c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I THURSDAY I 19 DECEMBER 2019 WEATHER O WORLD 8 TABLOID Max: 27.8 C | SPORTS 15 Min: 18.2OC | RH: 55% Trump faces India beat Windies to Smart ways of Rainfall: Nil crucial vote level One-Day series cutting costs Forecast: Cloudy sky. Misty morning. Max/Min temp. 28/18ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 349 Established 1938 | 40 PAGES | `6.00 KCR WANTS TO HOLD CIVIC POLLS Mistry reinstated as Tata Group head Rapist’s plea BY SANKRANTI RAVI RANJAN PRASAD | FC closed in the red. company from a public MUMBAI, DEC. 18 Mr Mistry was removed firm and directed the S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | DC as the chairman on October Registrar of Companies to for SC review HYDERABAD, DEC. 18 In one of the biggest corpo- 24, 2016 after helming the correct its record showing rate developments of 2019, Tata Group for over four Tata Sons as a public com- Seeing an unexpected the National Company Law years. He was appointed in pany. NCLAT’s 172-page political advantage in the Appellate Tribunal (NCL- 2012, after Ratan Tata order also directed Ratan controversial Citizenship AT) has restored Cyrus retired. He was the sixth Tata and nominees of the turned down Amendment Act (CAA), Mistry as executive chair- chairman and only the sec- Tata Trust to desist from Telangana Chief Minister man of the Tata Group and ond, after Nowroji Saklatw- any decision that requires Court gives 7 days to Nirbhaya K. Chandrasekhar Rao is reinstated him as a director ala, to not bear the Tata a majority decision of the thinking of going ahead of Tata Sons and of three surname. The NCLAT Board of Directors or in the with the municipal elec- Tata Companies. order will take effect after Ratan Tata Cyrus Mistry Annual General Meeting. convict to file mercy petition tions before Sankranti, Shares of Tata Group four weeks, the time win- PARMOD KUMAR | DC i.e., January 14, 2020. companies fell after the dow for the Tata Group to Setting aside a lower quashed the conversion of ■ Page 13: NCLAT finds fault NEW DELHI, DEC. 18 The CAA along with the judgment and several appeal the judgment. court order, NCLAT also Tata Sons into a private with removal procedure National Register of Citiz- The Supreme Court on ens (NRC) has turned the Wednesday rejected a plea popular mood against the SUPREME COURT by Akshay Kumar Singh, BJP-led central govern- an accused in the ment. Additionally, the Protests across India today TAKES UP PLEAS December 2012 Delhi gang Telangana Rashtra rape and murder case, to Samiti (TRS) got an reconsider its 2017 verdict endorsement when the AGAINST CAA upholding the death sen- ■ Supreme Court four accused in the Disha tence awarded to him and rape-murder case were Solidarity marches will begin from 10 am across 10 cities PARMOD KUMAR | DC three others. judges rejected the killed by the police in an DC CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, DEC. 18 Rejecting the plea seek- review petition as no encounter. NEW DELHI, DEC. 18 ing a review of its May 5, new ground for The CM is mulling The Supreme Court on 2017, judgment, a bench reconsideration was quickly utilising the Nationwide protests are Wednesday sought comprising Justice R. raised in the plea. advantage thrown up by due to be held on Thursday response from the Centre Banumathi, Justice Ashok this combination and is by different groups and on a batch of petitions Bhushan and Justice A.S. ■ Though the con- having intense discus- various political parties to challenging the constitu- Bopanna said that no new vict’s lawyer sought sions with party leaders oppose the Citizenship tional validity of the con- grounds have been raised and officials on holding (Amendment) Act and Nat- troversial Citizenship by the petitioner for recon- 15 days for filing a the municipal elections. ional Register of Citizens (Amendment) Act that sideration. mercy petition before The campaign period (NRC), and to express soli- provides for the grant of Pronouncing the judg- the President, the would be reduced to one darity with the Jamia Indian citizenship to ille- ment, Justice Banumathi court gave him seven week with the amend- Millia Islamia students gal migrants from said that all the con- ment of the relevant law. who faced police brutality Pakistan, Bangladesh and tentions in the petition are days time. Since the state govern- in New Delhi on Sunday. Afghanistan belonging to what was argued before ment has hiked Road In New Delhi alone, three Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, the court in the course of Transport Corporation protest-cum-solidarity Jain, Christian and Parsi the hearing of the appeals Mehta, appearing for Delhi (RTC) fares as well as marches will take place. communities, but not by the four convicts government, told the court electricity rates, the party Protests are going to be Muslims. against the High Court that there are some crimes fears that delaying the held in Bhubaneswar (at 10 Seeking response from judgment and were also for which “humanity poll any longer may back- am and 7 pm), Hyderabad the Centre, a bench, com- raised by the other three cries” and the Nirbhaya fire as the voter’s mood (10.30 am), Bengaluru (11 prising Chief Justice accused — Mukesh, case was one of them. may swing back against am), Kolkata (12 pm), Sharad Arvind Bobde, Pawan, Vinay Sharma — “There are some crimes the government. The Bhopal (2 pm), Lucknow (2 Justice B.R. Gavai and in their plea for reconsid- for which humanity cries. opposition will also not pm), Nagpur (2 pm), Justice Surya Kant, fixed eration of death sentence. On that fateful day, God let an opportunity to put Chennai (3 pm), Mumbai (4 January 22, 2020, as the The court gave Akshay also must have held his the government on the pm), and Pune (4.30 pm). next date of hearing when Kumar Singh seven days’ head in shame for two rea- mat over the hikes. Actor Farhan Akhtar the court would consider time, as permitted, to file sons. First for not being Hence, the party thinks tweeted a poster that gave Students and activists protest against National Register of Citizens and Citizenship the plea for the stay of the mercy petition before the able to save the innocent this is the optimum time details of why the CAA and Amendment Act at the Iqbal Maidan, in Bhopal, on Wednesday. — PTI CAA which has been President. Lawyer A.P. girl and second for having for the poll. The Huzurn- NRC had to be removed, described by the petition- Singh, appearing for the created these five mon- agar by-election came as a and adding: “See you on the at 12 noon with a public Park at Bahadur Shah tions. We can at least stand er as being contrary to the convict, had sought three sters,” Mr Mehta said. shot in the arm for the 19th at August Kranti meeting followed by a pro- Zafar Marg. Besides, a in solidarity and send a provisions of the Constit- weeks’ time to file a mercy On July 9 last year, the cadre, who will bring that Maidan, Mumbai... The cession at Shaheed Park. third protest-cum-solidari- strong message,” said one ution. petition, but solicitor-gen- court had rejected review confidence to the munici- time to protest on social All major leaders of the ty march will take place at call for the solidarity Fifty-nine petitions we- eral Tushar Mehta told the petitions of the other con- pal elections. Sources media alone is over.” Left parties will partici- Jamia Nagar at around march at Jamia. re filed in the apex court, court that the permissible victs in the case. said the CM is likely to In New Delhi, the Left pate; while another protest 11.30 am. “The students of challenging the CAA. time for filing a mercy finalise poll dates in the parties have planned a big march will begin from Red Jamia braved and stood up ■ Page 7: Secularism is in the petition was seven days. ■ Page 6: Court finds no next three days. protest from Mandi House Fort and end at Shaheed in the most adverse situa- DNA of India’s majority: Naqvi ■ Full report on Page 7 Solicitor General Tushar merit in review petitions Bio flyover may open in 10 days T.S.S. SIDDHARTH | DC the flyover’s opening. HYDERABAD. DEC. 18 This, officials say, is expected over the next 10 The Biodiversity Flyover, days. which was closed for pub- “The design and con- lic use at the end of struction of the flyover November, will be was studied, and the thrown open to the public experts found no devia- in another 10 days, said tions. They suggested a Greater Hyderabad few measures to make it a Municipal Corporation’s safe flyover. They opined (GHMC’s) commissioner that the speed limit on the D.S. Lokesh Kumar, on flyover be restricted to 40 Wednesday. kmph,” the GHMC chief The civic chief said that said, a panel of four experts “They also said that formed to check the fly- there must be continuous over’s construction and monitoring of vehicular design had given it a speed. We will look to clean chit. Their report place on-road signage of was given to the GHMC the speed limits,” he said. and will be sent to the state government, which ■ Page 3: GHMC plans view will then deliberate on cutters on flyover Don’t speculate on AP capitals: Credai SAMPAT SAMRITAN | DC Court in Kurnool, land VIJAYAWADA, DEC.