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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, October 29 Pronouncing the directions, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice A.S. Garg, also issued notice on the appeal. Bhatti — a resident of Dharamkot — along with the other two accused, were earlier booked by the Punjab Police for kidnapping, rape and murder under Sections 366, 376, 302, 201 and 34, IPC, on a complaint submitted by Gurnam Singh, father of the deceased. According to the prosecution, the victim was kidnapped, raped and murdered in July 1993. Her body was subsequently thrown into a canal. She was in touch with the MLA for getting a job in a Moga hospital confirmed, the prosecution had added. The accused, when confronted with the incriminating evidence against them had, however, denied the allegations. Claiming to be innocent, their counsel had added that the three had been implicated in the case. After going through the evidence, the Ferozepur judge had acquitted the accused of the charges after giving them the benefit of doubt. Challenging the orders, counsel for the state today contended that the judgement was liable to be set aside. He claimed that the trial court had failed to consider the fact that the deceased was with the accused and had lived with him in the MLA’s hostel before the incident.
Summons to DC, SSP on demolition
On a petition seeking directions against carrying out construction on land on which makbaras and mazars had been built, a Division Bench of the High Court today asked the Deputy Commissioner and the Senior Superintendent of Police to be present in the court on November 6. In their petition taken up by the Bench, comprising Mr Justice Amar Bir Singh Gill and Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar, Sheikh Mohammed and another Bathinda resident had also sought directions to the respondents against carrying out demolition work at the site or taking away the offerings.
Go-ahead to inquiry against cops
Refusing to stay a departmental inquiry against four suspended constables of the Haryana police, accused of helping a murder accused in escaping, Mr Justice S.S. Sudhalkar and Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel of the High Court today observed that “it was desirable that the departmental proceedings are concluded expeditiously”. In their petition, constable Pawan Kumar and three others had earlier sought directions to the state of Haryana, Hisar’s Inspector-General of Police and other respondents not to proceed with a departmental inquiry against them. The four were accused of misconduct in the performance of their duties. They had allegedly guarded accused Suresh Dangria who had reportedly escaped from the police custody with their help. After going through the arguments, the Judges observed: “We do not find any ground for staying the departmental inquiry.”
Quashing the orders cancelling the admission granted to a Sirsa resident in the Bachelor of Technology course at a college in Kaithal, Mr Justice Amar Bir Singh Gill and Mr Swatanter Kumar of the High Court today directed the respondents to declare the petitioner’s result and proceed in the matter. In his petition, Deepak Makkar had earlier sought directions for quashing a communication sent by the university to the college principal stating that the admission granted to him had not been regularised. He had also sought the quashing of another order vide which his admission was cancelled by the principal. During the
arguments, it was stated that the last date for admission was November 20, 2000, while the result of supplementary examination taken by the petitioner was declared on December 6, last year. After going through the arguments, the Judges observed: “The principle of equity demands that the petitioner should be permitted to continue with the degree course in accordance with the university calander and his admission should not be cancelled. We have no hesitation in quashing the impugned orders”.
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, October 29 The city police had arrested the four accused—Sweetie Bajaj, Sangeeta Gupta, Kuldeep Dhaia and Avtar Singh Tari — after the victim gave a statement before the court under Section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code before the court. The city police had registered a case under sections 366-A, 368, 506 and 120-B of IPC against the accused, Sangeeta Gupta, on October 3 on the complaint of the victim’s mother. Subsequent to the statement of the victim before the magistrate today, the accused have also been booked under Section 376 of IPC. The victim was sent for medical examination on October 5. The complainant had alleged that her 15-year-old daughter was abducted by her friend and the latter’s mother to be handed over to a local politician and his two hotelier friends. The victim was physically exploited for over five days before she made a dramatic escape from her abductors. It was alleged that the victim was abducted by her friend Shweta Gupta and the latter’s mother, Sangeeta Gupta, on the pretext of taking her over to their house for a birthday party.
Bail plea rejected A bail application moved by an accused, Babbar, was dismissed by a local court in a robbery case. It was alleged that the accused, along with four others, was allegedly involved in an unsuccessful attempt of robbery at a house in Sector 35. They were sent to two days of police remand by a local court here today. The police had registered a case under sections 455, 352, 342, 34 of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 36 police station. It was alleged that five persons, including an employee of the victim, Mr Ajay Kumar, had tried to commit robbery at his Sector 35-A house at about 6.30 a.m.
Rape case A bail application moved by an accused, Chhote Lal, in a rape was dismissed by a local court. It was alleged that the accused had raped a minor girl on July 14. |
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COURTS Chandigarh, October 29 The complainant, Ms Kirandeep Kaur, a resident of Sector 42-B, had filed a complaint against the firm through its manager. As per the complaint, on January 7 the complainant had given a silk suit to Lilly White Dyers and Dry Cleaners, Sector 42, for ironing. At the time of the delivery the suit was found to be damaged at the different parts. The complainant had prayed in the plea that the manager be directed to pay cost of the suit along with Rs 7,100 on account of harassment and towards the costs of the case. On examination, court agreed with the complainant and said there was a clear deficiency of service. It allowed the complaint with an award of Rs 1,500 to the complainant towards the cost of the suit, compensation for harassment and costs of the litigation. Defective furniture: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed the firm, Balbir and Sons, New Furniture Market, to replace the dining table or refund the cost of the same to the complainant for deficiency in its services. The complainant, Ashok Kumar Garg of Mohali had filed a complaint against the firm near Sector 42-43, Check Post, Madanpura road. The complainant had alleged that he had purchased one dining table set, including chairs, from the firm for Rs 5,500. The set supplied by the firm was defective one. The complainant visited the shop number of times and asked for necessary repairs, but to no avail. The Consumer Court in its order held that the firm had sold a defective dining table set to the complainant. The shop was held guilty of deficiency in service for not replacing the dining table with a new one. The court allowed the complaint with costs of Rs 550 and directed the firm to replace the dining table or refund the cost of dining table set to the complainant. |
Shabad, bhajans mark second day of youth
festival Chandigarh, October 29 “Prabhu avgun chit na dharo’’ by students of MCM DAV College and
"Ab main apne Ram ko rijhaun’’ by girls of the Dev Samaj College for Women were among the six items presented. Contests in the morning session witnessed maximum participation in the orchestra category with students playing instruments ranging from guitar, banjo and mandolin on the one hand and sitar, plate tarang, jal tarang on the other. Classical instruments, divided into two categories of percussion and non-percussion instruments, hardly had any takers. While there were two entries for tabla in the percussion instruments category, there were three entries for sitar and santoor in the non-percussion instruments category. In the afternoon session, contests were held in group songs, ghazals, geet, folk songs and vaar singing. Though all six colleges participated in these items, hardly any students turned up as audience. The only people around were teachers accompanying their teams, students on duty for the programme and parents of some participants. While the Commissioner, Higher Education, Haryana, Ms. Anuradha Gupta, was the chief guest for the morning session, the Director, Public Relations and Information Technology, Mr Vivek Atray, presided over the second session of the fest. In her address, Ms. Gupta said youth festivals were essential for the all-round development of students and were also helpful in promoting student-teacher interaction. Recalling her participation in youth festivals during student life, she said professional help in training teams was unheard of and funds for such activities were never a problem.``Our teachers worked hard with us and made it an entirely student-teacher affair,’’ she added. Debate, poetry recitation, quiz finals along with drama and histrionics contest are scheduled for tomorrow. The results for today’s events are as follows: Shabad/bhajan:
GCG-42 (1), MCMDAV-36 (2), DSCW-45 (3); classical vocal: Kanwal Roop-GCG-11 (1), Hardeep-MCMDAV-36 (2); orchestra: MCMDAV-36 (1), GCG-11 (2), DSCW-45 (3); classical instrumental-percussion: Deepshikha Malhotra-GGS-26 (1), Astha Mittal-MCMDAV-36 (2); non-percussion: GCG-11 (1), GHSC-10 (2), MCMDAV-36 (3). Group songs:
GCG-42 (1), DSCW-45 (2), MCMDAV-36 (3); ghazal: MCMDAV (1), DSCW-45 (2), GCG-11 (3); geet: DSCW-45 (1), MCMDAV-36 (2), GCG-42 (3); folk: GCG-42 (1), MCMDAV-36 (2), GGS-26 (3), vaar singing: GGS-26 (1), GCG-11 (2), MCMDAV-36 (3). |
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Komkali revives father’s
magic Chandigarh, October 29 A daughter of illustrious parents, Kumar Gandharva and Vasundhara, Komkali is a true heir who has not only successfully inherited her parent’s qualities, in Gwalior gayaki, but has also managed to reconstruct and transform the style of this particular gharana, giving it a new dimension. In her maiden solo performance here today, Kalapini touched the pulse of the audience with her opening number, “Bal Gai Jyot” based on Raag Puriya Dhanashree, an evening raag in Ek taal, moving onto Kumar Gandharva’s unique composition “Aajra Din Dooba “ in Drut Teen Taal. A deep understanding of the composition and sublimity of expression was reflected in her singing. Her third presentation was Raag Sawani in Madhya Laya Teen Taal with beautiful lyrics “Daras Bin Neeras.” The evening concluded with a bhajan, “Kaise aaoon re Kisan tohri nagri mein,” in Keharva taal. She was accompanied by Deepak Garod on tabla, Neeraj Gandhi on harmonium and Sumana Sanyal on tanpura. |
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114 screened for contest Chandigarh, October 29 It was a screening test for the candidates who were selected on the basis of their bio-data and portfolio, said Mr Anshuman Swami, event director and a member of the core team. “The response was overwhelming and after going through their bio-data and portfolio we selected 124 boys out of which 114 turned up for today’s contest,” he said. Those selected would be informed by the organisers by October18, he added. In all, 26 contestants would be selected from the region for the final contest which would be held in Bangalore on February 23, he said. It would be a 14-day contest, with days prior to the main event, being utilised for grooming and training. In addition to the main event there would also be five sub- contests namely are “Grasim Mr Physique”, “Grasim Best Dressed Male”, “Grasim Mr Photogenic,” “Grasim Best Smile” and “Grasim Mr Popular.” The winner would receive Rs 3 lakh as prize money besides a chance to represent India in the Grasim Mr International pageant to be held in Udaipur on December 5. |
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Dandiya festival concludes Chandigarh, October 29 The utsav, which started with a two-day workshop on Dandiya conducted by a couple Mahendra Joshi and his wife Daksha Mahendra Joshi, was entertainment-oriented rather than concentrating on teaching the actual dance, form. “Two days are not enough to teach anyone a particular dance so we let the participants mix in a bit of Bhangra as well,” said Daksha Joshi. The programme that started with famous Gujrati song, “Sahiyar mori ketle di a”, the participants danced in two circles , the ladies surrounded by the men creating the magical sound with their dandiyas. The circles soon got disintegrated with the playing of another song, “Mehndi te wabi mariwe.” The programme, which is being organised by Kalagram, has announced a number of prizes for the participants including Best Couple, Best Female Dancer, Best Male Dancer, Best Pair and a separate set of prizes for kids. “The participants will be judged by their overall performance and grace,” said Ms. Daksha Joshi. |
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