Jahangirpuri Demolition Drive: No demolitions in Jahangirpuri until further orders. Supreme Court orders status quo on Jahangirpuri demolitions
The Supreme Court on Thursday halted the anti-encroachment drive in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area following a petition by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, which claimed the buildings of the Muslim riots accused are being razed. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai asked the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to maintain the status quo for another two weeks. “Will take a serious view of all demolitions that took place after the Supreme Court decision was communicated to the mayor,” said the bench.
Jahangirpuri Demolition Drive: Here’s What Transpired in The Court During
Hearing
- No demolitions in Jahangirpuri until further rders. Supreme Court orders status quo on Jahangirpuri demolitions.
- Supreme Court issues notice to authorities. “We will take a serious view of the demolition which was carried out even after supreme court orders even after NDMC Mayor was informed. we will take that up later”, said the court.
- Senior Advocate Dave says police and civil authorities are bound by the Constitution and not by letters written by a BJP leader and this is a sad scenario.
- Senior advocate Kapil Sibal says encroachments are a serious issue but the issue is that Muslims are being associated with encroachments He adds that such instances are also happening in other States.
- “A number of ministers and legislators, including the Chief Minister and the Home Minister of the state of Madhya Pradesh, have made statements advocating such acts and especially threatened the minority groups with destruction of their homes and commercial properties in case of riots. Resorting to such measures/ actions is clearly against our constitutional ethos and the criminal justice system, as also in violation of the rights of accused persons,” said the plea by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.
The hearing comes a day after the anti-encroachment drive began in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area. The first demolition was of a tobacconist’s shop and then the JCB proceeded further to demolish another juice-cum-tobacco vendor next to it. A double-storey scrap dealer’s shop was also razed to the ground.
We are on road to hell: Chidambaram on Jahangirpuri demolition
The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind against the demolition
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked the BJP over bulldozers razing several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive, saying “we see the rule of law break down everyday” and soon there will be “no law and no rules”. Several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque were brought down on Wednesday morning as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violence. The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind against the demolition. In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said, “We see the Rule of Law break down every day. Soon there will be no law and no rules.” “Once arbitrary ‘Orders’ override ‘Law’, we are on the road to hell. The Bulldozer represents the arbitrary ‘Order’. The Supreme Court represents ‘Law’. Yesterday, we saw the Bulldozer defy the Law. Let’s see what happens today,” the former home minister said.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had also attacked the government on Wednesday over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas and alleged that this is a demolition of India’s constitutional values andtargeted against the poor and minorities
Punjab cops knock on Vishwas, Alka Lamba’s doors, serve notices for questioning
The case was lodged against Vishwas and Lamba in Ropar’s Sadar police station on April 12.
The Ropar police Wednesday visited homes of former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and Alka Lamba of the Congress to serve notices in connection with a case registered over “inflammatory statements” against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Both leaders have been summoned to Ropar for questioning on April 26. The case was lodged against Vishwas and Lamba in Ropar’s Sadar police station on April 12. In a statement, the Ropar police said that a case under Sections 153, 153A, 505, 505 (2) , 116 read with Section 143, 147, 323 (assault), 341 (illegal confinement), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and
under Representation of Peoples Act was registered against Vishwas and Lamba on April 12. In run up to the Punjab Assembly polls, Vishwas had accused Kejriwal of supporting separatists. Lamba has been accused of backing the remarks made by Vishwas. The complainant in the case has told the police that after Vishwas’ statement peaceful atmosphere of Punjab was likely to be disturbed. He claimed that when he was travelling in villages along with AAP supporters, some masked men stopped them and called them Khalistani. “Similar incidents have been regularly occurring. All this started after Vishwas gave inflammatory statements,” the complaint said.
Farmer leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar joins AAP in presence of Kejriwal
By: Express News Service | Bengaluru |
Farmer leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar, who heads the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) faction, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Bengaluru on Thursday in the presence of the party’s convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The event took place during a farmers’ convention in Bengaluru ahead of the Assembly elections next year. The convention is being held to urge the
state government to withdraw amendments to the land reforms Act and the APMC Act, and also demand a statutory guarantee for minimum support price. In other news, amid a rise in Covid-19 cases in some states, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday said the state government was taking precautionary measures and monitoring the situation. In a bid to ease fears, he added that “such a situation does not exist in Karnataka” right now. Bengaluru will see partly cloudy skies today. The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to be around 22 and 35 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Have national policy on loudspeakers: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut tells Centre
21 April, 2022 | Mumbai
Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil to seek all-party views on proposed guidelines; growing opposition to Raj Thackeray’s May 1 rally
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has asked the Centre to form a national policy on the use of loudspeakers at religious, public and other places, and implement it first in BJP-ruled states. The Maharashtra government will also abide by the Centre’s directives over the national policy, he said on Wednesday. The demand comes in the wake of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray’s ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques before May 3, failing which his party will blare Hanuman Chalisa when Muslims pray five times a day. “I appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to frame a national policy on the use of loudspeakers. The policy’s implementation should begin from states like Bihar, Delhi and Gujarat,” Raut said, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) people were responsible for creating a row, though loudspeakers still remain at mosques in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Raut wondered whether the BJP’s members would behave on this issue in the manner that it has exempted certain states from a policy on cow slaughter ban.
‘All-party views to be sought’
The Maharashtra government has also initiated a process to form uniform guidelines for the use of loudspeakers. The police department is working on it. Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil said views of all political parties will be sought before finalising the guidelines. Patil said on Wednesday that an all-party meeting will be held by the government and leaders, including Raj Thackeray, will be invited, among others from the Opposition.
In a veiled attack, Imran Khan blames Pakistan Army chief for his ouster
Imran Khan is the only Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence motion in Parliament
PTI, Lahore, APR 21 2022
In a veiled attack on Pakistan’s Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that “some elements” in the powerful establishment who indulged in “bad practices” were responsible for his unceremonious ouster from power. According to experts, Khan, who was ousted from power on April 10 after the National Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him, had apparently lost support of the Army after he refused to According to experts, Khan, who was ousted from power on April 10 after the National Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him, had apparently lost support of the Army after he refused to endorse the appointment of the ISI spy agency chief last year.
Finally, he agreed but it soured his ties with the Army. Addressing party workers on Twitter at night, Imran said: “There are also humans in institutions. If one or two individuals do something wrong, the entire institution is not responsible. If one person (in an apparent reference to Army chief Gen. Bajwa) makes a mistake, this does not mean that the whole institution is at fault.” Former information minister Fawad Chaudhry told a news channel on Wednesday that relations between the establishment and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had strained for institution is at fault.” Former information minister Fawad Chaudhry told a news channel on Wednesday that relations between the establishment and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had strained for months. “We tried our best, including myself, to remove misunderstandings with the establishment but could not succeed,” he said. The Pakistan Army, which has ruled the coup-prone country for more than half of its 73 plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policy. Khan, 69, is the only Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence motion in Parliament. He was replaced by Shehbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N).
As seer alleges corruption in BJP govt, Lingayat mutts remain a powerful force in Karnataka
The Lingayat community has backed the BJP and Yediyurappa since the turn of the century after the Congress lost support in the community in the 1990s over the shabby treatment of former CM Veerendra Patil.
By: Express News Service | Bengaluru |
In July 2021, as news spread of the BJP’s plans to remove veteran leader B S Yediyurappa from the post of the chief minister of Karnataka, a group of 500 Lingayat seers gathered at the latter’s official home in Bengaluru to oppose the replacement of the Lingayat strongman.
Karnataka: Man shot during KGF-2 screening
“The victim had no enmity with others. The incident occurred over a petty issue and in a fit of anger, the accused fired from his pistol,” Haveri SP Hanumantharaya said. Two teams have been formed to locate the absconding accused.
A 27-year-old man from Shiggaon in Karnataka’s Haveri district was injured Tuesday night after a minor argument at a movie theatre during the screening of Kannada movie ‘KGF 2’ escalated into a fight that ended with the man being shot twice in his stomach. According to police, Vasanthkumar (27), a resident of Mugali village, was watching ‘KGF 2’ at Rajashri theatre along with his friends. Twenty minutes into the film, Vasanthkumar accidentally touched the seat of another moviegoer. This sparked an
argument and the accused stormed out of the theatre with his friend, the police said, only to return with a pistol and open fire at Vasanthkumar. Three shots were fired and two hit Vasanthkumar, police said. Vasanthkumar was shifted to KIMS Hospital in Hubballi and he is currently out of danger, a doctor treating him said. “The victim had no enmity with others. The incident occurred over a petty issue and in a fit of anger, the accused fired from his pistol,” Haveri SP Hanumantharaya said. Two teams have been formed to locate the absconding accused. According to the theatre employees, the movie screening began at 9.30 pm and around 9.50 pm, the shots were fired. “We were resting in the projector room when people began running outside after the shots were fired. We shifted the injured person to the hospital and informed the police,” said a staff member.