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CBI probe ordered into minor’s ‘custodial’ death
June 30 deadline for applying for consent to operate: Pollution board
Gurgaon to host World Economic Forum conclave
Special lok adalats in summer vacation
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Security apparatus in place to check illegal sand mining
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CBI probe ordered into minor’s ‘custodial’ death
Chandigarh, June 16 The Haryana Police wasted no time to pass on Ali Mohammad’s alleged custodial death as an aftermath of a legitimate action on the part of a security guard in Gurgaon. But, the haste it showed in completing the files and presenting its side before the Bench left the Punjab and Haryana High Court suspicious. Skeptical of the undue haste shown by policemen, Justice Ranjit Singh has now handed over the probe to the CBI. The case
The alleged custodial death case came to the high court’s notice after it received a telegram from Ali’s father, Wali Ahmed, of Gurgaon. He alleged that his minor son had been picked up by the police on January 26, Republic Day, from Khandsa road. Wali claimed Ali had been detained illegally and tortured mercilessly. His condition was serious and the policemen wanted to involve him in a false and frivolous case. The high court later received another telegram alleging that his son had been murdered. Inspector Ramesh Kumar and ASI Rakesh Kumar of Sector 10 Police Station were the accused in the offence. The faux pas
The high court issues notice to Haryana and other respondents. But “what followed thereafter was an eye-opener”. Justice Ranjit Singh observed, “Unlike the usual lethargy shown by the police in such cases to respond, it was rather prompt in filing reply on the first date. Perhaps, the police was seeking a decent burial of this case in hurry, so that it could avoid minute examination of the facts.” The police asserted that a case was registered on January 30, on the statement of security guard Leeladhar. The guard reported that he fired in the air after three or four youngsters attempted to enter a plot, where he was on duty, for committing robbery. The firing could have caused injury, he added. The verdict
Justice Ranjit Singh asserted the contents of the complaint “may leave enough indication about the complaint being a made up story” and the FIR appeared to be a procured complaint. Justice Ranjit Singh asserted instead of investigating and taking Leeladhar to task, the police foisted a case of attempted robbery on Ali. The conclusions were “recorded so hurriedly that these would sound unreal and made-up ones”. |
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June 30 deadline for applying for consent to operate: Pollution board
Chandigarh, June 16 “All units in Haryana must apply for consent to operate by June 30 and in case of non-compliance, penal action, including prosecution and closure, shall be taken against the defaulting units. The penal action shall also be taken against defaulting units not having the effluent treatment plant (ETP) and discharging untreated effluent through borewell into an aquifer,” said PK Gupta, chairman of the board. Recently, the board decided that the consent to operate for the green category industries (less-polluting industries) would be for five years while the units under the orange category (moderately polluting) would get consent for three years. The highly polluting red category industries would get the “consent to operate” for only two years. Regarding penal action against defaulting units the regional officers were directed to identify newly covered units under the red, orange and green categories by August 15. Meanwhile, Gupta said all pending cases for consent to operate, pending for over 90 days at the district headquarters, will now be referred to the head office. Earlier, the board had decided that from this financial year, the consent would be renewed by the District Level Clearance Committee or Head Office of the HSPCB by the first week of April 2012, based on the previous test results so as to ensure that industrial units, which were complying with the pollution norms, were having valid consent to operate in advance.
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Gurgaon to host World Economic Forum conclave
Chandigarh, June 16 To be jointly organised by the Geneva-based WEF, an independent international organisation committed for improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas and the Haryana Government on the theme of “From deliberation to transformation”, the conclave will take a close look at the Indian economy 20 years after its liberalisation and globalisation, official sources said. The liberalisation of the Indian economy has unleashed an unparalleled period of sustained high growth resulting in new challenges in form of rising inflation, a falling growth rate, delays in much-needed reforms and waning of investor confidence. These and other issues having an impact on the Indian economy in general and Haryana’s economy in particular will be discussed threadbare at the summit. In fact, a site meeting with a WEF team is slated to be held under the chairmanship of YS Malik, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Industries, on June 19 to finetune a strategy on issues, including immigration and airport support, marketing, logistics and security matters. Against the backdrop of India overtaking Japan as the world’s third largest economy by 2015 and surpassing China as the most populous nation by 2030, the deliberations assume importance. Food for thought for
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Special lok adalats in summer vacation
Gurgaon, June 16 Stating this here today, the Gurgaon Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) secretary, Narinder Kaur, said two Benches had been constituted for organising these special lok adalats. One bench comprises Jasbir Singh, Civil Judge (Senior Division)-cum-Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate and Advocate Sunil Sharma, legal-aid counsel, while the second Bench comprises Ashok Mann, Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-Judicial Magistrate First Class, who would be accompanied by Advocate Vedpal Yadav. |
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Security apparatus in place to check illegal sand mining
Faridabad, June 16 Sources said measures to stop illegal mining and to deal with miscreants were firmed up during a meeting between Faridabad Deputy Commissioner Balraj Singh and Police Commissioner Shatrujit Singh Kapur a few days ago. Officials said the district authorities had identified more than 24 villages along the Yamuna as “sensitive” from the point of view of illegal mining of sand. They include Basantpur, Agwanpur, Dadasiya, Kidwali, Dalolpur, Rajpur Kalan, Alipur Shikargaah, Tilori, Amipur, Mauzabad, Manjhauli, Ghudaasan, Chandpur, Arua and Chaisa. The authorities have decided to increase police presence at key locations.
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