Why Not Increase the VVPAT Count, Asks SC
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https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official follow us: tuesday, march 26, 2019 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Why not increase the Goyals step down from Jet board Banks assume control of cashstrapped airline, to look for new investors VVPAT count, asks SC Lalatendu Mishra that Mr. Goyal will pledge Manojit Saha 16% of his residual stake, re MUMBAI Random checking working fine, says EC official sulting in the decline of his Students gherao Ending a nearly two month effective stake to below 10%. JNU V-C’s house Krishnadas Rajagopal long struggle to remain in NEW DELHI NEW DELHI control, Jet Airways’ power New investor Jawaharlal Nehru University The Supreme Court said on couple Naresh Goyal and his According to sources, the ViceChancellor M. Jagadesh Monday that it was in favour spouse Anita on Monday re lenders will invite an Expres Kumar alleged on Monday that protesting students of increasing the random signed as directors from the sion of Interest (EoI) for on forcibly entered his house and physical verification of Voter board of the company. boarding of a new investor confined his wife inside for Verified Paper Audit Trail Their exit paves the way on April 9. Binding bids will several hours. (VVPAT) in the Lok Sabha for recapitalisation of the fi be invited by April 30, and DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 and Assembly elections, nancially challenged airline the stake sale process is ex DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD though the idea was met through a resolution plan. pected to be completed by DMRC employee found with stiff resistance from the The resignations of Mr. Mayend. dead at Metro Bhawan Election Commission. and Mrs. Goyal were accept Jet Airways’ lenders, led NEW DELHI Deputy Election Commis ed at a hurriedly convened by the State Bank of India, The body of a 33yearold sioner Sudeep Jain said the board meeting here. Mr. are being issued 11.4 crore DMRC employee was found in current practice of physical Goyal, a former travel agent equity shares of the compa the basement of Metro ly checking the VVPAT paper who founded Jet Airways in ny upon conversion of ₹1 of Bhawan on Monday. The slips of one randomly select 1993, also ceased to be the their outstanding debt. As police suspect the employee ed polling station in an As chairman of the company, The future role of Etihad airline with a 50.1% stake. immediate funding support, died by suicide. sembly constituency and ending his 25year tenure at in the Indian carrier remains Following this, Mr. Goyal’s the lender consortium will DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 each Assembly segment in the helm. Another director unclear. holding will reduce by half infuse ₹1,500 crore into the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the case of the Lok Sabha Kevin Knight, who repre With Monday’s resigna from 51% to 25.5%, Etihad carrier by way of debt. AIIMS Trauma Centre election was “all that is ter introspecting on its pa have been in the Election sented Etihad Airways on tions and following a fresh Airways’ from 24% to 12% suspends admissions needed.” There was no need rameters. “It was the judges Commission at the time, but Jet’s board, has also re board approval, the banks and public shareholding CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 NEW DELHI whatsoever to extend the of this court that pushed you do you know how much of signed. will soon take charge of the from 25% to 12.5%. It is learnt STAKE SALE Ī PAGE 13 Admission of patients to the physical count of VVPATs. into introducing the VVPATs opposition the Supreme emergency department of in the first place. If you are Court had to face from the the AIIMS Trauma Centre in ‘Based on data’ so conscious of improving Election Commission to Delhi is likely to be Mr. Jain told a Bench of Chief your parameters, why did bring in VVPATs?” Justice Garibi Hatao 2.0: Rahul promises to wipe out poverty suspended for over a month Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi you not take the first step to Gogoi asked. after Sunday’s blaze rendered and Justice Deepak Gupta introduce VVPATs in elec The Chief Justice said, SANDEEP PHUKAN Mr. Gandhi asserted that Gandhi said at a press confe the operation theatre that VVPATs were “working tions? Why did the judges of “No institution, however NEW DELHI five crore families and 25 rence after a Congress Work complex nonfunctional. absolutely right” and eve this court have to think for high, including the judiciary, Describing it as a ‘ground crore people would be lifted ing Committee meeting that DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 2 rything that the ECI did was you?” Justice Gogoi said. should insulate itself from breaking’ promise and a fi out of poverty under NYAY — reviewed the manifesto. “I DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD #70929 based on expert statistical improvements.” nal assault on poverty, Con the acronym suggested by promise there will be justice data. He said the Election Swamy case The court directed the gress president Rahul Gand Congress general secretary for the poor. The Congress Commission, on its own, In 2013, in the Subramanian Election Commission to file hi on Monday announced Priyanka GandhiVadra to guarantees that 20% families constantly bettered its Swamy case, the Supreme an affidavit by Thursday, ex that 20% of the poorest fami convey a sense of ‘justice’ for belonging to the poorest of parameters. Court held that the paper plaining why it seemed to be lies in the country would be the poor. the poor category will be gi A visibly annoyed Justice trail through VVPAT of votes “fully satisfied” with restrict annually given ₹72,000 each “This is a ground breaking ven ₹72,000 each annually,” Gogoi responded to Mr. cast was an indispensable re ing the counting of VVPATs under the Nyuntam Aay Yo- idea, and it is a historic day. he added. Jain’s comments, asking him quirement of free and fair to one polling station. jana (NYAY) or minimum in Final assault on poverty has why the EC had not intro elections. come guarantee scheme, if begun. We will wipe out po CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES duced VVPATs on its own af “You [Mr. Jain] may not CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 his party returned to power. verty from the country,” Mr. A BLUFF: JAITLEY Ī PAGE 10 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC AI withdraws Cutting a path SC to consider AAP govt.’s plea on services boarding pass Legal Correspondent Justice Ranjan Gogoi told the Centre should have the final NEW DELHI Delhi government’s counsel word on posting and transf with photos The AAP government on that it will look into the er of bureaucrats in Delhi’s Monday moved the Supreme matter. administration, but their dis of PM, Rupani Court seeking constitution The apex court had on Fe agreement on finer details of a larger Bench to expedi bruary 14 referred the issue resulted in a split verdict and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tiously decide the issue of of control of services to a the matter got referred to a NEW DELHI control over administrative larger Bench after delivering larger Bench. Air India on Monday was services in Delhi. a split verdict. The two forced to withdraw its A Bench headed by Chief judge Bench had said the DETAILS ON Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 boarding passes carrying an advertisement featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Mi nister Vijay Rupani follow ing criticism on social media. Earlier in the day, a pas senger shared photos of his boarding pass for travel on March 25 on Twitter and wrote, “my Air India board ing pass prominently flash es Narendra Modi, Vibrant Gujarat & Vijay Rupani ...Wonder why we are wast Mission Rohtang: The Border Roads Organisation removes snow from the ManaliLeh Highway, in Manali, on Monday. 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CM Sachin Pilot described 20, but the boarding passes turn to power in the Lok Mr. Singh’s remarks as vio carrying the ad continued Sabha election came to light Non-partisan position lating the dignity of his Con to be in use across Air In through a video footage.