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Tirupati . lucknow NEARBY SC to hear plea against Kerala In a rst, collegium picks woman lawyer as SC judge CM’s discharge in graft case Indu Malhotra recommended for direct appointment Stays trial in SNC­Lavalin case, issues notice to Pinarayi Vijayan to respond to CBI Legal Correspondent Crime up by 12% in Delhi, NEW DELHI says police chief Krishnadas Rajagopal senior advocates Mukul Ro­ In a historic decision, the Su­ NEW DELHI NEW DELHI hatgi and Raghenth Basant, preme Court collegium, led The Capital registered a 12% The Supreme Court on appearing for the various ap­ by Chief Justice of India Di­ increase in crime in 2017 Thursday stayed the trial in pellant accused persons, pak Misra, unanimously re­ compared to 2016. At his the SNC­Lavalin corruption said in agreement with the commended the name of se­ annual press conference, case and asked Kerala Chief CBI. nior advocate Indu Malhotra Delhi Police Commissioner Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to for appointment as a judge Amulya Patnaik attributed respond to the CBI’s appeal ‘HC overstepped’ of the Supreme Court. This this to the increasing use of against his discharge. Mr. Mehta said the High is the rst time a woman la­ online registration of FIRs. A Bench of Justices N.V. Court had crossed the boun­ wyer has been recommend­ DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 Ramana and Abdul Nazeer daries of its jurisdiction un­ ed for direct elevation from DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD issued notice on the CBI ap­ der Article 227 of the Consti­ the Bar. Ms. Malhotra is a re­ peal against the discharge of tution. “The case needs to be puted senior advocate prac­ Mr. Vijayan, K. Mohanachan­ re­heard,” Mr. Mehta tising in the Supreme Court. has been recommended for on January 10. Now, the Law dran and A. Francis. submitted. Sources said the collegi­ appointment as Delhi High Ministry has to take a call. The court also sought the Mr. Rohatgi and Mr. Ba­ um also recommended the Court Chief Justice. Justice The decision on Ms. Mal­ response of the premier in­ sant successfully urged the Chief Justice of the Uttarak­ Abhilasha Kumari, a Gujarat hotra, experts say, is a rare vestigating agency on pleas Bench to grant status quo on hand High Court, K.M. Jo­ High Court judge, has been recognition of her profes­ made by three other accused with Mr. Vijayan and his two alone,” Additional Solicitor­ the trial proceedings while seph, who had quashed Pre­ recommended for appoint­ sional talent and contribu­ — M. Kasthuriranga Iyer, G. co­accused who were re­ General Tushar Mehta, for the appeals were pending in sident’s rule in that State, for ment as Manipur High Court tion. FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES Rajasekharan Nair and R. Si­ leased from all charges. the CBI, submitted. the Supreme Court. the SC judge’s post. Besides, Chief Justice. (TABLOID) vadasan — as to why they “I have a problem with the “For once, we both [the Justice Aniruddha Bose, a The recommendations CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 DELHI METRO Ī 4 PAGES were not treated on a par release of some accused CBI and the accused] agree,” CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Calcutta High Court judge, were made at a meeting held MAKING HISTORY Ī PAGE 12 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Date set for A ne balance India conrms NSAs met in Bangkok Cross­border terrorism raised, says MEA spokesperson execution of Kallol Bhattacherjee place between India and Pa­ held a day after the mother Indian in U.S. NEW DELHI kistan, despite the break­ and wife of death row pri­ The National Security Advis­ down in the Comprehensive soner Kulbhushan Jadhav PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ers of India and Pakistan met Bilateral Dialogue (CBD) that met him in Islamabad, but WASHINGTON on December 26 in Bangkok, was launched in December the MEA maintained that the The execution of the rst the Ministry of External Af­ 2015. The ‘talks on terror’ two NSAs did not discuss Mr. death­row Indian prisoner, fairs conrmed on Thursday. model to engage Pakistan is Jadhav’s case at all. convicted of killing a baby MEA spokesperson Ra­ a change in the position that “This was a predeter­ and her Indian grandmoth­ veesh Kumar said it was part India had taken following mined meeting and the date er, has been set for Febru­ of the mechanism to hold the attack on the Pathankot was decided in advance and ary 23. Pakistan accountable for the airbase when New Delhi had it had nothing to do with In 2014, Raghunandan terrorism that emanates cancelled the CBD. things that were happening Yandamuri, 32, was given #4 6 0 4 9 0 from its territory. at that time,” the spokesper­ the death penalty for kid­ “We raised the issue of Sushma’s Pak visit son said, answering a ques­ napping and killing a 61­ cross­border terrorism in The dialogue was launched tion on whether the two year­old Indian woman those talks because our main by External Aairs Minister NSAs discussed the issue of and her 10­month­old issue is how to ensure the sa­ Sushma Swaraj during her Mr. Jadhav. He maintained grand­daughter. fety of our region from the visit to Islamabad on Decem­ that the real issue discussed However, he is likely to scourge of cross­border ter­ ber 9, 2015. was ‘cross­border terrorism’ get a reprieve because of a rorism. We have said earlier The MEA had maintained from Pakistan that targets In­ 2015 moratorium imposed that talks and terror cannot silence on the talks between dia. The spokesperson said on the death penalty by go together but ‘talks on ter­ Indian NSA Ajit Doval and NSA­level meetings were Pennsylvania Governor ror’ can denitely go ahead,” his Pakistani counterpart Lt. part of an “operational­level Tom Wolf. Authorities al­ Mr. Kumar said, acknow­ Gen. Nasir Janjua that were dialogue” similar to the talks leged that the killings were ledging that the NSA­level reported in the Pakistani held between the DGMOs. part of a botched ransom Band of sisters: The newly raised all-women bikers contingent of the Border Security Force, ‘Seema Bhavani’, will make its parleys are part of the ‘oper­ and the Indian media last INDIA MUST SEIZE THE CHANCE, plot. Yandamuri had come SAYS U.S. ENVOY Ī PAGE 12 début this Republic Day in New Delhi on January 26. The team rehearses for the parade on Thursday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR ational­level talks’ that take month. The meeting was to the U.S. on an H­1B visa. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Runaway cow moos away ights from runway An Etihad ight, a cargo plane diverted Mahesh Langa Ahmedabad In recent times, runways at Indian airports have been invaded by a variety of mammals — ranging from hyenas and jackals at the international airport in New Delhi, to spotted deer and wild boars in Nagpur, ILLUSTRATION: DEEPAK HARICHANDAN and the common stray dog Airports Authority of India in Chennai. (AAI) chairman Guruprasad But surprisingly, for a Mohapatra told The Hindu. nation that prides itself on veneration of the cow, Inquiry ordered cattle have been “We have ordered an conspicuous by their inquiry,” airport director absence on runways, save Manoj Gangal informed the for a solitary bualo that media. tried to board a SpiceJet Sources said that the ight in Surat in November animal was on the airport 2014. But a bualo is not, premises for about 90 strictly speaking, a cow, minutes before Central and it was nally up to the Industrial Security Force Ahmedabad airport, guards chased it out. traditionally associated The incident has raised more with avian intrusions, security concerns in the to host a cow on its runway. run­up to the high­prole On Thursday morning, at visit of Israeli Prime least two ights — an Etihad Minister Benjamin Airways ight from Abu Netanyahu, who is Dhabi to Ahmedabad and a scheduled to land in cargo plane — were unable Ahmedabad on January 17. to land on account of the “This is a very serious and cow, which was rst shocking incident just a spotted by the pilots. week before the visit of the Both ights were Israeli Prime Minister,” said diverted to Mumbai and a senior ocial involved in other ights were delayed. VIP security. “It was a stray cow that In November 2016, entered from the cargo tragedy was averted at the terminal side. The cow was Ahmedabad airport when a quite mad and was running Chennai­bound SpiceJet around the operational plane, with 189 passengers area. I have asked the and crew, aborted its take­ airport director to inquire o after some monkeys got into it and submit a report,” on the tarmac. CM A ND-NDE YK 460490 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -UPSC [email protected]