Midnight Transfer of Judge Who Rapped Delhi Police Raises Storm
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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I FRIDAY 28 I FEBRUARY 2020 WEATHER Max: 35OC Min: 21OC Rainfall: Nil POLITICS | 4 SPORT | 14 TABLOID Forecast: Jaffer tells Indian Surrogacy on Hazy sun; air quality will DMK legislator KPP Samy be unhealthy for batsmen to score big the rise sensitive groups passes away ASTROGUIDE www.facebook.com/deccannews, www.twitter.com/deccanchronicle, www.deccanchronicle.com Vol. 15 No. 332 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | ` 3.00 Vikari: Masi 16 Tithi: Panchami Star: Asupathi Saudi cancels Jeddah flight Rahukalam: 10.30 am to 12 noon Yamagandam: Umrah pilgrims Midnight transfer of judge who 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm PRAYERS Fajar: 5.18 am Zohar: 12.27 pm told to go home rapped Delhi police raises storm Asar: 3.43 pm P.A. JEBARAJ Kancheepuram, Vello- Maghrib: 6.17 pm CHENNAI, FEB. 27 re, Nagapattinam, Tha- DC CORRESPONDENT 7.29 pm On hate speeches, Delhi HC gives cen- Isha: njavur and Tiruvarur, NEW DELHI, FEB. 27 `10L to victim’s kin tre a month to update on action taken SUNSET TODAY 6.17 PM It is a classic case of reli- initially suspected some SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.26 AM gious fervour watered foul play and after a Less than 24 hours after the Efforts on to restore normalcy; we urge Delhi High Court grants Centre and MOONRISE TODAY 9.25 AM down by deadly novel while some of them tri- Delhi high court bench organisations not to indulge in making irre- police 4 weeks to file their replies to Coronavirus outbreak. ed to engage the officials headed by Justice S. sponsible statements: MEA on comments MOONSET TOMORROW 9.51 PM the PIL. The much anticipated in an argument. The pa- Muralidhar made signifi- by OIC. Umrah pilgrimage for a ssengers, mostly senior cant observations and COUNTER POINT fairly large group of 170 citizens, sought to know raised sharp questions “The midnight transfer In a veiled attack on Union Home Minister passengers from Tamil if the government had regarding Delhi Police's of Justice Muralidhar Amit Shah for his alleged involvement in Nadu, with nearly 50 passed an order sus- handling of the riots in isn't shocking given the the death of special CBI judge BH Loya in a per cent of them being pending the flight. Delhi, Union law and jus- tweet, Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Thursday, women, turned into They even wanted to tice ministry handed him current dispensation, but it is certainly sad & “Remembering the brave Judge Loya, who utter disappointment, know the basis of recall- his transfer orders on wasn't transferred.” as Saudi Airlines tem- ing the boarding passes, Wednesday night. shameful. Millions of porarily suspended its especially after the Sa- “In exercise of the power Indians have faith in a resilient & Delhi govt to flight to Jeddah. udi government had conferred by Clause (1) of I admit I am the one in Umrah is an Islamic granted them visas for Article 222 of the upright judiciary, the give `10 lakh government's attempts to this viral video. This pilgrimage to Mecca the travel. The officials Constitution of India, the video is dated February 24. to families of those that can be undertaken reasoned out that their President, after consulta- muzzle justice & break The rioters entered my house killed in riots, at any time of the year, visas might have been tion with the Chief Justice their faith are after breaking the door. I am `5 lakh to those in contrast to the Hajj, issued earlier but cur- of India, is pleased to trans- deplorable,” Priyanka which has specific dates rently no new visas fer Shri Justice S. trying to shoo them out using seriously injured according to the Islamic were granted. Muralidhar, judge of the Gandhi, Congress general a lathi in the video.” — Arvind Kejriwal lunar calendar. Saudi Arabia has tem- Delhi high court, as a judge secretary tweeted. — Tahir Hussain, an AAP councilor The passengers were porarily suspended of the Punjab and Haryana all set to board the flight entry for individuals high court and to direct to Jeddah (SV 769) at seeking to perform him to assume charge of his asked it to register FIRs about 12.15 pm on Umrah pilgrimage in office in the Punjab and against certain BJP leaders Sonia leads Market report Thursday, after under- Mecca or visiting the Haryana high court,” the for their hate speeches and 24 ct (1 gm): `4,267.00 Delhi riot: Death going the immigration Prophet's Mosque in ministry said in a late- to ensure the safe passage GOLD 22 ct (1 gm): `4,064.00 march for and customs checks, Madina, as well as night notification. Justice of the injured from the SILVER Bar (1 Kg): `50,900.00 when the bombshell tourists travelling from Muralidhar was handed his small Al Hind hospital to ‘Raj dharma’ Sensex 39,745.66 pts landed. Immigration countries where the transfer order at 11 pm on GTB. toll mounts to 38 INDICES Nifty 11,633.30 pts and CISF officials Coronavirus poses a Wednesday. “We should never allow DC CORRESPONDENT approached them and risk as determined by Judges are usually given another 1984... especially New Delhi, Feb. 27: The NEW DELHI, FEB. 27 EXCHANGE US$: `71.53 Euro: 78.62 requested them to sur- the Kingdom's health two week's time, or 14 days, under the watch of the death toll in the northeast AAP councilor render their boarding authorities. This infor- to take change at the new court and under your Delhi communal riots Congress President Sonia Naidu taken into passes, as they would all mation was passed to place, however Justice (Delhi Police) watch… We reached 38 on Thursday, Gandhi on Thursday be 'off loaded.' the government of India Muralidhar is expected to have to be very, very alert,” according to senior offi- Tahir supended marched to the Rashtrapati preventive custody Shocked over the sud- through the External take charge on March 6 or the bench of Justice cials. The death count at Bhawan along with other at Vizag airport den announcement, the Affairs Ministry, the 7, at least eight days after Murlidhar and Anup GTB Hospital has risen to from party senior leaders of the party, pilgrims from Chennai, officials added. ■ P4 he has received the order. Bhambhani observed dur- 34. Till Wednesday night, New Delhi: Aam Aadmi including former Prime Visakhapatnam: Telugu De- Though Justice S. Mura- ing a midnight hearing on the total count of casualties Party on Thursday sus- Minister Manmohan sam Party president N Cha- lidhar's transfer was rec- night at his residence. had stood at 27, 25 of those pended councilor Tahir Singh, and asked President ndrababu Naidu was on Th- ommended by the Supreme The case is now listed at GTB Hospital in Dilshad Hussian from the party's Ramnath Kovind to ursday taken into preven- Court collegium about two before the Chief Justice of Garden. “Over 215 riot vic- primary membership. remove Home Minister tive custody at the airport weeks back, the timing of Delhi high court, Justice tims have been brought to This came after an FIR Amit Shah for “gross inep- here for his 'safety' as the was registered against ruling YSR Congress work- the orders came under Dhirubhai Naranbhai Pa- our hospital and treated titude, abdication of duty strong criticism from tel, and on Thursday he ga- since February 24. Hussain for allegedly mur- and his inability to contain ers staged a protest oppos- dering Intelligence Bureau Opposition parties, civil ve Delhi Police four weeks' However, at present only the situation” in violence- ing his visit, police said. (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, Tension prevailed near the society, common people time to file a counter-affi- 51 patients are admitted. whose body was recovered hit North East Delhi. airport with the TDP work- and the Bar Association. davit in response to a plea The condition of almost all from North-East Delhi's Accusing the Centre, Mrs ers repulsing the YSRC During the hearing on seeking registration of patients are stable except Chand Bagh area here on Gandhi said: “Due to the activists who tried to block urgent petitions with FIRs against four politi- one,” Medical Wednesday. complete inaction on the Naidu’s convoy. ■ P6 regard to Delhi riots on cians-BJP leaders Anurag Superintendent of GTB part of the Home Minister Tuesday night, Justice Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Par- Hospital Sunil Kumar said. dead at GTB Hospital and and the Central Governme- Pilgrims at Chennai airport disappointed as Saudi Muralidhar had rapped vesh Verma and Abhay Since February 24, 25 vic- nine have died during nt, the violence has clai- China ‘duck army’ Airlines temporarily suspended its flight to Jeddah. — DC to fight Pakistan Delhi Police for its role and Verma. tims have been brought treatment, he said. med the lives of at least 34. locusts English translation Beijing: China is planning to INDIA After opening their campaign dispatch a 100,000-strong India evacuates 112 people by upsetting four-time army of ducks to help Pakis- champions Australia, India tan combat a massive locust WOMEN beat Bangladesh, infestation, a local newspa- and their New per reported Thursday. The from China, 119 from Tokyo MARCH ON Zealand victory made legion of lotus-eating water- fowl will be sent from the it three from three to DC CORRESPONDENT A C-17 Globemaster III from Tokyo included two ensure a semi-final eastern province of Zhejiang NEW DELHI, FEB. 27 transport aircraft of Sri Lankans, one Nepa- following the earlier dispatch berth for the sec- Indian Air Force evacu- lese, one South African of a team of Chinese experts ond successive India on Thursday evacu- ated 76 Indians and 36 and one Peruvian.