Chandigarh – the Pioneer
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Delhi court on Monday benefit more than 300 women On February 9, serving Aissued fresh death war- officers, including making women officers in the Indian rants against the four death- ! # them eligible for pension. Army had countered the row convicts in the Nirbhaya $ %& ' () The women officers, how- / Centre’s stand in the SC on gangrape and murder case. ever, will not be inducted into denying command posts to The four convicts will be now the combat arms such as the women on the ground of their hanged to death on March 3 at % $ () infantry, artillery and The top court said despite physiological limitations, 6 am. This is the third time that armoured corps as the Supreme there being no stay on the 2010 terming it not only “regressive death warrants have been The court was also Court clarified that their Delhi High Court verdict but also completely contrary to issued against them. informed that Vinay is on deployment is a matter of pol- allowing grant of permanent the demonstrated record and Additional Sessions Judge hunger strike. Vinay was icy as held by the Delhi High commission to women officers, statistics.” In their written sub- (ASJ) Dharmender Rana issued assaulted in jail and has head Court and the competent the Centre showed scant regard mission to the court, the fresh warrants against death injuries, his lawyer told the authority has to look into it. in implementing the directive women officers had sought row convicts Mukesh Kumar court, adding that he was suf- While directing the Centre in the past one decade. rejection of the submission of -%.%#/! the three Services by under- Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), fering from acute mental illness to grant permanent commis- “There is no reason and the Centre and said it is unfor- taking these reforms. Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and and hence the death sentence sion, the court termed the justification for the union of tunate that such grounds have ith the objective of fight- Rawat said the theatre Akshay Kumar (31). cannot be carried out. Government’s argument of India not to act as per the Delhi been raised, which are com- Wing modern-day warfare, commands will be geographi- The first date of execution, The court directed the physiological limitations and High Court verdict. On pletely contrary to the demon- India will roll out two to five cally defined and demarcated January 22, was postponed to Tihar Jail superintendent to social norms for denying them September 2, 2011, the strated records of the case. theatre commands by 2022 to and a study will be conducted February 1 by a January 17 take appropriate care of Vinay command posts as “disturbing.” Supreme Court clarified this The women officers had take care of security challenges from March 31 onwards. The court order. Then the trial as per law. The court said women offi- aspect and said there is no stay said they have been serving in along the western (Pakistan) study will be submitted for court on January 31 stayed “till Pawan’s counsel informed cers in the past have brought on the High Court verdict. the 10 Combat Support Arms, and northern (China) borders. scrutiny by the end of next year further orders” the execution of the court that he wanted to laurels to the country and Despite that scant regard has for the last 27 to 28 years and While Jammu & Kashmir and hopefully the commands the four convicts as they had move curative petition and the change of mindset is required been paid to the verdict of the have proven their mettle and will be a separate theatre, the will roll out by 2020, said not exhausted all their legal mercy plea against the death on the part of the Government HC and the order of Supreme courage under fire. western and eastern Navy com- Rawat, adding the study groups remedies. sentence before the President. to put an end to gender bias in Court as well,” the Bench said. The written submission had mands will operate as one and will evaluate the options of Mukesh on Monday told Pawan is the only one Armed forces. A Bench head- The SC said it is of the also said the women officers known as peninsular com- on Monday. number of commands which the court that he didn’t want to among the four convicts who ed by Justice DY Chandrachud opinion that physiological fea- have demonstrated that they do mand to guard the strategical- Stressing that his charter as could vary from two to five. At be represented by advocate has not yet filed the curative said there will not be any tures of women have no effect not lack in any manner in the ly important Indian Ocean, CDS is clearly enunciated, he present, the three Services have Vrinda Grover, after which petition — the last legal rem- absolute bar on giving women in granting permanent com- roles that have been assigned to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) said the mandate is to achieve their own commands and advocate Ravi Qazi was picked edy available to a person, which command postings. mission and they have to be them. General Bipin Rawat said here jointness and synergy between operate in silos. to represent him. is decided in-chamber. P Q & ' !" ! /,-!2,"/ midst speculations that to make the power rates more state's financial position was on Afirebrand leader Navjot affordable while ensuring that its way to consolidation as a Singh Sidhu may start new the peak demand of 13,000 result of the State Government’s innings in the wake of Aam mega watt is effectively met. efforts of the last three years Aadmi Party’s (AAP) resound- Notably, Aam Aadmi Party and any attempt to scuttle the ing win in Delhi elections, the (AAP) has all along been tar- momentum would not be tol- cricketer-turned-politician geting the State Government erated. made a public appearance in R for not fulfilling its election Exhorting the young PYC -%.%#/! an event attended by his polit- promise of scrapping or review- members and office bearers to ical rival and SAD MLA $ ing the PPAs with private play a proactive role in safe- lockade of the public road Bikram Singh Majithia on late thermal power plants. guarding the nation’s cher- Bat Shaheen Bagh is “trou- Sunday night. after eight months of exile has nder attack from all sides In fact, AAP’s Sunam MLA ished ideals of secularism and bling us”, the Supreme Court Coming out of his ‘self- created a stir in the Punjab Uover the costly electricity Aman Arora has even written pluralism, Capt Amarinder said on Monday and suggest- * + $ %& ' () imposed’ political exile after he political circles, especially after in the State besides the demand to the Congress national pres- described the positivity and ed that the anti-CAA protest- resigned from the Capt he abstained from campaigning of annulling the “anti-govern- ident Sonia Gandhi seeking her energy exhibited by the youth ers go to another site where no where to protest.” meetings with the local resident Amarinder Singh led Cabinet for the party in the recently ment” power purchase agree- intervention in the matter by against the nefarious divisive public place would be blocked. “Our concern is if every- welfare associations, priests of in July 2019, Sidhu made his concluded Delhi assembly polls ments (PPAs) with private play- directing the Chief Minister to designs of the BJP was reas- The SC asked senior advo- body starts blocking public mosques there and we are try- first major public appearance despite being Congress’ star ers, Punjab Chief Minister fulfill the election promise and suring. cate Sanjay Hegde to “play a areas then where will it end,” ing to persuade them that this after months at a cultural event campaigner. Capt Amarinder Singh on scrap the agreements. Capt Amarinder asked the constructive role as an inter- the bench asked. is not the way to keep entire regarding musical album It has been learnt that Monday announced that the Not even the Opposition, youth wing to support various locutor” to persuade the pro- The SC said Hegde can city to hostage under the garb release at Majitha in Amritsar, Sidhu deliberately avoided State Government would the demand to cancel the PPAs initiatives in a mission mode to testers to move to an alterna- take assistance of advocate of protest,” Mehta said. sharing stage with Majithia, campaigning in Delhi as there “renegotiate” the power agree- in the interest of the state and ensure that their benefits per- tive site. People have a funda- Sadhana Ramachandran and besides other prominent lead- are apprehensions that he ments which the erstwhile its people was also raised by the colate down to the masses, mental right to protest “peace- former Chief Information ers including Congress might part ways with the Akali-BJP Government had Congress leaders including the and to thwart the Opposition’s fully and lawfully” but block- Commissioner Wajahat Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Congress, and join any anoth- signed to “defraud the State and Cabinet minister Sukhjinder negative propaganda against ing public roads and public Habibullah for talking to the Aujla, SAD Taksali leader er political party, like AAP, its people”.