SC Slaps Contempt Notice on Bengal in Mamata Meme Case
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follow us: tuesday, july 2, 2019 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 22 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 SC slaps contempt notice on Coalition govt. shaken as two Cong. MLAs quit in Karnataka Bengal in Mamata meme case Rebel members Anand Singh, Ramesh Jarkiholi resign Court asks why BJP leader was not released on May 14 after being granted bail Special Correspondent Bengaluru Legal Correspondent for her release. In a fresh trouble for the Ja Chawri Bazar tense after NEW DELHI Counsel for West Bengal nata Dal (Secular)Congress scuffle over parking The Supreme Court on Mon tried to placate the court, government in Karnataka, NEW DELHI day issued a contempt notice saying the jail authorities Congress MLAs Anand Singh Tension prevailed at Chawri to West Bengal for keeping were merely following the and Ramesh Jarkiholi re Bazar in central Delhi on Monday, a day after a scuffle BJP youth wing leader Pri jail manual. “A Supreme signed from the Assembly between two men over yanka Sharma behind bars Court order for immediate on Monday, bringing the parking took a communal overnight despite its order release has precedence over party’s strength down to 77. turn and a temple was on May 14 to release her im a jail manual,” Justice Baner Mr. Singh represents Vi vandalised, the police said. mediately on bail. jee shot back at the lawyer. jaynagara in Ballari district, Three FIRs have been A Bench, led by Chief Jus while Mr. Jarkiholi was elect registered but no arrests tice of India Ranjan Gogoi, is Closure report ed from Gokak in Belagavi have been made in the case sued the notice returnable in Mr. Kaul also informed the district. Both have earlier so far. The police said that four weeks. court that the police had been identified with the “re they have obtained CCTV It has thus carried out filed a closure report in the bel” camp that has threa footage from the area to what a Vacation Bench, led case of criminal defamation tened to destabilise the go identify the miscreants. by Justice Indira Banerjee, foisted against Ms. Sharma. vernment. ter met Governor Vajubhai threatening to quit the party Security has been beefed up threatened on May 15 when The report was filed on May Vala at the Raj Bhavan be ever since he was dropped to avoid any untoward the latter heard that Ms. rest “prima facie arbitrary” Vacation Bench that the 13, but the information was Exits contained? fore announcing that he had from the Cabinet in Decem situation. Sharma had not yet been re in the first place. However, State chose to defy the judi not disclosed to the Supreme Despite widespread specula resigned. ber 2018. He has also been CITY Ī PAGE 2 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD leased by the State authori on May 14, while granting cial order of her release. He Court by the government tion that more resignations He cited the Kumaraswa leading a group of disgrun ties despite the specific or Ms. Sharma bail, the Vaca said Ms. Sharma was not re during the May 14 bail would follow, the number my government’s decision to tled Congress legislators. der of the court. tion Bench asked her to apol leased from jail on May 14. hearing. stayed at two at the end of sell 3,667.31 acres to JSW The Congress has been Ms. Sharma was arrested ogise for the “meme”. Her lawyers, who went to se Ms. Sharma had shared on the day. The developments Steel in Ballari and the “in fighting dissidence since the and sent to 14 days of custo The apology was not a cure her release, were told Facebook a photo in which come even as Chief Minister justice” meted out to the dis formation of the coalition dy for allegedly posting a condition for her release, off by the jail authorities. Ms. Banerjee’s face was pho H.D. Kumaraswamy is in the trict as the prime reasons for government. morphed image of Chief Mi though. The latter had even asked toshopped on to actor Pri U.S. on a private visit. his resignation. nister Mamata Banerjee on But the next day, senior them to either produce certi yanka Chopra’s picture from Mr. Singh submitted his Ramesh Jarkiholi, who CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 social media. advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul fied copies of the bail order the MET Gala event in New resignation letter to Speaker had faxed his resignation let CABINET RESHUFFLE LIKELY The court called her ar for Ms. Sharma informed the or approach the local court York. K.R. Ramesh Kumar and la ter to the Speaker, has been TO TIDE OVER CRISIS Ī PAGE 8 35 killed as overloaded minibus falls into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir SIT probing anti-Sikh 27seater vehicle was carrying 52 riots to reopen cases persons; helicopters shift injured Centre clears fresh investigation, trial Peerzada Ashiq at 7.30 a.m., an official said. Vijaita Singh cused were discharged or Srinagar Helicopters were pressed New Delhi acquitted, could also be in Thirtyfive passengers died into service to rush the in The Union Home Ministry vestigated again. The SIT is and 17 were injured when an jured to hospital in Jammu has expanded the ambit of compiling the list,” said the overloaded minibus failed to and to retrieve the bodies. the probe into the 1984 anti official. negotiate a curve on the The victim include 13 wo Sikh riots cases by enabling A year after the BJP came KeshwanThakrai road and men, a 45dayold infant and the Special Investigation to power in 2014, the Home fell into a gorge at Sorgwari three teenagers. Team (SIT) to reopen inves Ministry announced a three in Kishtwar district of Jammu Governor Satya Pal Malik tigations in all the cases in member SIT for reinvestiga and Kashmir on Monday. announced ₹5 lakh in ex gra which trial had been com tion of the antiSikh riot cas “The minibus was over tia to the next of the kin. pleted and the accused were es, mainly in Delhi. Its man loaded. Initial reports sug “Most accidents take place discharged. date was to “reinvestigate gest the driver was driving due to careless and un A senior official said the the appropriately serious fast,” said Deputy Commis trained drivers who drive SIT is examining the num criminal cases which were sioner of Kishtwar Angrez without any regard for rules ber of such cases that will be filed in the National Capital Singh Rana. and regulations and become reinvestigated and sent for Territory of Delhi in connec A case was registered and the reason for the loss of so trial again. tion with the 1984 riots and investigation ordered, he ad many precious lives,” he have since been closed.” ded. said. On legal opinion It was also asked to file The 27seater bus, with 52 (With PTI inputs) “We sought legal opinion fresh chargesheets if evi passengers, was heading to and concluded that such dence was available. Kishtwar from Keshwan CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 cases pertaining to the 1984 when the accident took place THREE KILLED IN SHIMLA Ī PAGE 9 Help at hand: A rescue operation under way after the accident in Kishtwar on Monday. * ANI Sikh riots, in which the ac CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Iran breaches limit Hong Kong protesters storm GST collection dips below ₹1 lakh crore on uranium stockpile legislature in a challenge to China April, May receipts stood at ₹1.13 lakh cr. and ₹1 lakh cr. respectively Will move ahead with our plans: Zarif Special Correspondent ₹47,772 crore and Cess is April — the highestever col Police fire teargas shells and retake the building NEW DELHI ₹8,457 crore,” the govern lection — and ₹1 lakh crore Associated Press Goods and Services Tax ment said. in May. Tehran Reuters (GST) collections narrowly While the collections in “The marginal dip in col Iran has broken the limit set HONG KONG missed crossing the ₹1 lakh June 2019 are 4.5% higher lections reinforces the on its stockpile of lowen Hundreds of protesters in crore mark in June 2019, than the collections in June point there is very little hea riched uranium by its 2015 Hong Kong stormed the le coming in at ₹99,939 crore, 2018, they are still below droom at present for any nuclear deal with world gislature on Monday — the according to data released collections in the first two further rate reductions,” powers, international in anniversary of the city’s 1997 by the government on months (April & May) of this M.S. Mani, partner at De spectors and Tehran said on return to China — destroying Monday. financial year, and in the loitte India, said. Monday, marking its first pictures and daubing walls “Total gross GST revenue last month (March) of the major departure from the with graffiti, in a direct chal collected in June 2019 is previous financial year. unravelling agreement a Mohammad Javad Zarif says lenge to Beijing as anger ov ₹99,939 crore, of which The government collect CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 year after the U.S. unilateral EU measures are not enough er an extradition Bill spi CGST is ₹18,366 crore, SGST ed ₹1.06 lakh crore in CORE SECTOR GROWTH SLOWS PAGE 15 ly withdrew from it. to save the deal.