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Max/Min temp. 30/18 ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 314 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `6.00 ASTROGUIDE Clean and green Vikari; Dakshinayana Tithi: Kartika Bahula Vidiya till RTI law applies 7.51 pm Star: Rohini till 10.44 pm Varjyam: 2.29 pm to 4.08 pm and 4.26 am to 6.04 am (Friday) Durmuhurtam: 10.08 am to 10.53 to CJI office: SC am and 2.37 pm to 3.22 pm Rahukalam: 1 pm to 3 pm HIJRI CALENDAR Says reasons for the appointment of judges Rabbi-ul-Awwal 16,1441 AH PRAYERS won’t come under the purview of the info law Fajar: 5.17 am PARMOD KUMAR Zohar: 12.10 pm with agency inputs Asar: 4.05 pm NEW DELHI, NOV. 13 Maghrib: 5.46 pm Disqualified can Isha: 6.56 pm Bringing down the curtain SUNSET TODAY 5.41 PM on a nearly decade-old SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.20 AM debate, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that contest polls: SC MOONRISE TOMORROW 6.28 PM the office of the Chief MOONSET TODAY 6.47 AM Justice of India (CJI) is a DC CORRESPONDENT all eyes were on the BJP’s public authority and is NEW DELHI, NOV. 13 next move, on whether it covered under the Right to would give tickets to the Money Bill goes Information Act (RTI), but In a mixed verdict, the Congress-JD(S) rebels. added that disclosure of Supreme Court on Wedne- Karnataka deputy chief any information sought sday upheld the disqualifi- minister C.N. to larger bench will have to be balanced cation of 17 Karnataka Ashwathnarayan said the New Delhi: The Supreme with the independence of MLAs belonging to the disqualified MLAs would Court on Wednesday judiciary, which itself is a Congress join the BJP struck down the rules matter of public interest. and the KARNATAKA MLAS on Thursd- formulated by the Centre Upholding a 2010 Delhi Janata Dal ay. on appointment and ser- High Court verdict, the (Secular), but set aside The Supreme Court has vice conditions for mem- five-judge constitution then Speaker K.R. Ramesh also said that if elected in bers of various tribunals, bench headed by Chief Kumar’s order unseating the bypolls, the disquali- and referred to a larger Justice Ranjan Gogoi, cau- them for the remainder of fied MLAs can become bench the issue of exam- tioned that RTI cannot be the current Assembly’s ministers or hold public ining the validity of the used as a tool of surveil- term, paving the way for office. passage of the Finance lance and held that judi- them to contest the com- Act 2017 as a Money Bill. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, alights from an electric autorickshaw during his visit to the India Meteorological cial independence and ing byelection to 17 seats. ■ Page 8: If an MLA quits Department (IMD) at Mausam Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday. Prince Charles, who arrived here on Wednesday, right to privacy have to be After the court’s verdict, out of free will, accept it: SC ■ Full report on Page 6 is on a two-day visit to India. This is his 10th official visit to the country. — PTI kept in mind while dealing with transparency. PG 8 | SC VERDICT ON SABARIMALA CASE AND On whether the delibera- COUNTER POINT tions of the Supreme CONTEMPT PLEA AGAINST RAHUL TODAY Court collegium compris- ing five senior-most can be disclosed, not the Chandrachud, Justice Inflation rises to 15-month high judges in the appointment reasons. Transparency Deepak Gupta and Justice of judges or lawyers will and openness in judicial Sanjeev Khanna. be made public, the top appointments juxtaposed While the Chief Justice Vegetables fuel inflation; RBI may ignore price rise to cut rates court ruled that it should with confidentiality of and Justices Gupta and be decided on a case-to- deliberations remain one Khanna wrote one judg- FC BUREAU ■ Prices of cereals and October stood at 3.5 per However, most econo- case basis keeping in mind of the most delicate and ment, Justices Ramana NEW DELHI, NOV. 13 products were also high cent against 4 per cent in mists feel that the rise is the larger public interest. complex areas. and Chandrachud have at 2.16 per cent against September. temporary and expect The bench said that only Besides CJI Gogoi, other written separate verdicts. Breaching the central Prices of cereals and average retail inflation to the names of judges rec- judges on the bench bank’s four per cent target 1.66 per cent a month products were also high at remain below four per ommended by the col- included Justice N.V. ■ Page 8: RTI, Privacy are for the first time, con- ago. Vegetables inflation 2.16 per cent against 1.66 cent in the current finan- legium for appointment Ramana, Justice D.Y. two sides of the same coin sumer retail inflation rose for October stood at 26 per cent a month ago. cial year. to 15-month high of 4.62 per cent against 15.4 per Vegetables inflation for The rise in inflation is per cent in October. cent in September. October stood at 26 per unlikely to sway the Driven by skyrocketing cent against 15.4 per cent Monetary Policy PAK TO CHANGE food and vegetable prices, output, is the culprit. in September. Besides, Committee (MPC), which Rape victim’s baby retail prices have raised The inflation-based pulses and products too meets next month. concerns among house- Consumer Price Index recorded high of 11.72 per Rahul Gupta of Emkay ARMY LAW FOR hold consumers national- (CPI) was 3.99 per cent in cent in October against 8.4 Global Financial Services Aadhaar address ly. Food basket prices September and 3.38 per per cent in previous mon- said that the retail infla- JADHAV, ICJ were the hardest hit, ris- cent in October 2018. th, according to the data. tion hike was a surprise. is a ‘gold’ swimmer change rule eased ing by 7.89 per cent, acco- However, food price grew October also saw exorbi- “We expect the RBI to con- SRIDHAR rding to government data 7.89 per cent in October as tant onion and tomato pr- tinue easing on the back of KUMARASWAMI and D. SIVA RAMI REDDY | DC New Delhi: The govern- released on Wednesday. against 5.11 per cent in ices due to unprecedented sluggish growth and weak SHAFQAT ALI | DC KURNOOL, NOV. 13 ment has allowed Incessant rain, that pro- September, according to rains, disruption in supply core inflation and cut its NEW DELHI/ migrants to change longed the monsoon and the data. Core inflation, chain and acquisition repo rate at December ISLAMABAD, NOV. 13 The baby of a rape victim address on Aadhaar by played havoc with farm excluding food and oil, for restrictions on traders. meeting,” he said. is now a golden girl: a ch- giving self declaration, a Pakistan is planning ampion swimmer. Pooja move aimed at helping to amend its Army — christened so by former them open bank account Act in order to permit President A.P.J. Abdul and promote financial MUSLIMS CAN’T imprisoned Indian Kalam — is making waves inclusion. The changes former naval officer on the national swimming were made by amending FORGET BABRI TS rejects HC’s 3-judge Kulbhushan Jadhav scene. A gold winner in the Prevention of Money- to file an appeal in a 200-metre freestyle in the was hardly 5 hours old laundering Rules on civilian court against eight-state southwest when she arrived, full of Wednesday. — PTI DEMOLITION: MBT his death sentence. zonal swimming champi- blood scars,” Raja Reddy panel to end RTC strike This is in line with onship in 2018, Pooja will said. “Even her umbilical ATHER MOIN | DC the International Co- now represent Andhra cord was not cut proper- Congress, NCP HYDERABAD, NOV. 13 VUJJINI ined the High Court’s The CS also prayed that urt of Justice’s (ICJ) Pradesh in the under-17 ly.” VAMSHIDHARA | DC order. However, he expre- the matter be referred to verdict in July. A Pa- competition in New Delhi. Raja Reddy wrote to for- Majlis Bachao Tehreek HYDERABAD, NOV. 13 ssed the state’s inability to the labour commissioner, kistani military court Rescued by the Raja mer President Kalam, talk on Maha president Majeedullah accede. who was seized of the mat- had in April 2017 sen- Foundation in Mylava- requesting him to name Mumbai: The Congress Khan Farhat on Tuesday Sticking to its guns that On Tuesday, the division ter but keeping it in abey- tenced Jadhav on ram, Kadapa, 11 years the newborn. Kalam, as a and the NCP on Wednes- said the Muslims of India there would not be any bench comprising Chief ance due to the pendency charges of espionage ago, she exhibited an awe- symbol of religious unity, day started their deliber- will never forget the reconciliation and negoti- Justice Raghavendra of PILs on the RTC strike. and sabotage. some growth of talent named her Pooja Eeman ations on the modalities Babri Masjid demolition ation proceedings with Singh Chauhan and The Advocate-General Currently, under despite the absence of par- (faith/trust in God).