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Welcome HC stay on re-election for MCD panel members, step towards justice: Delhi BJP

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New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday welcomed the Delhi High Court ruling putting a stay on the re-election for six members of the Standing Committee of the MCD that was scheduled for February 27, and said this was a “step towards justice”.
Interacting with reporters, Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said Mayor Shelly Oberoi had made a “wrong, immoral and unconstitutional announcement” on Friday to hold the election afresh.
“Now, the high court has put a stay on this unconstitutional move. And, this is a good decision, a decision that will sustain democracy. We welcome this stay. Truth will triumph and whatever result will eventually come out of it… We feel that the results of the technical experts in the election for the members of the Standing Committee will hold good,” he said.
Kamaljeet Sehrawat, BJP councillor and one of three candidates from the saffron party in the election, said the court’s stay meass that “our demands were valid”.
“The hearing went for one hour and 35 minutes, and the other party’s counsel was asked what right the mayor has in announcing a fresh election for the standing committee’s members without finality on the election already held on Friday. So, this is a step towards justice,” she told reporters.
Sehrawat, a senior BJP leader and a former mayor of south Delhi, said the entire election process went smoothly and counting was also done without any disturbance, then on what grounds a fresh election was announced, without completion of the poll already conducted.
BJP councillor Shikha Rai alleged that Mayor Shelly Oberoi was behaving like a “dictator” on Friday and not announcing the results, despite the technical experts having submitted the documents on it.
“On February 22 also, she had held councillors captive in the House by stretching the proceedings overnight and till next morning,” Rai alleged.

Earlier in the day, addressing a press conference, Sachdeva had alleged that the re-election for members of the MCD panel, called by the mayor on Monday, was “undemocratic and unconstitutional”.
Later in the day, the Delhi High Court stayed the re-election for six members of the Standing Committee of the MCD, on two pleas.
Justice Gaurang Kanth, in a special hearing held on a court holiday, said prima facie it appeared that the mayor, who was also the returning officer, is conducting the re-election on Monday without declaring results of the previous poll held on February 24 which is in violation of regulations.
The high court said the regulations nowhere reflect that the Delhi mayor has authority to declare the election of Standing Committee members as null and void.
It issued a notice to the returning officer and others on two pleas challenging the decision to hold re-election without declaring the results of the earlier poll.
“Notice to hold re-election shall remain stayed till the next date of hearing,” the judge said.
The Delhi BJP tweeted in Hindi on Saturday evening, “Delhi High Court has failed AAP’s plan. Kejriwal ji, how will your game of dirty politics go on?”
It also shared a news clip on the stay granted by the high court.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 25, 2023
Kunan-Poshpora: 32 years on, justice eludes victims of mass rape

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It was the night of February 23, 1991, when Indian Army soldiers conducted anti-insurgency searches in two sleepy twin villages – Kunan and Poshpora – in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. They forced the men out of their homes, confined them to a faraway place, and then proceeded to mass rape over 50 women – young and old.
What happened 32 years back
Under the guise of a search and cordon operation, soldiers of the 4th Rajputana Rifles of the 68th Brigade barged into the villagers’ homes and dragged the men to interrogation centers where they were allegedly tortured, beaten, and electrocuted throughout the night.
While the women were allegedly raped, beaten, and abused in their houses.
According to a TRT video that talks about the distressing experience, the youngest victim was 13 years old while the oldest victim was 80 years.
After two days
Two days after the horror night, the lamberdar (zamindar) of Kunan village and one of the key witnesses Abdul Aziz Shah reported the incident to the then Kupwara district magistrate S M Yasin.
Yasin visited the village to investigate and note down the testimonies of 23 alleged victims. He later mentioned that many unmarried rape victims did not come forward fearing they would not find a suitable groom in the future.
In his report sent to the then divisional commissioner of Kashmir, Wajahat Habibullah, he mentioned that the Army men “behaved like beasts” and that he feels “ashamed to put in black and white the kind of atrocities and their magnitude that were brought to my notice”. Within 15 days of the filing of the report, he was transferred to the Muslim Auqaf Trust as a special officer.
Habibullah visited the villages and said the alleged mass rape is highly doubtful and exaggerated.

In his confidential report submitted to the government, Habibullah stated, “If in each case rape was committed by five to 15 persons as alleged, there would have to have been at least 300 men in the village doing nothing but this! In fact, the number of men was 150. It is impossible to believe that officers of a force such as the Indian Army would lead their men into a village with the sole aim of violating its women. Even if it were possible to concede this and the Army was indeed such a brutal force, it would then be impossible to explain why the officers themselves did not participate in such an orgy.”
However, speaking to the Sunday Express, Habibullah claimed that the government deleted portions of his report. “The paragraphs of my confidential report where I had recommended that the level of investigation be upgraded to that of a gazetted police officer so that this case is probed efficiently were taken out of my report. I had also asked that the Corps Commander should issue orders to ensure that the Army cooperates with the investigation because SP Kupwara had indicated that in other cases, he was not getting the required cooperation for investigation from the Army. That paragraph was also deleted,” Habibullah said.
Government’s clean chit to Indian Army
On March 8 an FIR was lodged at the Trehgam police station. The then SP of Kupwara Dilbagh Singh formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the case.
Pressure was mounting on the government to act. Subsequently, the Press Council of India appointed a committee headed by veteran journalist B G Verghese to report.
Verghese along with his team interviewed the alleged rape victims. This time, 40 women came forward to narrate their ordeal.
However, Verghese’s report did not match either Yasin’s or Habibullah’s reports. His report stated that the allegations were ‘a hoax orchestrated by militant groups and their sympathizers to defame the Indian Army.’
“Why was the incident not reported for “ten days”, since the village was “not that remote”, and if it was a question of shame, how was it that the same women talked about it “tirelessly” later on?” the report stated.
The committee felt that the “delayed medical examination” proved nothing; there was no medical report but only “women’s say so”, and a “torn hymen”, as in the case of three unmarried women, could be a result of “natural factors, injury, pre-marital sex or rape”.
Kupwara SP Dilbagh Singh was transferred. On September 23, with Verghese’s report, the case was termed ‘unfit’ for criminal prosecution and subsequently closed.
PIL filed in 2013
In October 2011, rape victims from the villages approached the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to re-open the case. In 2013, around 50 women, under the banner of Support Group for Justice for Kunan Poshpora, filed a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) before the J&K High Court seeking implementation of the SHRC recommendations.
Although the J&K police reasons why the case should remain closed, the Kupwara magistrate dismissed it and directed further investigations.
The case was shifted to the J&K high court which ordered the state government to compensate the victims. The state government then filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the HC’s order.
On March 10, 2015, the Supreme Court stayed the proceedings and 23 years later the Kunan Poshpora case remains unresolved.
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February 24, 2023
Nikki Yadav murder case: Victim’s family planning to write to PM for justice

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Jhajjar: The family members and supporters of Nikki Yadav, who was allegedly murdered by her purported husband Sahil Gehlot, so he could marry again, are planning to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the accused be tried in a fast track court and receive stern punishment.
“We, along with 36 other communities, will jointly write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demand the case be moved to fast track court,” Yadav Samaj district chief Virendra Yadav, commonly known as ‘Daroga’ in the area, said.
Daroga said that in coming days they will hold a meeting with the members of Yadav community and decide their further course of action. “We are also planning a candle march to pay our respects to the deceased Nikki,” he said.
“We want the case to be fast track and Daroga from our community is planning to write a letter to the PM. My fight will continue till the accused is hanged till death,” said Nikki’s father Sunil Yadav, in his house at village Kheri Khummar, two km away from Haryana’s Jhajjar city and 144 km from Delhi.
Daroga said that there is extreme anger among the villagers and community members over the brutal murder of Nikki Yadav. “She should be given justice and the only way to give justice is if the case is heard in a fast track court and the culprit gets capital punishment,” he said.
Days after it was believed that Nikki and Gehlot were both live-in partners, the accused interrogation had revealed that the couple had actually tied a knot at an Arya Samaj temple in nearby Greater Noida in October 2020.
Nikki Yadav’s body was found in a fridge at dhaba, owned by Gehlot, in Mitraon village, outskirts of Delhi on Valentine’s Day (February 14). He had allegedly killed her on February 10 and gone on to marry another woman on the same day.
Police have also arrested Gehlot’s father, his two cousins Ashish and Naveen (a constable in Delhi Police) and two friends, Amar and Lokesh, for hatching a conspiracy to get rid of Nikki and go ahead with the wedding with another girl.

The interrogation of Gehlot revealed that he had earlier planned to push her out of a moving car and show her death as an accident.
As his plan could not work out, he then strangled her with a charging data cable in the car at Nigambodh Ghat parking and then stuffed her body inside the fridge in his dhaba.
Meanwhile, Nikki’s family members said that the murder of their daughter was not done in fit of rage but was a pre-planned conspiracy and so far they are completely satisfied with the ongoing Delhi Police’s Crime Branch investigation.
“As we see the circumstances of the murder, from no possible way it was the result of sudden outrage. They had planned it and Gehlot went to Bindapur flat with the intention to kill her. Everybody who is involved in the murder should be given a death sentence,” Parveen Yadav, Nikki’s uncle, said.
Nikki’s uncle is a Kargil war veteran and had even lost a part of his right arm during the war.
Nikki’s father, who runs an automobile business in Gurugram had shifted back to their house in the village from Dwarka in 2020 after Nikki’s grandfather Ramkishan asked them to, however, Nikki continued her studies in Delhi, said a relative.
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February 22, 2023
Hyderabad: Half-naked farmer from Warangal walks for justice

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Hyderabad: A half-naked farmer hailing from Ponagal village of Warangal district, carried a plough on his shoulder and a rope in his hand on Friday and then walked from Indira Park to the Director General of Police’s (DGP) office here seeking justice from the ruling BRS.
The farmer, Surendar demanded that the Telangana government ensure rigorous punishment to his brother and BRS leaders for cheating him by forging his land documents.
He claimed that if he was found guilty of enacting a show, he may be hanged to death in the centre of the state capital. Surendar alleged that local BRS leaders forged his land documents and pressurizing him to transfer his land in the name of his brother.
Surender bemoaned the lack of police inaction and stated that the law-enforcing authorities took his issue lightly and remained calm. The hapless farmer said if the documents forged by BRS leaders is found to be true, he may be hanged to death in the centre of the city, otherwise the authorities concerned should discharge justice.
When the protesting farmer reached the DGP’s office at Lakdikapul to meet the DGP to apprise him of his woes, the security personnel disallowed him. Outside the DGP’s office, Surendar urged the Governor, Chief Justice of Telangana High Court and the DGP to intervene and solve his issue.
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February 17, 2023
Pence confirms he will fight Justice Department subpoena

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Pence said he expected Trump would also move to quash the subpoena on the basis that it intrudes on executive privilege by seeking details of conversations between him and Trump.
“My understanding is that President Trump will assert that. That’s not my fight,” Pence said. “My fight is on the separation of powers.”
POLITICO reported on Tuesday that Pence planned to fight a grand jury subpoena issued recently by Smith and that the challenge would not be based on executive privilege but instead on the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause. That language has been interpreted to give broad legal protections to senators and House members, as well as members of their staffs.
How, if at all, it applies to Pence is uncertain. He’s expected to claim that he was acting in a legislative capacity as president of the Senate on Jan. 6, so forcing him to answer questions about that subject would violate the separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government.
“My fight against the DOJ subpoena, very simply, is on defending the prerogatives that I had as president of the Senate to preside over the joint session of Congress on January 6th,” the former vice president said.
Pence, who is mulling entering the 2024 presidential race and effectively pitting himself against his former boss, appears to also be seeking to accomplish a kind of political straddle. Fighting the subpoena could endear him to some Trump backers, while also appealing to hard-core constitutionalists who consider themselves Republicans but are steadfastly opposed to Trump.
During his comments to reporters on Wednesday, Pence reiterated that he believed Trump was “wrong” to repeatedly pressure him — in public and private — to overturn the election on Jan. 6. Trump pushed Pence to use his perch as president of the Senate to refuse to count electoral votes for Joe Biden, a final desperate bid by Trump to remain in power despite losing the election.
But Pence heeded legal advice that he had no unilateral power to reject slates of electors from states where Biden had prevailed.

Pence also said that “reckless” rhetoric by Trump endangered him and his family, who had to flee the mob for hours.
“It’s also wrong to establish a precedent where a legislative official could be called into a court by an executive branch,” he said.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

February 16, 2023
Cricketers in Hyderabad welcome SC appointment of Justice Rao to clean up the mess

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For too long Hyderabad cricket has traveled along a dark tunnel. There seemed to be no end to the journey and even the BCCI was unable to find a solution. But now with the Supreme Court having appointed Justice L. Nageswara Rao to clean up the mess and conduct elections, there is light visible at the end of the tunnel. There is hope that the mismanagement and malpractices under the present dispensation headed by Md. Azharuddin will end.
Justice Nageswara Rao will oversee the conduct of the elections and this step has been welcomed by many players and officials as well as the fans. Earlier supervisory body which had Justice Kakru as its head was tied up in various problems. This time a single member committee has been appointed. Everybody hopes that there will be a positive outcome. Justice Rao who hails from Hyderabad was a cricketer himself and knows the inside stories of the HCA. The cricket players and fans of Hyderabad certainly deserve a better deal than the one they have been given for the last three years.
Former international cricketer and Hyderabad’s ex-captain Arshad Ayub is optimistic that the problems will be solved. He told siasat.com “I think that for Hyderabad cricket this announcement is like a second independence day. We are at last free of the shackles that had imprisoned us. The supervisory committee which was earlier appointed by the Supreme Court tried to get things done but it faced several difficulties.”
“The reason why I am more hopeful is because Justice Nageswara Rao was himself a cricket player. He knows the situation inside the HCA and understands what has to be done. Plus, his job is clear cut. He has to conduct and oversee the election process. He is an experienced person and I think that we are going to see some real progress this time,” said Arshad.
Former HCA secretary S. Venkateswaran was elated. “It is a huge positive step. A lot of spadework has already been done. I can definitely state that from here onwards things will go well and I am sure that many clubs will agree with me about this. But before conducting the elections, a proper voters list has to be drawn up. This could be a messy task because so many new clubs have cropped up. However, there is a precedent which was set during the conduct of the previous HCA elections by V S Sampath Kumar, former Chief Election Commissioner. His work can serve as the base this time,” Venkat explained.
“The other task before Justice Rao is to go into the financial irregularities. Shivlal Yadav has said that for three years the accounts have not been submitted. Earlier, the BCCI never used to release grants to the state bodies unless the audited accounts were submitted. I don’t know why they have decided to overlook this important rule in the case of the HCA. Imagine how many crore must have gone into the pockets of corrupt elements,” said Venkat.
It may be recalled that Sports Minister V. Srinivas Goud had said recently that the state government would not hesitate to take back the land given to HCA for the Uppal stadium and would run the stadium on its own if required. If the Supreme Court’s latest move bears fruit, that situation may not arise. The mood is upbeat. But a clear outcome is could be assessed what transpires in the next three or four months.

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February 15, 2023
Justice NK Singh Sworn In As Chief Justice Of High Court Of J&K And Ladakh

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SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha administered Oath of Office to Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as Chief Justice of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at an impressive Oath Ceremony held at Convention Centre in Jammu on Wednesday.
Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of JK and Ladakh
An official handout reads that at a ceremony held today in the Convention Centre, Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
He took and subscribed to the oath of office before the Lieutenant Governor, UT of J&K, Manoj Sinha.
After administering Oath Lt Governor congratulated Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh and wished him a highly successful tenure as Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

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February 15, 2023
Justice strongest candidate against Manchin, GOP poll says

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The poll was commissioned by the Senate Leadership Fund, the top GOP super PAC with close ties to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Justice has not decided to enter the race yet, though he’s said he that is “leaning” toward a bid. Manchin similarly has not decided whether he will run for reelection and has indicated he’s in no rush to decide.
“Senator Manchin continues to consider the best way he can serve his state and country. But make no mistake, he will win whatever race he enters,” said Sam Runyon, a spokesperson for Manchin.
Justice has near-universal name ID in West Virginia, according to the poll, and would start with an early lead in a potential three-way primary among Morrisey and Mooney. The survey shows Justice with 53 percentage points in the primary, Morrisey with 21 percent and Mooney with 16 percent. The poll was taken in early February and has a 4.1 percentage point margin of error.
Morrisey won the GOP primary in 2018, defeating former Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) and erratic coal businessman Don Blankenship. Mooney has not run statewide in West Virginia before but did win a hotly contested House primary against Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) last year. And Justice has prevailed in two governor races, first as Democrat and then as a Republican. He now has high approval ratings — something Manchin once enjoyed as governor as well.
And in a race against Manchin, Justice leads 52-42, according to the poll, while the Democrat leads Mooney in a potential head-to-head 55-40 and Morrisey 52-42. Manchin defeated Morrisey by about 3 points in 2018.
The West Virginia Senate race is expected to once again be a marquee race in 2024 after Manchin held on in 2018, with Republicans seeing it as a prime pick-up opportunity and Democrats looking to defend every seat they have amid a tough map in 2024. But Mooney is still the only one officially in the race, with Manchin, Justice and Morrisey all still weighing their options. Justice has indicated he will make a decision soon.
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February 15, 2023
Bommai seeks to ride social justice plank for Karnataka poll win

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is taking decisive steps to implement recommendations of the Justice Nagmohan Das Commission on hiking reservation for the SCs and STs.
Reservation for the SC community has been hiked from 15 to 17 percent and for the Scheduled Tribe community from three percent to seven percent.
While the Justice Nagmohan Das Commission report was long pending, Bommai had called a special Assembly session to pass the bill for hiking the reservation for the SCs and STs.
He also called an all-party meeting to support hiking reservation for the SCs and STs, and directed his administration to work for their effective empowerment.
For the welfare of the SC/ST community, the government granted 75 free units of power, Rs 25 lakh grants for farmers to buy land, Rs 2 lakh grant to build a house, and also enhancement in the number of hostels for students.
Bommai has also enhanced scholarships of students from SCs and STs, while ensuring free transport both in urban and rural areas for them.
By boosting Mid-Day Meal scheme with nutritional items, Karnataka government has also incentivised SCs & STs to send their children to the schools.

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February 12, 2023
Appointment of Justice S Abdul Nazeer as AP Governor a blot on Indian democracy: CPI(M) MP

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Thiruvananthapuram: leader and Rajya Sabha member A A Rahim on Sunday criticised the Centre’s decision to appoint retired Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer, who was part of the 2019 Ayodhya verdict, as Governor of Andhra Pradesh saying it was a blot on Indian democracy.
The move to appoint the retired apex court judge was condemnable as it was not on par with constitutional values of the country, the CPI(M) MP said.
Justice (retired) Nazeer was part of the five-judge Constitution bench which had in November 2019 cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque in a different location.
“The decision of the Union government to appoint Justice Abdul Nazeer as a Governor is not on par with the constitutional values of the country. It is highly condemnable. He (Nazeer) should refuse to take up the offer. The country should not lose the confidence in its legal system. Such decisions of the Modi government are a blot on Indian democracy,” Rahim said in a Facebook post.
The Marxist party leader said the retired judge was appointed in the gubernatorial post within six weeks after his retirement.
“He was a member of the bench which gave the verdict in the Ayodhya case. He had also courted controversy when he took part in the national council meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP) at Hyderabad on December 26, 2021. It’s a Sangh Parivar organisation of lawyers,” Rahim said.
He also pointed out that in a speech at the ABAP meeting, Nazeer opined that “the Indian legal system has been continuously ignoring the legacy of Manusmriti”.
“His words did not reflect the high degree of impartiality and loyalty to the Constitution that a judge serving in the higher judiciary should possess. Now, he has got the Governor post,” Rahim added.

Justice Nazeer, who retired on January 4, has been part of several path-breaking verdicts, including those on the politically sensitive Ayodhya land dispute, instant ‘triple talaq’ and the one that declared ‘right to privacy’ a fundamental right.
He was elevated as an apex court judge on February 17, 2017.
The Justice Nazeer-led five-judge Constitution benches delivered two separate verdicts this year, including the one which by a majority of 4:1 validated the legality of the Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination currency notes, saying the decision-making process was neither flawed nor hasty.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 12, 2023