FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 926 join election fray in 6 Political interference hampers SC to hear Ayodhya suit from Oct 29 Govt releases new video A Muslim group had assailed Rahman -- one of the litigants in Jammu distts for Phase-II construction of Sampora Bridge the observation made by a five- the title suit, welcomed the ruling of surgical strikes 40 were male and 16 females. on the day of scrutiny of nomi- "It is for the first time a bridge is river by boats or have to take judge Constitution bench in that the 1994 judgement was 1994 in the Ismail Faruqui case related to the land acquisition and strikes. commemorate the valour of sol- The nomination process con- nations. being constructed near our vil- longer routes, through Lasjan The fresh video comes amid diers. cluded peacefully today, he lage. We are facing grave diffi- to reach the national highway and had sought its reconsidera- that it has no connection with the In Doda district, 120 candi- tion on the grounds it had affect- title suit. the Government's plans to cele- This will also include a added. dates have filed nomination culties due to the incomplete and it takes us more than an brate the second anniversary of three-day exhibition at India bridge and urge the authorities ed the decision of the High Iqbal Ansari, another litigant In Kathua, highest number of papers, SSP Doda Shabir hour," Abdul Ahad, a local of the strikes in a big way. Gate, she said. to complete its construction in a Court in the land dispute and from the Sunni Central Waqf 380 candidates have joined the Ahmad Malik said, adding that Sampora said. He added that may affect the pending appeals Board, expressed happiness that On September 29, 2016, the The University Grants election race in second phase, stipulated time," Sara Akhter, a the villagers have been request- process of nomination papers in the apex court. the case will be heard on the basis Indian Army carried out surgical Commission (UGC) also direct- Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, local said, adding in absence of ing the concerned authorities to was peaceful. He said security The majority verdict by Chief of the claims of land ownership strikes on seven terrorist launch ed varsities and higher educa- Rohit Khajuria said. the bridge, the locals are forced speed up the work but to no pads across the Line of Control tional institutions across the arrangements were in place for to board fishing boats to cross Justice Dipak Misra and Justice and not on religious beliefs. Khajuria said 147 candidates avail. (LoC) as a response to an attack country to observe September the Jhelum river. Ashok Bhushan declined the plea "We again make it clear that have filed nomination papers for smooth conduct of the elections. Chief Engineer Roads and on its base in Uri earlier that 29 as "surgical strike day". The locals told Excelsior of M Siddiq, one of the original questionable observations made Kathua Municipal Council, 43 Six districts of Jammu Building Department, Sami month. A political row broke out that bridge would have not only litigants of the Ayodhya case who in Ismail Faruqui's case were for Billawar Municipal region including Doda, Arif, denied any political has died and is being represented made in context of land acquisi- The Army had said its special over the UGC communication to connected them to Srinagar- Committee, 49 for Basohli Kishtwar, Ramban, Udhampur, interference in the construc- through his legal heir, that the tion. Those observations were forces inflicted "significant casu- varsities. Jammu National Highway but Municipal Committee, 18 for Reasi and Kathua will go to tion work and maintained matter be referred to a larger neither relevant for deciding the alties" on terrorists waiting there However, the Centre has also cut their travel time to that the work is underway. bench. suits nor relevant for deciding to cross into Indian territory. said it is not compulsory for uni- Lakhanpur Municipal polls in second phase on highway considerably. "The "Work is going on. There is However, Justice S Abdul these appeals," said Justice Ashok Defence Minister Nirmala versities and higher educational Committee, 50 for Hiranagar October 10. bridge would have reduced our no political interference," he Nazeer, the third judge, who dis- Bhushan, who read out the opera- Sitharaman announced last week institutions to celebrate the sec- Municipal Committee and 73 Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch travel time by an hour. Right said, adding the delay was sented with the majority view, in tive part of the 111-page judge- that various events will be held ond anniversary of the surgical for Nagri Parole Municipal districts were going to polls in now we either have to cross the because of funds shortage. a stinging judgement said the ment written for the CJI and him- from September 28 to 30 to strikes. (PTI) Committee. Phase-I on October 8 for which Of 380 candidates, 266 were question whether mosque was self. nomination process had con- essential part of the religion can- "In view of our foregoing dis- male and 114 females, Khajuria cluded on September 25 and not be decided without a "detailed cussions, we are of the considered 1750 qualify Prelims Exam said. highest number of 830 candi- examination of the beliefs, tenets opinion that no case has been He said 1750 candidates had appeared partially. Khajuria said there was dates had joined the fray in and practice of the faith" and made out to refer the Constitution have qualified for J&K He said as per the rules, 1750 only one candidate in fray for Combined Competitive (Main) candidates have been declared Jammu district. favoured reconsideration of the Bench judgment of this Court in Ward No. 2 of Lakhanpur issue to a larger bench. Ismail Faruqui case for reconsid- Examination-2018, against 70 as successful which is 25 times Samba district will go to Municipal Committee identi- He referred to the recent eration," Justice Bhushan said. vacancies, in Junior Scale of the number of vacancies referred fied as Surmu Din son of elections in Phase-III on Supreme Court order on female The issue whether mosque is J&K Administrative Service, under each category including Qasim Din, an Independent. October 13 for which the nomi- genital mutilation and said the integral to Islam had cropped up J&K Police (Gazetted) Service the reserved categories. He will be declared as elected nation process was on. present matter be heard by a larg- when a three-judge bench headed and J&K Accounts (Gazetted) Khalid said the CCE Mains er bench. by CJI Misra was hearing a batch Service, referred by the General is scheduled to be held in PDP, NC cadre joining fray Justice Nazeer also said the of appeals filed against the Administration Department in February/March, 2019 as per the questionable observation of 1994 Allahabad High Court's 2010 ver- May 2018. notification already issued in as Independents: Madhav verdict had permeated into the dict by which the disputed land Khalid said 35977 candi- May, 2018. Allahabad High Court's decision on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri dates had applied for appearing The result in respect of the visit Bishnah and Samba to meet polls. in the land dispute case but this Masjid area was divided into in the CCE, out of which 25188 successful candidates is avail- the party candidates for the This time, sources said, view was rejected by the majori- three parts. candidates appeared in both the able on the official website of Municipal elections and address Madhav's visit would be con- ty. The three-Judge High Court papers whereas 186 candidates the Commission. them. fined to smooth conduct of JCBs clearing landslides on National Highway near Ramban In this context, he also high- bench, in a 2:1 majority ruling, BJP and Congress are two Municipal and Panchayat elec- on Thursday. —Excelsior/ Parvaiz Mir lighted the observations of the had ordered that the 2.77 acres of major parties in election fray in tions and no talks were expected high court judge S A Khan that land be partitioned equally LeT comdr among 3 militants, Kashmir besides People's on other issues like Government NH blocked, vehicles stranded mosque is not integral to Islam. among three parties -- the Sunni Conference of Sajjad Lone, an formation or strategy for Lok that weather was clear today. It A police official said that fre- The apex court said now the Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara 2 civilians, soldier killed ally of the BJP, in the absence Sabha elections. said that the National Highway quent shooting stones had created civil suit on land dispute will be and Ram Lalla. Clashes also broke out in mobile internet services in of PDP and NC, which had Recently, Governor Satya authorities pressed three machines problem for the men engaged at heard by a newly constituted The 1994 verdict had said: "A Panzan area during which secu- Srinagar, Budgam and three-judge bench on October 29 mosque is not an essential part of decided to boycott the polls for Pal Malik had stated that on the job to clear the highway, work. The highway is expected to rity forces used tear gas canis- Anantnag districts in the wee as Justice Misra will retire on the practice of the religion of Central Government's decision Assembly elections in Jammu but the road could not be cleared be cleared tonight and stranded ters to disperse the stone hours of this morning.