Jokatte accident: Errant labour contractors feel the heat as police book four persons

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May 8, 2012

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Mangalore, May 8: The major road accident that claimed eight lives at Doddakere near Jokatte on the outskirts of the city on Sunday has forced Mangalore city police to take note of the manner in which human lives are being compromised.

This is the second accident involving labourers, most of them migrants from Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, to work at Mangalore Special Economic Zone sites, in the past three months. On February 12, three workers were killed and 21 others were injured when a mini bus in which they were travelling from their worksite in Jokatte to their rooms hit an electricity pole and toppled at Shantigudde Cross under Bajpe police station limits. About 70 labourers, police said, working for Punj Llyod, were travelling in the mini bus (KA 19 C 8423) at the time of the mishap.

City police chief Seemant Kumar Singh said that he has directed Mangalore north sub-division ACP M Puttamadaiah and police inspectors of Bajpe, Panambur and Surathkal police stations to convene a meeting of contractors and subcontractors who supply labourers to MSEZ and MRPL forthwith. We will also collect details of labourers and the type of vehicles used to transport them. Surprise checks will be conducted on the routes used by contractors to ferry labourers to the worksites of MSEZ and MRPL. "The absence of a dedicated traffic police station in the area is felt more acutely than ever before after the Sunday's accident.

However, it cannot be an excuse for overlooking blatant violation of traffic and human safety," he said. Contractors on their part cannot seek to cut corners by cramping labourers in pick-up vehicles. "The accident has opened our eyes. We are also thinking of involving the regional transport office in curbing the menace within the scope of powers vested in them," he added.

Four persons booked

Meanwhile, police have also booked four persons for negligence in connection with the accident.

The Panambur police have booked the official of the Toya Company who issued the order for the painting work to 21 workers. The main contractor Mukund Enterprises, sub contractor Narmati Enterprises and the truck driver Saji have been named as the accused.

Victims identified

The police on Monday have identified eight persons who were killed when the multi-utility vehicle in which they were traveling plunged into a gorge near Jokatte.

According to police, the deceased are Chandramohan (40), Kettu Chitra Paniya (36), Chandan Patra (34), all residents of Behra village in Orissa, Chitrasan Giri (56) of Karanjiya in Orissa, M D Irfan (26) of Ranchi in Jharkhand, Nannu Khan alias Salman Khan (35) of Jharkhand, Prakash Chandra Naik and Mutsud Khan of Jharkhand.

As many as 13 persons had sustained injuries and are recuperating in the hospital. The police said that few family members were informed about the tragedy. The bodies have been kept at the mortuary in Wenlock Hospital and Fr Muller Hospital.

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May 21,2020

Mangaluru, May 21: The third repatriation flight from Dubai to Mangaluru will operate on Saturday, May 23, confirmed union minister D V Sadananda Gowda. This will operate via Bengaluru.

The first and second direct repatriation flights from Dubai had landed at Mangaluru International Airport on May 12 and May 18. There were more than 175 passengers on board each of these flights.

On May 23, Air India flight (IX 0384) will take off at Dubai at 4:30 p.m. and land at Bengaluru at 9:50 p.m. It will again take off at 10:50 p.m. and land at Mangaluru at 11:45 p.m.

However, ministry of civil aviation sources said that no final decision has been taken about carrying passengers by these flights to Mangaluru.

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde on Saturday hinted at the possibility of Artificial Intelligence being developed for the court system while making it clear that it will never replace human discretion.

Speaking at an event here, Bobde said, "We have a possibility of developing Artificial Intelligence for the court system. Only for the purpose of ensuring that the undue delay in justice is prevented."

"I must make it clear at the outset as there are times when even judges have asked this. AI is not going to replace human judges or human discretion", he added.

Sharing more details of his vision, he stated, "It is only the repetitive, mathematical and mechanical parts of the judgments for which help can be taken from the system...we are exploring the possibility of implementing it."

Bobde stressed on the requirement of developing AI for judiciary while outlining the number of pending cases in different courts.

"Some people are in jail for 10-15 years and we are not in position to deal with their appeals. The high court's and Supreme Court take so long and ultimately the courts feel that it is just to release them on bail", he said.

Bobde also endorsed employing every talent and skill to ensure delivery of justice in a reasonable time.

"We must employ every talent, every skill we possess to ensure that justice is received within reasonable time. Delay in justice can't be a reason for anybody to take law into their hands. But it's very important for us as courts to ensure there's no undue delay in justice", he said.

CJI Bobde also highlighted the need for pre-litigation mediation and said, "Pre-litigation mediation is the need of the hour especially in the backdrop of a significant pendency that the courts are tackling with. There are innumerable areas where pre-litigation mediation could solve the problem."

He also stressed that the position of a judge is very unique under the constitution and they have to deal with a variety of problems.

"The foundation of civilisation rests on the law. Judicial officers have to deal with a variety of problems...Judges without adequate knowledge, skills and experience may cause distortion, delay and miscarriage of justice", he said.

Earlier in the day, Chief Justice of India Bobde inaugurated the phase-1 of the new building of the Karnataka Judicial Academy on Crescent Road in Bengaluru.

The new building has three floors, besides, the ground floor and two basement floors.

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February 12,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Mohammed Nalapad, son of Karnataka Congress MLA NA Harris, who allegedly rammed his sports car into vehicles and a kiosk, injuring 4, on Bellary road in Bengaluru on February 9, said that he was not in the car which met with the accident.

Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Ravikante Gowda told media, "Mohammed Nalapad appeared before the investigating officer today. He was arrested following interrogation. We are collecting evidence and will file a charge sheet shortly."

Nalapad is out on bail, in connection with the matter where he had assaulted a man in a pub in Bengaluru in 2018.

"I was not in the car which met with accident. I was travelling in a Lamborghini car which was moving ahead of the car. However, I called people to rescue the victims. We took them to the hospital and paid their hospital bill," said Mohammed Nalapad.

Further, details are awaited

Also Read: MLA N A Harris’ son Nalapad, out on bail, now crashes his luxury Bentley car, injures 4

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