which included economic offenders, he said. It was also decided at the meeting to institute an award of Rs 1 lakh for young scholars in
Sankrit. Under the scheme, “maharishi badrayan vyas samman”, five Sanskrit scholars in the age group 30-40 would be given Rs 1 lakh, a sanad (citation) and a robe of honour annually. |
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killed as bus falls into gorge Itanagar, July 18 The West Kameng District Police Superintendent R. Yamcha told UNI that while 10 persons died on the spot three others succumbed to their injuries in a hospital. The victims included a woman and the bus driver. The ill-fated Arunachal Pradesh State Transport bus was on its way from Kalaktang to Tezpur in Assam. There were 46 passengers in the bus when the accident occurred, the police said. All injured persons were admitted to the nearby Army Hospital at Dahung, near Tanga valley. High police officials have rushed to the site to carry out rescue operation. The cause of the accident was not immediately ascertained. A case has been registered in this connection, the SP said.
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19 landslip victims’
bodies recovered Dehra Dun, July 18 According to a spokesperson of the state government, four helicopters of the Army have been deployed for rescue and relief operations. These helicopters dropped food and milk packets in the Kedar valley. The bodies recovered have been identified as Gaura Kali (40), Santoshi (6), Dhamu (2), Gora (17), Dolli (10), all of one family, Ganesh (40), Shavi (28), Sanjay (2), Ram Bahadur (17), Meena (6), Hira Lal (45), Pushpa Devi (40), Mukhari Devi (55), Kirat Singh Ramola (55), Shiv Lal (45), Vineeta (16), Indu (10), Chandra Kala (40), Bina Devi (25), Vinod Prasad (20) and Narayan Singh (65). Those who are still missing are Akhilesh (12), Vinay (10), Naveen (9) and Bachiram (35). Meanwhile, the state government has given Rs 25 lakh to the district administration for rescue operations and providing immediate relief to the affected persons. |
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Orissa rivers breach banks Bhubaneswar, July 18 The state government has started air-dropping food packets in the worst-affected places and near shelters. Almost all major rivers have been flowing above the danger level for the past 72 hours, causing widespread panic among people in coastal Orissa. Twentynine persons have so far died in the floods. An estimated five million persons have been hit and thousands of villages cut off following the breaches. Official reports reaching here today said over 25 breaches were reported in the coastal districts since last night. Almost all major rivers were in spate and flowing above the danger level. Authorities were forced to release seven lakh cusecs of water from the Hirakud reservoir this morning as a safety measure to protect the dam. The water level of the dam had already crossed 624 feet as against the full storage capacity of 630 feet, the sources said. Sources said the situation in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Puri and Cuttack was critical with the rivers showing no sign of receding. It is apprehended that the situation would worsens with the release of water from Hirakud, which would cross Munduli and Naraj head anytime after the evening. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to release an ad hoc assistance of Rs 200 crore and depute a Central team to assess the flood damage.
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TDP suffers setback in AP panchayat poll
Hyderabad, July 18 With almost all results out, the TDP which controlled all 22 zila parishads, could manage to retain just nine, while the Congress captured four zila parishads on its own and was set to win another three with the help of the CPM. If the TRS also extends its support, the Congress is likely to wrest control of three more zila parishads. The ruling party won the zila parishads of Adilabad, Anantapur, East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Prakasam, Srikakulam and West Godavari, while the Congress triumphed in Chittoor, the native district of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Cuddapah, Nellore and Visakhapatnam. Contrary to expectations, the Congress put up an impressive show in coastal and Rayalaseema regions, considered to be the strongholds of the TDP. Interestingly, the Telugu Desam and the Congress won 15 ZPTC seats each which formed the electoral college for zila parishad chairmanship of Vizianagaram. The TRS which made its electoral debut in the local body polls by contesting 441 ZPTCs in Telangana, has managed to win 84 seats and won outright the Nizamabad zila parishad chairmanship. The BJP which contested the polls in alliance with the TDP put up a dismal show by winning only 13 ZPTC seats.
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DMK to implead in case against Jaya’s appointment
Chennai, July 18 He confirmed this when newspersons asked whether the DMK would implead in the case on July 20 when a three-judge Bench of the apex court hears a batch of petitions challenging the appointment of Ms Jayalalitha, who had been disqualified from contesting elections. On whether the DMK would press for speedy disposal of the case, he said “our advocate will do so in the course of the arguments”. Asked if his party believed that the Centre should still initiate strong action against the Tamil Nadu Government in connection with his ‘dramatic’ arrest, he said “certainly we expect the Centre to take action against the blatant violation of law”. To a query on how the party proposed to force the Centre to firmly deal with the state government, he said, “We are contemplating some action. I cannot reveal it at this stage”.
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scandal not on LF agenda Kolkata, July 18 The Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharyya, will make a statement in the Assembly on July 19 on the CID inquiry report into the arrest of the criminals, allegedly hired and sheltered by the Transport Minister at the stadium guest-house for working in his favour in the Assembly elections held on May 10. Both the Congress and Trinamool Congress have demanded a CBI probe into the scandal, which the Chief Minister has rejected. Mr Chakraborty has submitted an explanation to the Chief Minister, denying his involvement in the scandal. He alleged some vested interests and a section of the CPM district committee, had been conspiring against him, which the party secretary, Mr Anil Biswas, however, denied. Mr Chakraborty had been censored at least four times in the past one year for his anti-party activities. Recently, he was also snubbed by Mr Jyoti Basu who had advised him to keep silent to avoid any further complications. Both Mr Basu and the late Sailen Dasgupta did not want that CID should probe Subhas Chakraborty’s links with the criminals arrested with arms at Salt Lake stadium. But Mr Anil Biswas, Mr Biman Basu and the Chief Minister insisted that the probe be made for resolving all misunderstandings and misgivings among the public and the party workers about the minister’s links with the criminals. The North 24-Parganas District Committee has submitted a report to Mr Biswas ascertaining the Transport Minister’s links with the criminals, who had been hired and sheltered at the stadium on the eve of the Assembly poll. |
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My suspension illegal:
Panja Kolkata, July 18 The barrister-turned-politician was commenting on Ms Mamata Banerjee’s statement that Mr Panja had been suspended and not dismissed so that he could not be made a minister by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee in future. Mr Panja was suspended on Monday by the Trinamool Congress’ core committee dealing with anti-party activities. Information of Mr Panja’s suspension was also conveyed to the Prime Minister and the NDA chairman, Mr George Fernandes. The rebel leader, however, said he had not received any letter of his suspension. “If it is so, then I must say Ms Banerjee is not behaving normally. She is perhaps suffering from Alzheimer’s disease,” he said. He said he himself had drafted the constitution of the Trinamool Congress and there was no provision that anyone could be suspended or sacked like this. He should be served with show-cause notices giving him a reasonable period of time to defend himself prior to taking any disciplinary action, he said. “I saw in newspapers that I had been suspended and four of my followers sacked from the party. This is highly illegal, vindictive, motivated and mala fide,” Mr Panja remarked. Mr Panja said that to make or not to make anyone a minister was the prerogative of the Prime Minister. “I don’t know if I will be made a minister. But I must say I consider myself a partner of the NDA and I have faith in Mr Vajpayee. I am an MP and still the chairman of the Trinamool’s state unit. I enjoy the support of maximum number of workers and supporters of the party,” claimed the rebel leader. |
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LISTING OF LAWYERS New Delhi, July 18 Setting aside a five judges full Bench judgement of the Rajasthan High Court in the cases of appellants from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, the court said, “from Kashmir to
Kanyakumari, the country is one and there is no intelligible differentiate which distinguishes advocates practising in Rajasthan from those practising outside Rajasthan but within the territory of India.” “Indian Constitution is basically federal in form and is marked by the traditional characteristics of a federal system, namely, supremacy of the Constitution, division of power between the Union and states and existence of an independent judiciary”, a Bench comprising Mr Justice
G.B. Pattanaik and Mr Justice B.N. Agrawal pointed out. “In the present case, we have clearly held that the rules are violative of Articles 14 and 16, as such the Division Bench and full Bench decisions of the Rajasthan High Court are manifestly wrong and the law laid down therein is approved, the same would be unfair to members of the Bar practising in all courts throughout the country. We have no option but to hold rules 8(ii) and 15(ii) as ultra vires the Constitution and liable to be struck down”, the judges ruled. Rule 8 (ii) and rule 15 (ii) of the aforesaid rules require that direct recruitment to the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service is to be made from amongst the advocates who have practised in the Rajasthan High Court of courts subordinate thereto, for a period not less than seven years. The provisions in these rules debar advocate practising outside Rajasthan even from applying to the posts of Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service, much less recruited, the judges noted. Referring to an old judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1961, Mr Justice Agrawal delivering the 28-page judgement said that for appointment in the Punjab Judicial Service, it was then maintained that for reckoning seven years standing of a person at the Bar period of pracitise in both the courts of Punjab and Haryana and Lahore (before Partition) would be counted. The judges, however, making this judgement applicable only prospectively, observed, “It is made clear that this judgement will not affect any appointment made prior to this date under the rules which have been found to be invalid herein above.” “The High Court would be well advised to take up the process of selection, already started, de novo in accordance with this judgement and will now
recommend the name of
appellant-Ganga Ram Moolchandani to the Governor of Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service against one of the existing vacancies”, the court ordered while giving relief to one of the appellants. |
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Kolkata’s date with Amitabh
Kolkata, July 18 Answering a query from the audience on the prize distribution ceremony of Pepsi contest, the Big B said, “We do often borrow from the life around us to play a character convincingly. It depends on the role. But ultimately it is the director who makes us behave in the way we behave on celluloid.” “I feel myself like a normal ordinary person till today. I am not at all overcome with my success,” he said. “It is because we are in a profession in which you see things larger than life that you tend to think so high of us. But it is just another profession. Only the environment around us makes us look larger than life,” he said. Barely a fortnight after his deification in the city in which he began his career as an ordinary salesman in 1963, Bachchan came here today to a tumultuous welcome to keep a date with the common man.
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Ex-serviceman’s wife,
children murdered Meerut, July 18 The
exserviceman, Mr Rishipal Singh, was seriously injured in the attack. He was admitted to a local hospital. According to the police, the gang members scaled the first-floor balcony at 11.30 p.m. to gain entry into the house. Mr Rishipal Singh’s wife Poonam (35), who was sleeping on the roof of the house, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and bricks, leading to her death. The gang members dragged her body downstairs. The gang members then entered a room of the house and killed the exserviceman’s son Deepak (16) and daughter Seema (13). The miscreants also attacked Mr Rishipal Singh, who was sleeping in another room. Presuming him to be dead, they then ransacked the house. The police suspects that it is the work of a gang that has been active in western Uttar Pradesh for over three years now. The modus operandi of the gang members is to first kill occupants of a house with iron rods, sharp-edged weapons and bricks and then loot
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White crow finds saviour Mumbai , July 18 Ms Bharti saved the crow from the attacks of its black-plumed cousins and the animal-loving couple were now rearing this nature’s rarity at home. The ‘albino’ crow has since generated a lot of public interest, and is making itself comfortable in the home of a person, who has saved quite a few of his feathered friends. An eagle, kingfisher and an American owl have all been beneficiaries of Prof Rajadhyaksha’s benevolence. Bombay Natural History Society spokesperson Issac Kehimkar said the crow suffered from a genetic disorder that rendered its plumes milky white. “This kind of genetic aberration has been known to happen, but is very rare. Maybe one in a thousand crows look like this,” he added.
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Tuskers
trample farmer to
death Daltonganj (Jharkhand), July 18 The police said the wild elephants trampled a farmer working on the outskirts of the village on Tuesday and went on a rampage damaging the houses.
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Tanker
hits motor cycle; 2 killed Sriganganagar, July 18 They have been identified as Rajinderpal Singh and Phoola Singh. They were coming to Sribijaynagar from their village, Chak 36 GB, at 10 a.m. when a speeding oil takner hit them from behind. While Phoola Singh died on the spot, Rajinderpal Singh died at local Civil Hospital. Rajinderpal Singh is the nephew of a former district Bar Council chief and NDPS Special Court Prosecuter, Mr Malkit Singh
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