SC pulls up Karnataka for seeking Rs 15 lakh for Ma’adani’s escort

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August 3, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Supreme Court has pulled up Karnataka government for raising a bill of about Rs 15 lakh for police escort, accompanying Kerala's People Democratic Party leader Abdul Naser Ma’adani on his visit to home state for attending son's marriage.

"Is this the way you carry out the orders of the Supreme Court? Don't scuttle these things. We expect some seriousness on the part of the state," a bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao told Karnataka standing counsel Joseph Aristotle.

"Why you want to make it impossible," the bench further asked the state.

Advocates Prashant Bhushan and Haris Beeran, representing Maudany, submitted that the apex court's order of July 31 for allowing him to visit Kerala was sought to be frustrated by the state government. They said the state raised a demand of Rs 15 lakh from Maudany for providing him escort during his stay over there from August 2 to 14.

They also questioned huge posse of policemen, 19 in number, in the escort.

Karnataka counsel, for his part, maintained that the amount charged on Ma’adani was as per 1991 circular. He contended that the state had already spent Rs 6 crore on Ma’adani.

The court, however, pointed out these policemen were otherwise being paid salary. The state can only charge to the extent of TA/DA.

The bench granted time till Friday to the state counsel to take instructions on the issue.

During the hearing, the court also came down heavily on Kerala government counsel G Prakash as he expressed readiness of the state to provide security to Ma’adani during his stay.

"You don't have anything to do with it. He is in custody of Karnataka police," the bench told him.

The court had on July 31 allowed Ma’adani to visit his home state to attend his son's wedding. However, it had refused to alter the direction to bear the cost of police escort by him.

51-year-old Ma’adani, facing trial in the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case, challenged the city court's order of July 24, declining him to attend son's marriage functions between August 8 to 20. Though the trial court allowed him to visit his ailing mother between August 1 and 7, it refused the permission to attend the marriage function scheduled on August 9.

The Bengaluru court told him to bear cost of police escort, which, petitioner claimed, would be around Rs 20 lakh.

Ma’adani sought permission to visit Thallasery, Ernakulum and Kollam to attend various functions, ceremonies and reception of his son's wedding.

Comments

Khader
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

How many years they will crusify him. If he did crime then punish or leave him free. There are some human rights should get even for a criminal

Hari
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

Siddu wants to loot money by telling Ma'adani's escort

Sangeeth
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

No need of spending this much money. Just arrange to get DVD of his son's wedding and wedding day food also serve to him in jail. 

Vivek
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

PDP fools tried to make hartal to protest. They miserably failed and abandoned hartal try

Gokul
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

Why govt wasting money for this kind of criminals. Should kill those people soon after their arrest

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January 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 3: General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyatul Ulama, AP Aboobacker Musliyar Kanthapuram, visited the family members of Abdul Jaleel and Nousheen, expressed his condolences.

Jaleel, resident of Bundar Kandak and Nousheen, resident of Kudroli were killed in police firing that took place during the anti-CAA protest in the city on December 19.

Former President of the District Wakf Advisory Committee of Dakshina Kannada SM Rasheed Haji, Corporator Lateef Kandak, Congress leader N S Kareem and Ashraf Kinara, Samsuddin Kudroli were also present. 

DYFI delegation

Meanwhile, a central delegation of the Democratic Youth Federation of India also met the families of the both the victims and expressed solidarity with the kin of the deceased.

The delegation comprised of DYFI national president advocate Mohammad Riyaz, other leaders such as A A Raheem, S Satish, S K Sajeesh, legislator V K Sanoj and DYFI State present Muneer Katipalla.

 

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January 11,2020

London, Jan 11: Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's famous lap around the Wankhede Stadium after the World Cup 2011 win has been nominated in Laureas's list for the most inspiring sporting event in the last twenty years.

The moment featuring Tendulkar has been described as "Carried on the shoulders by a nation".

On his sixth attempt at the World Cup and with India not having won the competition since 1983, Tendulkar finally became a part of the team that lifted the coveted trophy. Carried on the shoulders of the Indian team, he made a lap of honour, shedding tears of joy after the victory was sealed in his home city.

The 2011 World Cup was also the first time, in which a host nation ended up winning the trophy.

Apart from Tendulkar, England's Andrew Flintoff is the only other cricketer to feature in the list. In 2005, England managed to defeat Australia in an Ashes Test, but Flintoff chose to first shake hands with Brett Lee rather than celebrate with his side.

Matthias Steiner (weightlifting), Natalie du Toit (swimming), Sky Brown (skateboarding), Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee (triathlon), Xia Boyu (mountaineering) have been nominated in the list.

Female tennis stars also feature in the list for coming up with an equal play, equal pay campaign. After pressure from Venus Williams and others, Wimbledon announced that female tennis players would receive prize money equal to the men's.

German international footballer Miroslav Klose was playing for Lazio in Italy's Serie A in 2012 against Napoli when he rose for a ball in the early moments of the game.

The ball came spiraling off his hand and skirted into the back of the net and a goal was awarded. While most players would carry on as if nothing had happened, Klose was honest with the referee and admitted that he handled the ball.

As a result, he also finds a place on the list.

The Laureus Sporting Moment Award celebrates the moments where the sport has unified people in the most extraordinary way.

This campaign has shortlisted 20 sporting stories from the last 20 years that have left their mark on the world.

The winner will be decided on the basis of public voting. It has already started, and the final date to cast the vote is February 16.

Finally, the result will be declared on February 17.
With three knock-out rounds, the top-20 moments will be whittled down to ten then five, with the top-five moments going head-to-head.

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February 3,2020

New Delhi, Feb 3: In the third such incident inside of a week, two unidentified persons opened fire outside Gate No. 5 of Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday night, the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) said.

A statement issued by the committee, a group comprising students and alumni of the university formed to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, said the attackers were on a red Rcooty.

No one was injured in the attack. One of the miscreants was wearing a red jacket, the statement said.

"Firing has taken place at Gate No.5 of Jamia Millia Islamia right now by two unidentified persons. As per report, one of them was wearing a red jacket and driving a red Scooty having vehicle no. 1532 or 1534," the statement said.

Police said they were verifying the JCC's claims.

Asim Mohammed Khan, former Congress MLA from Okhla, said the incident occurred around 11.30 pm. "We heard the gunshot. That is when we stepped out to see and the two men left on a Scooty," a student said.

"We have taken down the vehicle number and called police," he added.

This is the third firing incident in the Jamia Nagar area in a week.

On Thursday, a minor fired at anti-CAA protesters marching towards Rajghat, injuring a student.

Two days later, a 25-year-old fired two rounds in air in Shaheen Bagh in Jamia Nagar. No one was hurt in the incident.

The incident on Sunday night triggered panic in the area. A police vehicle had reached the spot after the incident but was chased away by angry students.

Hundreds of students and locals gathered outside the university.

Many raised slogans against the Delhi Police. They also staged a dharna outside the Jamia Nagar police station.

Shezad Ahmed, a JMI student and resident of Zakir Nagar, said they were not even allowed to protest peacefully.

"We are not going to be deterred by such incidents. We will continue with our protest," he added.

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