Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From OPINION 6 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW GUARANTORS VS NITA ON THE BOARD OF RED BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH ENFORCERS METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ALERT BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 35 HYDERABAD, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable GOT MORE THAN WHAT I ASKED FOR: HANSIKA ON HER CAREER { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com CJI is public CASH SEIZURES DURING TS ASSEMBLY POLLS 2018 authority, falls SC paves way for disqualified under RTI: SC Big politicos have the PNS n NEW DELHI MLAs to contest Dec 5 bypolls The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the last laugh in poll cases office of the Chief Justice of PNS n NEW DELHI India is a public authority and SCdecisionhasexposed L VENKAT RAM REDDY falls within the ambit of the The Supreme Court on n HYDERABAD Right to Information Act. Wednesday upheld the dis- 'OpKamal:Congress A five-judge Constitution qualification of 17 Congress- NEW DELHI: Congress It is an open secret that the bench headed by Chief JD(S) MLAs in Karnataka by the spokesperson Randeep Singh flow of money and liquor dur- Justice Ranjan Gogoi upheld then Assembly Speaker but Surjewala on Wednesday said ing elections cannot be pre- the 2010 Delhi High Court paved the way for them to con- the Supreme Court's decision vented altogether. The reasons verdict and dismissed three test the December 5 by-polls on on the disqualification of 17 are obvious. The only conso- appeals filed by Secretary 15 seats in the state. While MLAs in Karnataka has burst lation is that the Telugu maxim General of the Supreme upholding their disqualifica- the bubble of BJP's 'Operation "Dorikithe donga" (if you are Court and the Central Public tion, the apex court set aside the Kamal.' Taking to Twitter, caught, you are damned) Information officer of the portion of the orders by the then Surjewala demanded the applies. Still, reports of cash apex court. Cautioning that speaker K R Ramesh Kumar by Yediyurappa-led BJP seizures during election cam- RTI cannot be used as a tool which the legislators were dis- government in Karnataka paigning make headlines of surveillance, the top court qualified till the end of the 15th should now be dismissed for because of people's fond hopes in its judgement held that Karnataka Legislative "brazenly and illegally" bringing that at least such cases would As many as 640 cases pertaining to seizure of cash judicial independence has to Assembly's term in 2023. down the Congress-Janata be taken to their logical con- valued at Rs 84.36 crore were reported during the be kept in mind while deal- A bench of justices N V DISQUALIFIED MLAS JOINING BJP Dal(S) alliance government in clusion. What if the police ing with transparency. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and BENGALURU: Elated by the Supreme Court's ruling partially in their the state. "The SC's decision book small fry and wink at the Telangana Legislative Assembly polls held in Krishna Murari said it is clear favour, all the 17 disqualified legislators are joining the ruling BJP upholding the disqualification big fish? December 2018. Yet, the Telangana police filed that the Speaker, in exercise of on Thursday ahead of the December 5 by-elections, a party official of "defector MLAs" has burst As many as 640 cases per- his powers under the Tenth said on Wednesday. "All the 17 MLAs, including 14 from the the bubble of BJP's 'Operation taining to seizure of cash val- FIRs in respect of only 159 cases involving seizure JNU rolls back Schedule of the Constitution, Congress and 3 from the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) will join our Kamal'. It's now proved that ued at Rs 84.36 crore were of cash totaling Rs 28.27 crore "does not have the power to party on Thursday here and 15 of them will contest in the by- BJP brazenly and illegally reported during the Telangana proposed hostel either indicate the period for elections on our party symbol," BJP state unit spokesman G brought down an elected Legislative Assembly polls held which a person is disqualified, Madhusudana said. The apex court earlier in the day upheld their JD(S)-Congress govt in in December 2018. Yet, the during the TS Assembly polls. an analysis of the data obtained fee hike or to bar someone contesting disqualification by former state assembly speaker K.R. Ramesh Karnataka. Telangana police filed FIRs in What is more illuminating through RTI queries. NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal elections". "We must be careful Kumar. However, the 3-judge bench allowed them to contest the respect of only 159 cases in respect of the cases booked It was observed that in most Nehru University's executive to remember that the desirabil- by-elections from the assembly segments they resigned in mid- the proceedings of the House or involving seizure of cash total- is that police filed FIR per- of the cases, the names of those committee on Wednesday ity of a particular rule or law, July before they were disqualified and expelled by their parties by adjudication petitions, it said. ing Rs 28.27 crore. As for the taining to cash seizures involv- behind the movement of cash rolled back the proposed hos- should not in any event be July-end for defying their party whip. They had stayed away from The constitutional responsi- remaining cases - 481, involv- ing petty amounts, including as was known to officials but no tel fee hike and also has now confused with the question of the assembly on July 23 when the former coalition government led bility endowed upon the ing cash totaling Rs 56.09 low as Rs 500, while leaving cases were filed against them, proposed a scheme for eco- existence of the same, and con- by CM HD Kumaraswamy lost the trust-vote in the assembly, Speaker has to be scrupulously crore, the culprits were out those involving huge cash indicating that that sharks nomic assistance to students stitutional morality should never leading to the fall of the 14-month-old coalition government the followed and his political affil- released without any cases piles totaling lakhs. were allowed to go scot-free, from Economically Weaker be replaced by political moral- same night (July 23). iations cannot come in the way being booked against them. These are some of the while cases were booked Sections (EWS). ity, in deciding what the of adjudication, the apex court This includes cases involving shocking findings that against minnows unabashed- The move comes as a huge Constitution mandates," the said, adding, there is a need to hawala transactions! emerged following RTI queries ly. For instance, in Gadwal success for the agitating stu- bench said in its 109-page judge- duty of being neutral" in addi- are being denied stable govern- consider strengthening certain This indicates that cases raised by the Forum for Good rural, a case was registered dents who have been on strike ment. The court said there is a tion to political parties indulging ments. The Speaker, being a aspects so that such "undemo- were booked in respect of a Governance with various after a paltry sum of Rs 500 for over 15 days now. growing trend of Speakers act- in horse trading and corrupt neutral person, is expected to act cratic practices" are discouraged mere 24 per cent of the total police units across the state. was seized from an individual. "Executive Committee ing against the "constitutional practices due to which citizens independently while conducting and checked. cash seizure cases reported The Forum released details of Continued on Page 4 announces major rollback in the hostel fee and other stip- ulations. Also proposes a scheme for economic assis- Businessman tance to the EWS students. Dump of Rs 12 cr TS Govt ‘no' to HC proposal on SC Time to get back to classes," R. robbed of Subrahmanyam, Union Education Secretary, tweeted demonetised notes Rs 30 lakh on Wednesday. panel for resolving RTC strike The move comes after the l Miscreants use executive committee of the unearthed in Khammam university meet to discuss the l Files affidavit in HC l HC adjourns case to November 18 pepper spray hostel draft manual which PNS n KHAMMAM has been at the heart of the PNS n HYDERABAD controversy that brought the The Khammam police l Incident at varsity to boil. unearthed a huge dump of The Telangana government on Loss to RTC demonetised currency notes Wednesday expressed its Mahankali area at Marlapadu village of inability to accept the propos- due to strike PNS n HYDERABAD Vemsoor mandal in al of the High Court for con- PM will take Khammam district late on stitution of a high-powered put at Rs 400 Cr Some as-yet unidentified Tuesday night. The police committee comprising three HYDERABAD: The 40-day- persons allegedly robbed a decision on seized the stash of nullified former judges of Supreme long indefinite strike businessman of Rs. 30 lakh notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 Court of India to resolve the launched by RTC employees, after spraying pepper into his Ayodhya trust denominations with face value operandi of the racket, the ongoing dispute of TSRTC longest ever in the annals of eyes at Mahankali area of NEW DELHI: Union Culture of Rs 12 crore. According to ACP said the gang, led by employees, who have been on A Naresh, who committed the state transport Secunderabad on Tuesday and Tourism Minister Prahlad Kallur ACP Venkatesh, the Madhar, had been conning an indefinite strike for the last suicide, and (right) family undertaking, has caused the night.