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Principal, Assistant Professor in ACB net placed under suspension

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Principal, Assistant Professor in ACB net placed under suspension

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Srinagar, Feb 17, KDC: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has suspended a principal and an Assistant Professor of Higher education department after caught red handed by Anti Corruption Bureau in Summer capital Srinagar.
In an orders by principal secretary to government higher education said “Pending inquiry into the conduct of Tariq Ahmad Ashai, principal, GDC Pattan and Imtiyaz Gul Khan, Assistant Professor, GDC Pattan are deemed to have been suspended in terms of section 31 of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Servics (classification, control and Appeal) Rules, 1956 from the date of the arrest I.e; 14-02-2023.”
It I further ordered that during the period of their suspension both the officers shall remain attached in the office of Director colleges, J&K.
Earlier, according to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped and arrested these two higher education officials for accepting bribe.
Both the professors were produced before Special Judge Anti Corruption Baramulla and were send on ten days police remand for further investigation.(KDC)

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( With inputs from : kashmirpublication.in )

February 17, 2023
Judicial vacancies trigger suspension of trials in some parts of New Jersey

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It’s impossible to predict how many trials these suspensions will affect, said Pete McAleer, a spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the Courts. While many trials will face indefinite delays, the courts will still address applications for child support, custody and visitation, McAleer said.
There are currently 69 vacancies throughout the trial courts, Rabner said, more than one out of every six positions statewide. The court system has operated with an average of more than 50 vacancies for the past three years.
“That imposes heightened responsibilities on sitting judges who handle thousands of proceedings and motions each month,” Rabner said. “That situation, along with the effects of the COVID crisis, has contributed to delays in handling individual cases and substantial increases in backlog.”
There are five vacancies out of a total of 20 judicial positions in Vicinage 13 and nine vacancies out of 28 positions in Vicinage 15.
The judiciary prioritizes cases that concern an individual’s liberty, like criminal or juvenile delinquency matters, and cases that present potential emergencies such as domestic violence complaints.
“There are simply not enough judges at this time to conduct civil and matrimonial trials in either vicinage,” Rabner said. “Without additional relief, we may well face the same situation in other vicinages in the near future.”
Jeralyn Lawrence, president of the New Jersey State Bar Association, said the ongoing situation has reached crisis levels. “The court does not operate properly with more than 25 to 30 vacancies,” she said in an interview with POLITICO. “The executive and legislative branches have known about this for months and they’ve done nothing.”
Natalie Hamilton, a spokesperson for Gov. Phil Murphy, said the administration is working to fill the vacancies. “Governor Murphy has remained committed to ensuring vacancies in New Jersey’s courts are filled by highly qualified individuals,” she said. “Since he took office in 2018, 101 judges have been nominated and confirmed, including 45 in the 2022 calendar year.”

Lawrence said the governor is not moving quickly enough.
“The judiciary can’t solve this problem,” Lawrence said. “There’s only two branches of government that can solve this problem. Our governor and our legislature cannot figure out who to put on the bench.”
“Time is of the essence, and it has been of the essence,” Lawrence said. “They shouldn’t work on anything else other than this.”
There is no shortage of qualified candidates for the vacancies, Lawrence added.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

February 8, 2023
Telangana: Fate of BJP MLA Raja Singh’s suspension still unclear

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Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana may be in a sticky wicket over suspended Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh’s fate in the coming days. While his supporters and a section of leaders from the BJP want his suspension to be lifted, the state leadership however cannot do much as Singh isn’t alone in his transgression of passing derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad.
According to BJP leaders from Telangana, Raja Singh will have to wait till the BJP’s central leadership takes a call with regard to his suspension. The Goshamahal MLA was suspended last year in August after he passed derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad in response to the state government allowing comic Munawar Faruqui hold a show in Hyderabad.
Raja Singh was soon arrested by the Hyderabad police under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act, and is currently out on bail he received from the Telangana high court. However, he has a gag order placed on him, as the court placed certain conditions for his release, including not passing inflammatory comments in public (and also from holding public meetings in general).
Section among BJP wants him reinstated
However, Raja Singh may have landed himself in bigger soup than he would have thought of. Before Singh, now suspended party spokesperson Nupur Sharma also passed similar comments on TV, which led to the BJP-run central leadership facing international condemnation from Muslim majority nations, especially from the middle-east. It led to an international backlash, after which the party promptly suspended Sharma.
Similarly, Raja Singh was also immediately suspended after he passed such comments. “Definitely there are demands to reinstate him, but there are other persons also who are suspended from other states. He is our party MLA and we will try to get him out of the issue,” said a senior BJP from Hyderabad.
After being released from jail, Raja Singh has continued to do what he wants. In spite of the gag order from the Telangana High Court, he BJP MLA seems to be subverting his restrictions by passing communal and inflammatory remarks from outside the state. A case has already been registered against him in recent times for violating the court orders (with the Mangalhat police station).
Raja Singh undeterred by gag order
He was served another notice by the Mangalhat police in Hyderabad on January 29 for a hate speech he gave at a public meeting in Mumbai. In response to the notice, Raja Singh denied making any provocative speeches and asked the Hyderabad police which issued him a show cause notice to drop the same. “I reasonably believe, it is an act of political vendetta and your esteemed machinery is put into action under force,” he stated.
When asked if the BJP here will try and restrain him until his issue is sorted out, the part leader said that won’t be possible. “He is a second time MLA so we cannot tell him anything,” he added. It is to be seen whether Raja Singh is able to get out of the gag order, given that elections are approaching in Telangana. The state goes to polls later this year in about six months time.

In the 2018 Telangana state elections, Raja Singh was the only BJP leader who managed to win. He retained the Goshamahal seat. The ruling TRS, which has now changed its name to Bharata Rashtra Samithi (BRS), had won the election with a big margin. It secured 88 Assembly seats out of 119, while the opposition Congress (which had an alliance with the TDP and other parties), won 19 seats, and the Telugu Desam party won 2. The AIMIM retained all of its seven seats in Hyderabad.
Prophet row
The suspended BJP MLA was detained under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act by the Hyderabad police last year. After spending nearly three months in the Central Prison, Cherlapally, he was released after the High Court quashed his detention orders.
Cops take hold of a man protesting against BJP MLA Raja Singh last year. (Image: Siasat)
Cases were registered against Raja Singh for passing derogatory statements against Prophet Muhammad that brought the city to the verge of a communal riot last year. Raja Singh released a video with his objectionable remarks after the state government allowed comedian Munawar Faruqui, who had performed a comedy set about Hindu gods earlier, to hold a show in the city.
The BJP MLA’s video led to several protests for over two days, after which the Hyderabad police put him in prison. Senior police officials said that they are keeping tabs on him after his release as well.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 3, 2023
MD of firm that operated Morbi suspension bridge surrenders before Gujarat court

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Morbi: Managing Director of Oreva Group Jaysukh Patel, an accused in the last year’s Morbi suspension bridge collapse case who is facing culpable homicide not amounting to murder charges, on Tuesday surrendered before a court here in Gujarat and was subsequently sent to jail.
As many as 135 people were killed and scores others injured when a suspension bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Morbi town on October 30 last year.
Patel, whose company was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the carriageway, surrendered before the Morbi-based court of chief judicial magistrate which had issued an arrest warrant against him. The court accepted his application for surrender and sent him to jail under judicial custody.
The businessman was named as the tenth accused in the case in a chargesheet filed by the police on January 27.
Ajanta Manufacturing Ltd (Oreva Group) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river that collapsed, days after its repairs. Nearly 250 persons were on the more than a century-old hanging bridge, a popular tourist site, when it caved in.
“Jaysukh Patel surrendered before the court of chief judicial magistrate MJ Khan which had issued an arrest warrant against him under section 70 of the CrPC. The court accepted his application and sent him to judicial custody. The police will approach the court and seek his custody,” said Dilip Agechaniya, a lawyer representing families of the victims.
The CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) section 70 deals with warrant of arrest.
As the Oreva Group Managing Director arrived in the court for surrender, angry kin of the victims who had gathered outside the court shouted slogans against him.

After his surrender, Patel was taken for a medical check-up.
“Jaysukh Patel surrendered in the court today. He was sent to judicial custody. We will soon initiate the process of seeking his custody from the court,” said Morbi Superintendent of Police Rahul Tripathi.
In the chargesheet running in more than 1,200 pages and filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate MJ Khan by Deputy Superintendent of Police P S Zala, Patel was shown as the tenth accused.
Earlier, fearing arrest in the case, Patel had moved an anticipatory bail plea in the court and it was due to come up for hearing on February 1.
On October 31, a day after the tragedy, the Morbi police had arrested nine persons in connection with the case, including two managers of the Oreva Group, two ticket booking clerks, two sub-contractors who repaired the bridge and three security guards deployed on the cable-stayed structure to guide and control the crowd.
Two weeks ago, the same court issued an arrest warrant against Patel.
All the ten accused, including Patel, have been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 336 (act which endangers human life), 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any rash or negligent act) and under 338 (causing grievous hurt by doing rash or negligent act).
During a suo motu (on its own motion) hearing on the tragedy in the Gujarat High Court recently, the Oreva Group offered to pay compensation to the victims. However, the court made it clear the compensation would “not absolve it of any liability”.
A special investigation team (SIT) formed by the state government to probe the collapse had cited several lapses on the part of the firm.
The lapses included no restriction on the number of persons accessing the bridge and no curb on sale of tickets, which led to unrestricted movement on the bridge, as well as carrying out repairs without consulting experts.
The probe had revealed the new metal flooring done by the firm had increased the weight of the structure, while the rusted cables on which the entire bridge was hanging were not changed by the Oreva Group.
Moreover, both contractors hired by Patel’s firm were not qualified to carry out such repair and renovation work, according to the SIT.
The probe report also revealed the Ahmedabad-based Oreva Group did not hire any expert agency to assess the load-bearing capacity of the carriageway before throwing it open to the public after repair and renovation work.
The group had sold 3,165 tickets on October 30 (the day of the collapse) alone and there was no coordination between ticket booking offices on both sides of the bridge, the lower court was informed in the past by the prosecution.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 31, 2023
A day after suspension flight operations resume at Srinagar Airport

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Srinagar, Jan 31: The flight operations at Srinagar International Airport resumed a day after remaining suspended due to heavy snowfall in the Kashmir Valley, while Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for traffic on second consecutive day.
Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director Srinagar Airport Kuldeep Singh said flight operations resumed today after a slight delay in the morning.
“Several morning flights were delayed due to low visibility, but now the flight operations are going on smoothly,” he said.
Meanwhile, an official said restoration work on Srinagar-Jammu highway was still going on and people are advised not to take any journey till it is completed.
He also said train service, which remained suspended for a day on Monday has been partially resumed from Budgam to Anantnag.
The official said the train service resumed from Budgam to Sadura and first train ran at 08:30 am from Budgam—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

January 31, 2023
‘Pee-gate’: DGCA urged to withdraw suspension of pilot-in-command

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Delhi: Air India Joint Action Forum – a group of six unions, on Tuesday appealed to aviation regulator DGCA to withdraw the suspension of the pilot-in-command of an Air India flight in connection with the urination incident that occurred on November 26 last year.
In a letter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the forum said that the due process of investigation has not been followed and vital steps in the investigation and enforcement have been skipped.
The unions have appealed to the DGCA to withdraw the harsh punishment and suspension of the pilot-in-command.
The forum represents six unions — Indian Pilots Guild, Indian Commercial Pilots Association, Air Corporation Employees Union, Air India Employees Union, All India Cabin Crew Association and Airline Pilots Association of India.
The letter written on Tuesday has also been marked to the Civil Aviation Minister, Aviation Secretary, CEO and COO of Air India.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Air India said it had closed the internal probe into the case and will also assist the flight’s pilot-in-command with an appeal against the suspension of his licence.
According to the letter, the entire crew comes under the judicial and operational control of the pilot-in-command.
“It is in this light that the pilot-in-command signed all reports and then directed the cabin supervisor to forward all reports to the company and its senior officers instantly upon landing to discuss the next step with the company, which was done and verified. Given the actual facts and non-existence of any eyewitnesses, it was decided by the pilot-in-command in consultation with his crew, that the passenger in seat 8C (Shankar) Mishra was not unruly, and could not be classified as unruly,” said the letter.

DGCA on January 20 imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Air India and suspended the license of the pilot-in-command for three months in the incident which occurred on November 26, 2022.
Moreover, the regulator also imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on the director of in-flight services of Air India for failing to discharge duties.
Earlier, on Monday, All India Cabin Crew Association said that the derostered Air India crew in connection with the Air India urination case should be rostered back on flights, terming the action against the pilot-in-command an unusually harsh punishment.
In a letter issued on Monday, the cabin crew body also termed the findings of an internal committee in the Air India urination case “flawed”.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 25, 2023
Judge rules DeSantis’ ouster of prosecutor was unconstitutional but upholds suspension

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Hinkle rejected DeSantis’ argument.
“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended elected State Attorney Andrew H. Warren, ostensibly on the ground that Mr. Warren had blanket policies not to prosecute certain kinds of cases,” read the order. “The allegation was false.”
Hinkle said Warren’s office had a policy of using “prosecutorial discretion” in all cases, including those involving abortion.
“Any reasonable investigation would have confirmed this,” Hinkle wrote.
The judge conceded, though, that he didn’t have the authority to reinstate Warren to his position.
DeSantis’ office hailed the ruling was a victory, focusing primarily on Hinkle upholding Warren’s suspension.
“Today, Judge Hinkle upheld @GovRonDeSantis’ decision to suspend Andrew Warren from office for neglect of duty and incompetence,” DeSantis’ Communications Director Taryn Fenske said.
DeSantis replaced Warren with Susan Lopez, who previously served as a judge in the Tampa area.

During a brief press conference Friday after the ruling, Warren declined to say what his next move would be but told reporters “this is not over.”
He said the governor should now rescind his suspension and let him return to office.
“Let’s see if the governor actually believes in the rule of law. … let’s see what kind of man the governor actually is,” Warren said.
DeSantis began eyeing Warren after the governor in late 2021 asked his public safety czar, Larry Keefe, to see whether Florida had any “reform prosecutors,” a term generally associated with progressive prosecutors who pursue criminal justice reforms. When he ran for Hillsborough state attorney, Warren vowed to reduce recidivism, among other things.
“Mr. Keefe made some calls to acquaintances and quickly identified Mr. Warren as the Florida prosecutor who had taken the mantle of a reform prosecutor,” read Hinkle’s opinion.
In his ruling, Hinkle also highlighted testimony from Fenske centered on how the communications office handled the announcement that DeSantis was suspending Warren. The night before DeSantis held the Aug. 4 high-profile press conference to suspend Warren through executive order, former administration press secretary Christina Pushaw tweeted: “Get some rest tonight” and “[p]repare for the liberal media meltdown of the year.”
During trial, Fenske testified that Pushaw was admonished for the tweets, but Hinkle says he “does not credit” the testimony because Pushaw was tweeting about the suspension again the next day.
“Ms. Pushaw tweeted an equally partisan, unprofessional message about this the next night, after purportedly being admonished,” he wrote. “And in any event, any admonishment was about tone, not substance.”
As justification for the suspension, DeSantis’ legal team also brought up former GOP Gov. Rick Scott’s 2017 decision to reassign death penalty-eligible cases from Aramis Ayala, the former state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, after she said she would never pursue the death penalty even in cases that “absolutely deserve the death penalty.”
In his ruling, Hinkle noted no one ever suggested removing Ayala from office, and that Warren never made similar statements.
“Quite the contrary,” Hinkle wrote. “[Warren] said repeatedly that discretion would be exercised at every state of the case.”
The issue now could go before the Florida Senate, which is responsible for removing from office officials who have been suspended by the governor.
The issue is currently on hold in the Senate until the legal proceedings are resolved, including any potential appeals.
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo (R-Naples) sent a memo to her members Friday morning after the Hinkle ruling telling them the issue isn’t completed.
“As such, the matter of Mr. Warren’s reinstatement or removal from office by the Florida Senate appellate remedies have been exhausted,” she wrote.
Gary Fineout contributed to this report.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

January 21, 2023