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Lawyers, police lock horns again
CM’s Sangat Darshan evokes mixed reactions
Panel chief admits to misuse of laws for women
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Marital disputes top list of complaints
Health officials review dengue situation in city
Teachers’ union to meet CM
Bibiwala school secures first place in quiz competition
AIR programme
Woman jumps into canal with kids, feared dead
One hurt in firing incident
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Lawyers, police lock horns again
Bathinda, November 11 This time, lawyers are fuming at the alleged foul language used by Civil Lines SHO Sikandar Singh and freeing an arrested person. In protest, they observed strike for a day today. Earlier in the month of January, advocates launched a massive protest against former ASP Patil Ketan Baliram for allegedly beating up senior advocate Sukhdev Bahia's son. In a complaint to the
SSP, senior advocate Ved Parkash Singh Khurmi stated that following his complaint, a case was registered against one Dhanraj
Jain, Mukesh Jain, Amit Jain and two unidentified persons under Sections 427 and 506 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act at the Civil Line police station. Dhanraj was arrested on November 9 at around 2.30 pm but was released after around seven hours, he claimed. The police said the advocate had lodged a complaint against his tenants who had been occupying his shop on the Ajit Road for a long time. The lawyer accused his tenants of damaging the property and got a case registered. Advocate Khurmi said he contacted the SHO over the phone to know the status of the case and also enquired about the arrest of the co-accused. However, the SHO argued with him and declared that the FIR lodged against the accused was false, Khurmi added. The SHO also told the lawyer that the FIR did not have any charge that was a
non-bailable offence and allegedly spoke against the lawyer fraternity. The advocate approached the Bar Association president Mohinder Sidhu and former secretary Gurwinder Mann and apprised them about the SHO's alleged use of foul language against the lawyers. Taking a serious view of the matter, advocates boycotted work for a
day. Gurwinder Mann claimed that the recently appointed SHO cared two hoots about the advocate fraternity. Mann said on the one hand, the accused booked by the police were openly threatening the advocate while on the other, the SHO was allegedly favouring them. Demanding an immediate stringent action against the SHO and arrest of the accused, Mann said the lawyers would be forced to take the protest route if the police failed to take any action in this regard.
SHO Sikandar Singh, when contacted, refuted the charges levelled against him. He said the case was being investigated and until the inquiry was completed, the accused could not be arrested. Meanwhile, members of the District Bar Association today met Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP) Ravcharan Brar, who assured them that case would be investigated by SP (Detective) Naveen
Singla. The SSP said the issue was not pertaining to the Bar Association but a lawyer. "I have marked the enquiry to the SP (Detective), who would submit a detail report in this regard soon and action would be taken accordingly," Brar said. Allegations and rebuttal
* Advocate Ved Parkash Singh Khurmi alleged that when he contacted Civil Lines SHO Sikander Singh to know the status of the case lodged by him, the SHO argued with him and declared that the FIR lodged against the accused was false. The SHO allegedly spoke against the lawyer fraternity. *
SHO Sikandar Singh has refuted the charges levelled against him. He said the case was being investigated and until the inquiry was completed, the accused could not be arrested. |
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CM’s Sangat Darshan evokes mixed reactions
Bathinda, November 11 A Tribune team spoke to city residents about the CM's two-day programme that concluded in the city yesterday. While local Congress leaders are opposing the event tooth and nail by terming it a sheer wastage of time and money, the government terms it as the most effective and beneficial event to address public grievances. On the other hand, the common man lament the official indifference that crops up during the visit of any of the Badal family to the city as it hampers the routine functioning of the government offices since all the top and middle rung officials are at the visiting VIP's disposal. Though the district administration failed to keep a record of the number of complaints lodged or resolved during such programmes organised at 13 different locations, the government announced nearly Rs 1.5 crore for various development works in Bathinda during the two-day programme. People, however, continue to complain about the sewerage problem, potholed roads, lack of clean drinking water, stray cattle menace, rising road accidents, traffic chaos, staff shortage in government departments, ever rising electricity bills etc. The CM announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for a gaushala, Rs 5 lakh for Veer Bhawan in Veer Colony and Rs 50 lakh for the local Bar Association. Varied views about sangat darshan If the Sangat Darshan is organised to know the problems being faced by the common man, the functioning of the government departments deserves to be brought under the scanner. Over six years is more than enough a period to aquaint with the basic problems that people encounter, especially when the Badals belong to this area. Sangat Darshans are not only wastage of money and time but also exploitation of the government machinery and public servants. Since there is hardly any follow up of the complaints lodged at such events, it defeats the very purpose of lodging a grievance. The state government should instead refrain from levying taxes on the common man. — Jagroop singh Gill, Former municipal councillorInstead of holding such programmes at the expense of the state government, efforts ought to be made to strengthen the working in the government departments. Holding Sangat Darshan only adds to the financial burden of the state exchequer since the Chief Minister’s helicopter, hundreds of vehicles of civil servants and the entire security and protocol set-up are pressed into service in the name of listening to public grievances. — Jaswinder singh, resident, Model townThere are many people like me who always fail to meet the Chief Minister during Sangat Darshan due to security restrictions. Had the government officials performed their duties diligently and the councillors taken up the problems being faced by people in their wards on their own there would be no need to hold any such programme. The government should ensure proper functioning of its departments.— Bagga singh, resident, Multania road Most of the visitors to such events end up being harassed and become a laughing stock of the policemen on duty. Only the leaders and supporters of the ruling SAD-BJP alliance are lent an ear. Sangat Darshans are in fact a deterrent to the delivery of justice. Officials should be pulled up for not resolving the problems at the first stage itself.— Rupinder bindra, congress spokesperson The objective of such functions is always achieved by the Chief Minister, who interacts with the common man and announces grants for community development and also sorts out individual complaints on the spot. For instance, during the two-day programme, the Chief Minister understood the crux of the recurring sewerage problem. Besides, he announced grants for development works. Sometimes, government servants fail to execute works due to lack of funds. Sangat Darshans bring along grants for various works.— Baljit Singh Beerbehman, SAD leader and former Mayor
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Panel chief admits to misuse of laws for women
Bathinda, November 11 "The commission is wary of such frivolous cases, which are dismissed in the first few hearings. We strongly disapprove of the misuse of law," said Paramjit, who was in the city to hold a court to hear complaints from the districts of Bathinda, Sangrur, Barnala, Mansa and Muktsar. She was accompanied by a commission member, Veerpal Kaur Tarmala. Paramjit took over as the chairperson of the commission in January this year. "So far, we have disposed of 2,609 cases, which include cases of 2012 and 2013. Besides, we have received 1,277 complaints this year," she added. After reducing the pendency of cases, the PSWC is now focusing on holding seminars and camps in order to sensitise women to their rights and accessible legal aid. For this, the commission is tying up with the department of rural development, legal services authorities and the education department. "Post December 16 gang-rape, we realised the urgency to educate women about the ways in which they could protect themselves from prying eyes. Since the December 16 episode, laws have been amended and made more stringent. But women at the grassroots level are not aware of it. We now aim at educating these women," she said. Special workshops will be held for members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) as people take their problems to these elected representatives first. "Sadly enough, even the people's representatives are not well aware of different laws. We will train them. They will be provided with literature in a simplified language," she added. The commission chairman assured that she would take up the matter pertaining to the lesser prize money being given to women players in the World Kabaddi Cup that the state hosts every year, with the authorities concerned. She said it was unfortunate that the prize money for women teams was not even half of what men were paid. Urging the parents of newly married couples to exercise restrain on their speech and actions and not to intervene in their lives, Paramjit said parental intervention was the prime reason behind marital discord. "When you have married off your children, respect their demand for privacy and freedom to make own decisions. No marriage can work unless and until parents do not leave their children to take decisions for themselves," she added.
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Marital disputes top list of complaints
Bathinda, November 11 Accompanied by their relatives, women from Bathinda, Sangrur, Barnala, Mansa and Muktsar districts were summoned to the court along with the accused in the cases. In a few cases, the complainants failed to turn up of which the commission's chairperson Paramjit Kaur Landran took a serious notice. She was accompanied by a member of the commission Veerpal Kaur Tarmala and office superintendent Vijay Kumar. A complaint from village Manna in Malerkotla was the fall out of the Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) elections wherein the complaint was found to be politically motivated. The cases pertaining to young women were of marital discord. Poonam Rani from Malout, an employee with the postal department, has been facing the problem of living with her abusive husband, who is a teacher. The commission had heard the case earlier also and counselled the couple, but could not make them reach a compromise. It was decided that a DSP rank official be asked to investigate into the matter. Similarly, a young lawyer Pushpinder Kaur has been allegedly facing harassment at the hands of her mother-in-law Kulwant Kaur. While Kulwant Kaur had filed a complaint against Pushpinder before the PSWC, the former failed to turn up for hearing on time. The commission took a serious note of the absence of the complainant and said the case will be dismissed if the complainant does not turn up. In yet another case involving a young couple from Hazura Kapura, the girl's family approached the PSWC seeking justice against her husband. The girl's family demanded that the couple be allowed to stay separately from the boy's family to which the boy's mother objected to. While the members of the commission tried to find an amicable solution to the problem, both the parties said they would fight it out in the court. The cases of property dispute, involving elderly women, too remained a highlight of the hearing. In one of the cases, a deaf and mute 80-year- old woman, Baljit Kaur from village Burj Dhilwan, had turned up for the hearing with her brother. Having lost her seven children and husband, Baljit Kaur has a case registered against her in Rajasthan in a land deal. She also accused her brother Jagdev Singh of usurping her money. The members of the commission directed Jagdev to return Baljit's money and expressed their inability to help in the Rajasthan case. In yet another property dispute, a widow Mohinder Kaur from Sangrur accused her relatives of usurping her land while both the parties did not have any written record or proof to prove their ownership over the land. Sangrur police accused of not presenting challan in child marriage case
The mother of a 14-year-old resident of Sunam (district
Sangrur), who was being married off by her aunt, today accused the Sangrur police of not presenting a challan in the court against the seven accused who had been booked for trying to solemnise child marriage. The child's mother said her husband had died a few years ago after which she re-married. "I took away my son with me while my deceased husband's parents kept my daughter with them. In August this year, I got a call that my daughter was being married off. With much effort, I rescued her and got a case registered against her paternal aunt who was trying to get her married. Despite the registration of a case, the police is not presenting a challan in the court," she said. The PSWC members assured that they would direct the Senior Superintendent of Police
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Health officials review dengue situation in city
Bathinda, November 11 Civil surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni presided over the meeting. District Health Officer Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa said 387 samples of blood of suspected patients were collected and 119 have been found to be suffering from dengue so far. "The figure 119 constitutes around 28 per cent of the total figure. This proves that all fever cases are not dengue and at the same time, the viral fever continues in the city," he said. Besides checking the samples collected from government health facilities, the samples sent by private practitioners have also been tested. Dr Ashwani Mittal has sent the largest number of samples so far. Dr Randhawa said the purpose of getting confirmatory test was to ensure treatment for the patients as well as to have a targeted approach.
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Bathinda, November 11 The RMSA and SSA employees working at the office of the Director General of School Education (DGSE), Mohali, too joined hands with the agitating employees and stopped working. Amrit Pal Singh, a union member, flayed the action against the agitating RMSA and SSA employees during the Ropar rally on November 9. Another union leader Paramjit Singh said the CM had agreed to their demands in principle but nothing had been done. — TNS
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Bibiwala school secures first place in quiz competition
Bathinda, November 11 District science supervisor Jarnail Singh Bhodipura said students of classes IX and X competed for the quiz based on subjects like science, mathematics, social sciences and English held at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Mall Road. Thirty-three teams of the Bathinda block participated in the competition. Each team included a student of class IX and a student of class X. All the teams were screened and six of these were short-listed. These six teams were from the schools of Gehri Devi Nagar, Bibiwala, Harraipur, Mehma Sarja, Buladhewala and Behman Diwana. The final three winners were discussed after eight rounds of quiz. Director Employment Officer, Ferozepur zone, Punjab, Kuljit Singh Dullet honored the winners. The first position holder was given a cash prize of Rs 600, the second position holder was given a cash prize of Rs 400 while the third one was given a cash reward of Rs 300. Lecturers Babu Singh and Kapil Kumar convened the quiz. The team of Bibiwala village will compete at the district-level quiz contest to be held on November 22 at Des Raj Memorial School, Bathinda. Fact file
Students of classes IX and X competed for the quiz based on science, mathematics, social sciences and English held at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Mall Road. |
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Bathinda, November 11 District and Sessions Judge, Bathinda, Tejwinder Singh and Chief Judicial Magistrate (Legal Services, Bathinda and Muktsar Saheb), DS Relhan will be the guests at the studio. — TNS
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Woman jumps into canal with kids, feared dead
Bathinda, November 11 While the woman's body could not be recovered, some people who saw the trio jumping into the canal managed to rescue the children. The kids were brought to Bathinda Civil Hospital where their condition is now stated to be out of danger. The police said the woman has been identified as Simarjit Kaur, who married a labourer of Banawala village six years ago. The couple was blessed with a boy and a girl, who were now five years and one and a half years old, respectively. The children's grandparents and father were informed about the incident and they reached the Civil Hospital. The police said a case would be registered after recording the statements of the family members of the woman.
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One hurt in firing incident
Bathinda, November 11 The injured has been identified as Balraj Singh Raja, who received bullet injuries in his thigh. Balraj said there was a land dispute between his cousin Baal Singh and him. After harvesting the paddy crop, the land was to be made ready for the next crop. Baal Singh had gone to the land and tried to level the land following which heated arguments ensued between them. A shopkeeper spotted the accused carrying a pistol and after firing one gunshot the shopkeeper caught hold of him. The shopkeeper’s action helped Balraj escape. The Sangat police recorded the statements of the injured and the shopkeeper at the Civil Hospital. A case under various sections of the IPC, including attempt to murder, and the Arms Act was being registered by the police.
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Women’s Commission
(PSWC) chairperson Paramjit Kaur Landran today accepted that people try to misuse the laws meant for protection of women and file frivolous complaints to settle scores.
The court of the Punjab State Women's Commission (PSWC) today saw more number of cases of marital discord as well as property disputes come up for hearing today.
A woman along with her two kids jumped into the Rajasthan Feeder Canal today and is feared drowned.