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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 91 | Monday, 3 April 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS WILL EXTEND POWER ‘WHILE SOME PELT COLOMBIA MUDSLIDE, MARRIAGE NOT A SUBSIDY TO STONES, OTHERS FLOOD KILLS DISQUALIFICATION’ TENANTS TOO: CARVE TUNNELS 254 IN MIDNIGHT IN BOLLYWOOD KEJRIWAL PG3 OUT OF STONE’ PG6 DELUGE PG10 PG15 Quick News44 PM MODI TO CJI ATF price cut by 5 EC to soon procure ‘Govt to help judiciary to pc; subsidised LPG reduce pendency of cases’ hiked by Rs 5.5 tamper-proof EVMs MPOST BUREAU Political parties alleged that EVMs were tampered in Assembly polls ALLAHABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured MPOST BUREAU Chief Justice J S Khehar that his Hightlights government will make all efforts NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh gov- to back his resolve to reduce bur- ernment on Saturday removed the District den on the judiciary and pendency Collector and Superintendent of Bhind after » These EVMs will become of cases. a controversial video of a dummy test of an inoperable the moment any “I assure the chief justice that electronic voting in Bhind ahead of the by- attempt is made to tinker government will back his ‘sankalp’ election went viral on social media. Interest- with it (resolve) to bring down the bur- ingly, the Election Commission is set to buy den on the judiciary and reduce NEW DELHI: Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price next generation EVMs that become “inoper- » The 'M3'-type electronic voting pendency of cases,” he said in his ing the Supreme Court and said he has been cut by over 5 per cent, reversing a two- able” the moment attempts are made to tin- machines (EVMs) are also address at the sesquicentennial cel- was taking steps to reduce the bur- month rising trend, while rates of subsidised ker with it, a move which comes amid claims ebrations marking 150 years of the den on the judiciary. LPG were hiked by Rs 5.57 per cylinder. Also, by some parties that the machines were tam- equipped with a self-diagnostic Allahabad High Court. He asked the judges to con- the rate of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) pered with during the recent assembly polls. system for authentication Noting that he felt that there was sider sitting in courts for five days has been cut by Rs 14.50 per cylinder in line The ‘M3’-type electronic voting machines of the genuineness of the an element of “pain” in the speech during vacation to clear at least 10 with international trends. Price of jet fuel or ATF (EVMs) are also equipped with a self-diag- machines of Justice Khehar, Modi said the cases each day and bring down the was cut by Rs 2,811.38 per kilolitre, or 5.1 per nostic system for authentication of the genu- government had done away with pendency. cent, to Rs 51,428 per kl with effect from April ineness of the machines. » Around Rs 1,940 crore 1200 old laws to find a way out of “This way thousands of small 1, oil companies said. The reduction comes on These will come with a public key inter- (excluding freight and taxes) the maze of the statues and also matters like matrimonial disputes the back of a marginal hike of Rs 214 kl effected face-based mutual authentication system. help the judiciary in modernising and mediation cases can be settled on March 1 and a 3 per cent increase on Febru- Only a “genuine” EVM – manufactured will be required to procure the the system. and arrears of cases brought down” ary 1. Simultaneously, price of non-subsidised either by atomic energy PSU ECIL or defence new machines which are likely He asked the people working on he said and referred to a system of LPG, bought by those who have either given up PSU BEL – “communicates” with other to be introduced by 2018 startups to bring about innovations court management under which their subsidies or exhausted the quota of 12 bot- EVMs in the field. to strengthen the judicial system. pendency of cases in Malaysia had tles of 14.2-kg in a year at below market price, Any EVM manufactured by other com- The Prime Minister lauded the been brought down to one-fifth. was cut to Rs 723 per 14.2-kg cylinder from Rs panies would not be able to communicate new EVMs so that it can phase out the age- had said that the poll panel has informed steps being taken by the chief justice He said he proposes to have 737.50. The reduction comes on back of a steep with other machines, thus exposing it. ing ones before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. the government that it had not procured any to make use of technology in sim- three constitution benches dur- Rs 86 per cylinder hike in rates from March 1. Around Rs 1,940 crore (excluding freight The Cabinet had also authorised the electronic voting machine during 2014-15, plifying the working in the courts ing this summer vacation to help That was the steepest hike in recent times and and taxes) will be required to procure the Election Commission to vary the quan- 2015-16 and 2016-17. and bring about qualitative change. reduce the arrears in the apex court. came on the back of Rs 66.5 per cylinder increase new machines which are likely to be intro- tity to be ordered on BEL and ECIL based In a related development the Election Modi also said video confer- On the issue of simplification of effected from February 1. Rates had been on the duced by 2018, a year before when the next on their production capacity and past Commission on Sunday said that the Aam encing should be used for deposi- procedure, Justice Khehar said he is upswing since October, 2016. A non-subsidised Lok Sabha elections are due, the Law Minis- performance. Admi Party is free to file an election peti- tion made in courts by those facing making efforts to make the system LPG cylinder was priced at Rs 466.50 in Delhi in try has said, quoting details made available On July 20 last, a similar Election Com- tion in the state high court if it wants to trial, the witnesses and officials to paperless in the Supreme Court in September and had risen by Rs 271 per bottle or by the Election Commission to be given to mission proposal to buy nearly 14 lakh new verify votes cast in Punjab polls with data prevent wastage of time and money. a month or so. 58 per cent in six instalments. Parliament. EVMs – the first tranche – at a cost of Rs of paper trail. He appealed to the judiciary, The gathering was attended by Oil firms, however, raised price of subsidised The Election Commission has decided 9,200 crore during 2016-17 was approved In a strongly-worded letter, the EC also the government and the people to UP and West Bengal governors cooking gas by Rs 5.57 to Rs 440.5 per 14.2-kg to replace 9,30,430 EVMs purchased before by the Union Cabinet. said it is for the AAP “to introspect as to make 2022, the 75th year of Inde- Ram Naik and K N Tripathi, Union cylinder. This hike came as the state-owned oil 2006 as the older machines are nearing their In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on why your party could not perform as per pendence, a target year to take the Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, firms on previous two occasions -- February 1 15-year life cycle, he said. Friday, the Law Ministry had said that EC your expectations and it is unfair on your country to greater heights. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adtiyanath, and March 1 -- did not effect any significant raise On December 7 last, the Union Cabinet has not purchased a single new machine in part to attribute unsatisfactory poll perfor- Earlier addressing the gather- Allahabad High Court CJI Dilip in prices in view of assembly elections in states had approved a fresh tranche of Rs 1,009 the last three fiscals. mance of your party to the alleged tamper- ing, Justice Khehar raise the issue of B Bhosale and members from the like Uttar Pradesh. Prior to that, they had raised crore for the Election Commission to buy Minister of State for Law P P Chaudhary ability of EVMS.” pendency of cases in courts includ- legal fraternity. rates by nearly Rs 2 per cylinder for eight months in line with government decision to cut subsi- BODY SCANNERS IN AIRPORTS TOO RIO REVENGE dises through calibrated increases every month. 168 CRPF jawans fall Oil firms revise rates of ATF and cooking gas on 1st of every month based on oil price and foreign ill with suspected food exchange rate in the preceding month. AGENCIES Soon, laptops may be banned poisoning, probe ordered Skill development in hand baggage: CISF DG MPOST BUREAU key to creating huge THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: OUR CORRESPONDENT As many as 168 jawans attached to employment the CRPF camp at Pallipuram were KOLKATA: In a bid to thwart terror taken ill due PRANAB MUKHERJEE attacks, restrictions may be imposed to suspected on carrying laptops in hand baggage food poison- in flights. This comes along with the ing, prompting plan of installing body scanners in all authorities to In today’s airports across the country.