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Page1final.Qxd (Page 3) THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 Govt issues advisory against illegal DB sets aside dropping of some Over 2200 vehicles stranded as NH remains closed on Day 3 constructions, encroachments charges by NIA court cles were stranded and more than would be any major rain or snow- Celsius against 3.2 degree Celsius “At Ram Munshi Bagh, the 1000 on that side of the Pir fall activity in the Valley till March the earlier night at Pahalgam current gauge reading is 12 Ft and employees", the Government violation of the Master Plan or Sharma for the National this, sanction for prosecution Panchal in Kashmir. If the road is 31. which also received 26.4mm of if it touches the 14Ft, flood spill has made it clear. the building bye-laws can be Investigating Agency, the DB set- under Section 7 of the Explosive cleared tomorrow, the loaded vehi- Rains in the Valley and snow- rain. channels will be opened which It is pertinent to mention here permitted to be compounded", aside the order of NIA Court with Substance Act and under Section cles destined for Kashmir will be fall in higher reaches started on Kokernag recorded a low of will recede the water level in that Jammu Municipal the DB had made it clear, the direction to frame charges for 39 of the Arms Act from the cleared first. Sunday afternoon and continued 2.8 degree Celsius against previ- Jhelum, and the gauge level in all Corporation, Srinagar Municipal adding "it is only the genuine commission of offences under District Magistrate Reasi and Reports from Reasi said that for the fourth day today. In last 24 ous night’s 3.6 degree Celsius water bodies is below normal,” an Corporation, Jammu mistakes while effecting con- Section 121-A and 120-B RPC. District Magistrate Jammu, which Reasi –Mahore, Mahore hours, Gulmarg received 6 inches while it received 32.1 mm of rain official said. Development Authority, Srinagar structions which are permitted The NIA had filed charge sheet were enclosed with the charge –Chassana and Gulabgarh roads of fresh snowfall. in last 24 hours. Amid heavy rains across Development Authority, all to be compounded and no com- against three Kashmiris for their sheet, had been obtained. were also closed due to heavy rain Baramulla district recorded minimum temperature settled Kashmir, a flood-like situation has Municipal Councils, Municipal pounding orders can be passed alleged involvement in the attack The Special Judge NIA since last evening. Mahore-Gool minimum temperature of minus at 1.6 degree Celsius in Kupwara arisen in Khushal Mohalla and Committees, Directorates of in routine". in which three militants were Jammu by virtue of the impugned road was however, restored in the 2.5 degree Celsius against minus against 3.6 degree Celsius the pre- Rather Mohalla of Neelipura area Urban Local Bodies, Housing Accordingly, the DB had killed in September 2018. During order dated 25.02.2020 framed evening. 0.9 degree Celsius the previous Board and Urban Environment issued directions to the investigation larger conspiracy of charges against the respondents Meanwhile, rains continued to night. Engineering Department are Government for evolving a fool- proscribed militant organization under Section 307 RPC, Sections lash Kashmir while there was Srinagar received 30.9 mm of under the administrative control proof mechanism to check viola- Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was 7/25, 35 of the Arms Act, Section fresh snowfall in higher reaches of rainfall during the time while mer- of the Housing and Urban tions of Master Plan and building unearthed wherein Pakistan based 4/5 of Explosive Substance Act, Valley today but weather cury settled at 4.6 degree Celsius, Development Department. bye-laws at the beginning itself leadership of JeM illegally infil- Sections 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 38 and improved later in the day with same as recorded the previous "With the issuance of adviso- and ensure that only minor viola- trated armed and trained militants 39 of the Unlawful Activities ry numerous directions issued by tions are compounded. Weatherman forecasting dry night. Qazigund received highest in India using the services of an (Prevention) Act, Section 6(1A) weather till ending March. rainfall in Valley—47.2mm in the the High Court are going to be Even Supreme Court in case organized network of Over Indian Wireless and Telegraph Act implemented", sources said titled "Friends Colony The Meteorological last 24 hours and recorded a low of Ground Workers. and Section 14(c) Foreigners Act Department forecast significant 4.0 degree Celsius against 4.6 while disclosing that High Court Development" had held: The charge sheet has been filed read with Section 120-B RPC but a number of times has laid stress "Though the Municipal laws improvement in weather and said degree Celsius the previous night. against three accused persons at the same time ordered their dis- that it was unlikely that there Mercury settled at 0.3 degree on evolving fool-proof mecha- permit deviations from sanc- namely Muhammad Iqbal Rather charge under Section 121-A of nism for timely checking viola- tioned constructions being reg- of Futlipora, Budgam, who was a RPC. tions of building bye-laws and ularized by compounding but BSc Nursing student at SKIMS, "We have no hesitation in Bobde recommends Ramana's making the enforcement wings that is by way of exception. Ashaq Ahmed Nengroo of holding that the investigating accountable. Only such deviations deserve to Rajpora, Pulwama, who was a agency could have investigated name as new CJI In a Public Interest Litigation be condoned as are bona-fide or trucker by profession and Riyaz not only the offences which were Justice Bobde, who is due to Chief Justice is sent a month (PIL) titled "A Citizen Versus are attributable to some misun- Ahmed Nengroo of Hanjin Bala, cognizable but even those which Amid heavy rains, scene of water logging at Srinagar's Amar Jammu and Kashmir and Others" derstanding and deliberate retire on April 23, has sent the rec- before his retirement. Pulwama, who was also a trucker were non-cognizable in terms of ommendation to the Law and If the recommendation is Singh College on Wednesday. —Excelsior/Shakeel highlighting violations of Master deviations don't deserve to be and brother of accused Ashaq the ratio laid down in Ram Plan and building bye-laws, a condoned and compounded, Justice Ministry, and handed over approved by the Government, vious night. The north Kashmir of North Kashmir’s Handwara due Ahmed Nengroo. Krishna Dalmia case", the DB a copy to Justice Ramana, the Justice Ramana will take charge as district received rainfall of 34.8 to which people are facing many Division Bench of the High Court which ought to be kept at a bare Upon completion of the inves- said, adding "it was not mandatory headed by the then Chief Justice minimum". sources said. the 48th Chief Justice of India on mm during the time. issues. tigation, a report was sent to the for the District Magistrate to first Gita Mittal had on December 3, It has generally been observed As per norms, a written com- April 24. Justice Ramana is due to The incessant rains during the The locals said that the heavy District Magistrate Reasi and the order a preliminary investigation 2018 observed, "Municipal laws that in case of major violations, munication from the incumbent retire on August 26, 2022. (PTI) last four days have sub-merged rains have increased the flow of District Magistrate Jammu. On the before filing a complaint in terms are framed to ensure planned the enforcement wings don't pre- several areas in Kashmir valley. water in the local canal, which has basis of this report a complaint of Section 196-A of the Code of development within the fer to visit the spot till the viola- PM asks people to visit Even a house and a shop were resulted in the closure of a local Municipal limits. The very object tors complete several floors and under Section 196 and 196-A of Criminal Procedure and that the damaged in central Kashmir’s mosque and a school in the area. of requiring the sanctioned plan thereafter such major violations the Code of Criminal Procedure communication dated 2nd March, Budgam district. They said that it is a flood-like cannot be permitted to be obliter- get compounded through for prosecution of the accused for 2019 can be said to be a complaint tulip garden The rain water also seeped into situation on the banks of the canal ated by a person who effects the Tribunal, sources said, adding "in the offences under Section 120-B in terms of Section 196-A of the The tulip garden will be open for public tomorrow," Tulip several houses at Ganai Mohalla in and people are trapped in their deliberate and rampant illegal none of the Municipal read with Section 121-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure". thrown open to public tomorrow. Garden incharge Inam Rehman Devas Pora Magam Handwara as homes. constructions for personal and Corporation, Municipal Council RPC was forwarded by the com- "We cannot persuade our- "Tomorrow, 25th March is Sofi said. well as in some villages of Lolab They said that time and again, private gains". and Municipal Committee the petent authority--- District selves to accept the view special for Jammu and Kashmir. A Sofi said the department and Qawardi in Kupwara district. they have approached the con- "In no circumstances, any enforcement wing is held Magistrate Reasi and District expressed by the NIA Court to the majestic tulip garden on the planted nearly 15 lakh bulbs of An old mud house, belonging cerned authorities with a request to person or the authority can be accountable for violation of Magistrate Jammu to the NIA extent of discharging the respon- foothills of the Zabarwan different varieties this year.
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