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Chief Justice JS Khehar visits Dehradun
Controversy erupts over electric poles’ installation
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Cong leaders meet Secy over taxes
Husband, lover held for woman’s murder
27 statehood agitationists get cheques
Kshatriyas to hold rath yatra
HC toughens stand on encroachments
Congress stages dharna
Telephone lines damaged near Clock Tower
JNNURM projects: DM for speedy completion
Tibetan women observe uprising day
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Chief Justice JS Khehar visits Dehradun
Dehradun, March 12 Secretary Rajiv Sharma put across all grievances of the Bar, including impulsive behaviour of judges with lawyers, negligence of presiding officers in court room, variation between the list of public holidays given by the state government and courts and proposed the better use of empty rooms in the district court for various tribunals. Accepting the grievances of the Bar, the Chief Justice addressed them, for the first time in Hindi, with a sense of deep belongingness. He lauded advocates for informing him about antagonistic behaviour of judges and assured them of taking concrete action in this direction. He also urged advocates to call off their 27-year old strike of boycotting work on Saturday to press upon their demand to get the high court seat for Dehradun. He refused of owning any authority in this matter and suggested to resolve it politically. He also urged advocates to rather pay attention to the progression of their career instead of neglecting it for the sake of the high court. He invited them to work at Nainital, where he has managed to take 9.5-acre land for the construction of flats for advocates. He also informed the audience that by the month of May all pending vacancies of the District Sessions and Additional District and Sessions judges would be filled up in the state. Talking about his odyssey from a fun loving college boy to the honourable Chief Justice, he said, “I as a carefree college pass out lacked confidence initially to face the courts. Then after lot of struggle, the cases of poor people and Class IV employees came my way.” The tears twinkled in his eyes but he held them back by taking a long pause and said, “I got little bit money after much struggle, which I put in an envelop by writing name of my son on it, in case if something happened to me.” But success followed him thereafter. He said, “From Class IV employees to Class III, II and I, I earned money in lakhs, crores and more than that. I gave good education to my children, good medical care to my parents for 20 years. Then I felt peace in life. Now it was the time to give back the debt to the institution and people who brought me to this level. For the past 11 years, I paid the debt in Chandigarh and now is the turn of Uttarakhand.” He asked advocates to develop a sense of service but admitted that it could not be felt unless one became financially secure in life. He said, “Recognition comes in a lawyer’s life quite late when he becomes senior advocate, a position which makes him eligible for a judge’s position. “So I want you to dream of reaching those heights and shun strike for your personal growth’s sake and also to respect the time and money of litigants.” |
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Controversy erupts over electric poles’ installation
Dehradun, March 12 Washing his hands off from the controversy, Mayor Vinod Chamoli said, “It is for the first time I gave counsellors a free hand in deciding about the places for the installation of electric poles as they accuse me all the time of meddling in their affairs. Now, they have put me in an embarrassing situation and spoiled my image”. He also ridiculed the impression that the DMC had no idea about the poles being distributed first to counsellors and then the account being settled in the registers. “There is no place for storing 400 electric poles on DMC premises. So it was logical to dispatch these to counsellors straightway,” he said. The Mayor has now designated some staff to look into the matter to keep him informed. Miffed with senior counsellor of BJP Deepa Shah, who has threatened to commit suicide if the electric pole is shifted from the Bindal area, the Mayor said, “Deepa Shah, who installed the pole illegally in the middle of the Bindal river area, has threatened suicide if the pole is removed from the place. But if she is sticking to her ground, I too can not accept her wrongdoings with open eyes. I’ll not be providing electric current to the pole”. Chamoli said there was no question of providing electricity to the slum area, which in any case had to be shifted. Deepa defending her action said people in the slum area around the Bindal river had been living there for the past 25-30 years and had got voter cards and ration cards, which was why they had all rights to have basic amenities”. |
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Cong leaders meet Secy over taxes
Dehradun, March 12 Senior leader Dinesh Aggrawal said: “It is illogical to impose UP pattern of taxes on Uttarakhand which is entirely different in its geographical nature. All Congress councillors at the last board meetings had rejected these measures, still they are being imposed on people. Then the uniformity in taxes without considering the class different is wrong. “The small enterpreuners, who are already burdened with sky-rocking construction costs, would find it much difficult to pay these taxes. The slums that have also been brought under the tax purview will not be able to pay them at all. The DMC has failed to do any development work in the 18 villages, where it is asking for taxes which is unbearable.” Delegation, comprising Pritam Singh, Jot Singh Gunsola and leader of Congress councillors Ashok Verma, urged Vadhawan to cancel the new tax regulations unless the state did not have its own MC Act. |
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Husband, lover held for woman’s murder
Nainital, March 12 The accused, Nitin Parmar and Kosi Singh, were arrested yesterday and were sent to judicial custody. The police is learnt to have recovered a knife from a kitchen garden that was used to kill Alpana. The charred body of Alpana was recovered under suspicious circumstances from her bedroom while her infant child lay near her. There were injury marks on her neck and arms. Interestingly, a gas cylinder was also found at the spot whose presence in the bedroom could not be logically explained. Later, it was found that the duo of Nitin and Kosi had tried to burn the body of Alpana after the crime and had wanted to pass the incident as an accident. Kosi was also found unconscious in the same house. It is learnt that Alpana had frequent fights with her husband over his relations with Kosi and on Wednesday she had called Kosi to her house with an intention to persuade her into putting an end to her relations with Nitin. However, the situation had taken an ugly turn and the accused had allegedly gone on to kill Alpana. Alpana had been married to a private bank employee Nitin Parmar three years ago. He had earlier related to the police that he had been informed of the incident by Kosi following which he had rushed to the house to find Alpana lying burnt on the floor. He had also said that a woman working close to the house had entered the house and had doused the burning gas cylinder with water and had dragged Alpana away from the spot. Fake currency deposited in bank
Dehradun: Fake currency totalling Rs 700 was deposited in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch situated at Astle Hall here. Anil Banjori, Manager of Indian Reserve Bank (IRB), Kanpur (UP), lodged a complaint in this regard with the Kotwali police yesterday. He said two notes of Rs 100 and one of Rs 500 were deposited in the Astle Hall branch of the PNB by some unidentified person(s). A case under Section 489-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered. |
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27 statehood agitationists get cheques
Dehradun, March 12 Copies of govt order burnt The Uttarakhand Andolankari Sanyukat Parishad held a protest against discrepancies and anomalies in the government orders regarding the list of selected statehood agitators and burnt its copies here today. The protesters alleged that in the newly founded Uttarakhand state people had expected that the government would implement its policies keeping in view the sentiments of the people of the state. They further alleged that the policies of the government were biased and were favouring particular groups of people only. The people of the state are made to suffer with such government policies. |
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Kshatriyas to hold rath yatra
Dehradun, March 12 It also claimed to go door to door to give the message and education of Maharana Pratap, Prithviraj Chauhan, Chatrpati Shivaji, Rani Lakhsmi Bai, Guru Gobind Singh and others to make the nation strongest. While convener Yasvant Pundir shedding light on the political field said mahasabha wanted to take the message of great history of Kshatriyas to every house to make people aware that they had the biggest contribution in the freedom fight. He also said mahasabha wanted that being warriors the Kshatriyas be given 50 per cent reservation to put an end to corruption and terrorism. According to mahasabha members, in the entire country a core committee Kshatriya Jagran Rath Yatra would be organised and the members would go village-to-village distributing pamphlets, pictures of Kshatriya and pasting of posters. |
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HC toughens stand on encroachments
Mussoorie, March 12 Pundir, along with Bhandari, made a physical assessment of the situation. He seemed dissatisfied with the job done by the Palika. Later speaking to the media, he said he visited several sites and found a large number of anomalies. He also visited several sites on the Camels Back Road, including new construction being done by the Nagar Palika. Pradeep Bhandari, who has filed the PIL, said a PIL was filed in 2005 in the High Court and the Nagar Palika in response had filed a counter affidavit giving a false commitment of removing the encroachments but instead the encroachments had increased in the town. Pradeep Bhandari said the High Court had taken a strong view of non compliance and many heads will roll if found guilty. |
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Congress stages dharna
Dehradun, March 12 Addressing the agitators, Rawat accused the ruling BJP of resorting to a large-scale corruption in the allotment of these projects to private companies. He said the BJP had crossed limits of corruption by putting the very resources of the state at sale. Congress MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh, who was first to arrive at the venue of dharna reiterated that the Congerss would continue with its struggle against corruption. He said there was a complete anarchy in the state and corruption was prevailing from top to bottom in the administration. Ranjeet Singh Rawat said the Congress won’t allow the BJP to sell state’s assets for benefiting a few persons. It alleged a large-scale underhand dealing in the projects’ deals. Govind Singh Kunjwal and other Congress legislators participated in the dharna. The dharna was held under the aegis of the Mahanagar Congress Committee. |
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Telephone lines damaged near Clock Tower
Mussoorie, March 12 After repeated complaints, the SDO of the
telephone exchange reached the site to take stock of the situation and found that the line was damaged at several places. Speaking to the media, he said the lines had been shattered due to demolition work being carried out at the Clock Tower and could be repaired only after the construction work finished. He also said no notice was served on them to remove the lines prior to carrying out the tower. This move of the Palika has angered the residents and they are planning to complain to the higher authorities. |
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JNNURM projects: DM for speedy completion
Nainital, March 12 Under the plan for construction of new buildings, the Public Works Department (PWD) had been given the task to construct buildings worth Rs 11.65 crore in Durgapur and Rs 10.49 crore in Narayan Nagar. Works on a proper sewerage system and a proper water supply for Nainital are being executed by Peyjal Nigam. Under the ADB financed projects water supply schemes and waste water management schemes are being put in place for Nainital and Haldwani, while the proposals for the same are being prepared for Ramnagar. |
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Tibetan women observe uprising day
Dehradun, March 12 While addressing the gathering at Gandhi Park, Chief Justice (North) of the Tibetan government in exile Norpa said despite the peaceful measures adopted by the people of Tibet, the repressive Chinese regime continued to suppress the basic human rights of the Tibetan people. Six thousand Tibetans were already imprisoned and another 4,000 were missing,” he added. Meanwhile, president of the association (Dekyiling) Tsering Bhuti said the Tibetan women would continue with their struggle. “Over the past 51 years, we have displayed courage in the face of the Chinese government’s illegal occupation of Tibet.” —
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Asks lawyers to end 27-yr-old strike
Dehradun, March 12
The High Court has taken a strong notice of the non-compliance of its previous directions on encroachments in
Mussoorie. Acting on the PIL filed by Pradeep Bhandari, the High Court ordered advocate Ajay Veer Pundir to assist Bhandari and make a physical verification on how much work had been done in this regard by the Nagar
Palika, Mussoorie, as mentioned in their affidavit filed before the High Court here today.
