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EDUCATION

Panchkula NIFD students get diplomas
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
The students of Panchkula’s National Institute of Fashion Design were awarded diplomas on the occasion of the annual convocation of the institute. Apart from Miss India Universe Neha Dhupia, the diplomas were also awarded by Mr Rajiv Rudy, Union Minister of Industry and Commerce. Among those awarded were students belonging to fashion, textile and interior design courses.

Special awards of toppers went to Vandana Sharma from textile design (two-year course) and Surbhi and Arvinder from fashion design (one-year and two-year course, respectively).

Under the management of Mr Jasjit Sandhu, the Panchkula centre has been boasting of a high placement record. In fact as per the annual report of the institute, the centre has almost 100 per cent absorption rate. On the occasion of convocation, Mr Sandhu talked about the factors which made the centre worthy today. Centre manager Neeraj Verma, emphasised the need of more awareness about these courses among the wards of students.

Environment main theme of school function
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 12
The annual day function at St. Michael’s School here was celebrated with environment being the main theme.

The students, in their own inimical way, presented the creation of five elements of the universe. Then they depicted the coming of man in this universe and his progress. It was shown that man slowly got proud of his intellectual feats and glorifying in his greed, pollutes the environment.

Slowly, his inner voice and his conscious guides him to live in harmony with his surroundings . The choreography then showed how clean air, pure water , controlled fire and smokeless skies make him happy and even other animals on the planet Earth relish in the bountiful beauties of nature and search for his mates.

This ended with the children breaking into a song and dance sequence, following his excitement at being able to develop a balance with the nature.

The chief guest, Mr G.S. Sardana, Director, Manav Mangal School, Chandigarh and Panchkula, appreciated the children for a beautiful presentation in their effort to spread the message of living in harmony. Earlier, the Director of the school, Col Mahindru, read the annual report of the school and informed that the results of the school were cent per cent this year.

Debate on classical homoeopathy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
A debate and group discussion on classical homoeopathy in the true sense was held in Homoeopathy Medical College, Sector 26, here yesterday. The event organised by Dr Nirmal Dua, chairperson, extra-curricular activities, the college was inaugurated by Dr K.K. Dhiman, principal. In his address, he encouraged the students to participate actively in such academic activities and to study thoroughly in order to excel in their field. The winning team included Rajinder Singh, Pankaj Prashar, Paras Mangla, Bhavna Chopra, Bhavneet Kaur.

Suchy Chugh got the first individual prize, while Gunjan came second and Pankaj Prashar got the third prize. Pankaj Prashar was also chosen as the best speaker in the group discussion.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Order against Rathore quashed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
Allowing an application filed by Haryana’s Director-General of Police S.P.S. Rathore, Mr Justice R.C. Kathuria of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today quashed an order directing the addition of Section 306 IPC, (abetment to suicide), to the charge sheet.

Challenging the order passed on October 23 last year by CBI’s Special Judicial Magistrate at Ambala allowing an application for adding the section, Rathore, in his plea, claimed that order was illegal, manifestly wrong and deserved to be set aside.

Giving details, he submitted that the fact regarding Ruchika’s suicide had not even been prima facie established from the statements recorded during the investigation. He further submitted that it was nowhere mentioned in the charge sheet that he was in any manner responsible for Ruchika’s death. There was no connection between Ruchika’s death on December 29, 1993, and the alleged act of molestation on August 12, 1990.

His counsel had contended that Ruchika, in her statement recorded during the inquiry, had not disclosed her intention to commit suicide on account of the humiliation she was subjected to on account of the alleged act.

Costs imposed in appointment case

Allowing a petition filed by a Patiala resident seeking the quashing of orders passed by Punjab’s Director of Public of Instruction (P) denying her appointment to the post of JBT teacher, a Division Bench of the High Court, headed by Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi, today imposed costs of Rs 10,000.

In her petition, Ms Jasvir Kaur Saini had contended that her claim had been illegally rejected on the ground that she was over-age on January 1, 1996, even though the upper age limit had been raised.

Mann’s plea dismissed

Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel of the High Court today dismissed a petition filed by Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, MP, seeking the registration of a first information report against Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee, Home Minister L.K. Advani and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for allegedly brandishing swords during election rallies.

In his petition, Mr Mann had stated that the act of brandishing swords, as evident from photographs published in the newspapers, was an offence under Section 25 of Arms Act and was punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than three years, extending up to seven years.

ADAs’ finalisation held up

Issuing notice of motion for August 29 to the state of Punjab and other respondents, a Division Bench of the High Court on Tuesday ordered that the selection of Assistant District Attorneys will not be finalised.

The orders issued by the Bench, headed by Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi, against the finalisation of the selection process are significant as, according to petitioner Satnam Singh of Barnala, 51 posts of ADAs had been advertised. Seeking the quashing of the entire process, the petitioner had also sought directions for reholding the examinations under the supervision of the High Court.

Alleging the adoption of corrupt practices, his counsel had claimed that the interview was illegal, null and void. News reports regarding corrupt practices too had been published, he had added.

5-year RI for abducting woman
Our Correspondent

Panchkula, February 12
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.K. Kapoor, today sentenced Anish Jumma, alias Billu, a resident of Meerut, to five-year rigorous imprisonment besides a fine.

Mr Manoj Yadav, SP, said the accused had been arrested for abducting the wife of Mr Harish Mittal, a resident of Sector 7, from Meerut on November 25, 1999.

The complainant had alleged that someone had abducted his wife when she had gone to a park. After a tip-off, the police came to know that a tantrik , Baba Bengali, who was a resident of Sector 19, had taken the woman to some unidentified place. Raids were conducted by the police at different suspected hideouts of the tantrik, following which the woman and the accused were found at Meerut.

Petition dismissed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
Mr Justice Amar Dutt of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a petition filed by a social organisation challenging a notification through which the Municipal Council was created for certain sectors of the Panchkula's Urban Estate.

Delivering the verdict on the petition filed by the Citizens Welfare Association, along with another petitioner, Mr Justice Dutt observed in the open court: "In my opinion, no ground is made out for accepting this writ petition and for setting aside the impugned notification by which the state of Haryana had created the Municipal Council for certain sectors of Panchkula's Urban Estate.