RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 millenniumpost.in REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 218 | Tuesday, 7 August 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 11,387.10 (+26.30) pSENSEX 37,691.89 (+135.73) qDOW JONES 25,430.71 (+31.87) pNASDAQ 7820.41 (+8.40) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.88 (+0.28) pRUPEE/EURO 79.53 (+0.20) pGOLD/10GM 30,585 (+35.00) pSILVER/K 39,200(+100.00) DELHI METRO’S PARL PASSES BILL US YOUTHS BEAT I HAVEN’T MADE DDSC-LAJPAT TO PROVIDE DEATH SIKH, SAY ‘ YOU IT BIG YET: NAGAR LINE OPENS TO CHILD RAPE AREN’T WELCOME VAANI KAPOOR FOR PUBLIC PG3 CONVICTS PG7 HERE! GO BACK!’ PG10 PG16 Karunanidhi's OATH-TAKING CEREMONY OF JUSTICE K M JOSEPH, TWO OTHERS TODAY Harivansh likely NDA condition declines, next SC judges meet CJI over Justice choice for RS Dy Chair; 24 hours crucial Oppn to name pick today MPOST BUREAU SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE CHENNAI: K M Joseph seniority issue The condition NEW DELHI: The stage is set of ailing DMK MPOST BUREAU for a keen contest between the patriarch M NDA and the Opposition for Karunanidhi NEW DELHI: The oath-taking cer- the post of Rajya Sabha deputy has "declined" emony of three judges elevated to the chairman with JD(U) MP Har- and keep- Supreme Court - Justices Indira Baner- ivansh emerging as the candi- ing his vital jee, Vineet Saran and K M Joseph - will date of the ruling alliance for organs functioning remains a take place as scheduled on Tuesday the August 9 election. "challenge", Kauvery Hospital in the order of seniority notified by The Opposition has often Highlights said on Monday, indicating the the Centre. prevailed over the govern- next 24 hours could be crucial. Highly placed sources in the ment in the numbers game » Rajya Sabha Chairman The 94-year-old five-time Supreme Court said that nothing much in the House, but the BJP is M Venkaiah Naidu Tamil Nadu chief minister was could be done at this stage and the con- hopeful of turning the tables announced in the House continuously monitored and cerns raised by some of the apex court on its rivals with the support that the election would treated with active medical judges would be discussed after the of regional parties such as be held at 11 am on support, a press release issued three judges are sworn in on Tuesday. the AIADMK, BJD, TRS and by the hospital said. The sources said except Justice Ran- YSR Congress - all of whom August 9 "There has been a decline in jan Gogoi, a member of the apex court Justice Indira Banerjee Justice Vineet Saran Justice K M Joseph have lent support to it now » The current strength of the the medical condition of DMK collegium who was on leave; others had and then. Rajya Sabha is 244 and president and former Chief “informally” deliberated on the Cen- » Justices M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, » Decision has » The sources said that the CJI Rajya Sabha Chairman M Minister M Karunanidhi. tre’s alleged decision to lower down the who are members of the collegium, met been taken as assured the judges that he Venkaiah Naidu announced support of 123 members Maintaining his vital organ seniority of Justice K M Joseph. the CJI at the judges’ lounge during the per the law, says would consult Justice Gogoi and in the House that the election would be needed for a functions continues to remain However, it was decided that the tea before the start of the day’s working government take up the issue with the Centre would be held at 11 am on win in the full House a challenge considering his age- oath-taking ceremony should take August 9. related ailments," it said. place. He also suggested that » The post of the deputy "His response to the medi- “Let the oath-taking take place. were of the view that there was a need to tice of the Madras High Court, was at Justice K M Joseph, the Chief Justice the deputy chairman should chairman has been cal interventions over the next There is no time. The oath-taking can’t sit together and ponder over the issue. number one, followed by that of Jus- of the Uttarakhand High Court, headed be elected by consensus. The lying vacant since June 24 hours will determine the be deferred. It has to be seen what can They said that the CJI, who heads tice Vineet Saran, Chief Justice of the a bench which had quashed the impo- nomination papers will have this year following the prognosis," Executive Director be done later,” one of the sources said the collegium, assured the judges that Orissa High Court. sition of President’s Rule in the state in to be filed before noon on retirement of P J Kurien of the Hospital Dr Aravindan about the discussion that was held he would consult Justice Gogoi who is It is the convention that seniority 2016. Uttarakhand was then under the August 8. Selvaraj said in the terse two- among the judges on Monday morn- the senior-most after him and take up of the judges is determined by order Congress rule. The post of the dep- paragraph release. ing at the judges’ lounge before they the issue with the Centre. of names notified by the government. Facing the heat of opposition as uty chairman has been lying numbers add up to 126. Soon after the news of a commenced the day’s working in the The Centre on Friday last came out The President signed the warrants well as judges of the Supreme Court vacant since June this year fol- However, even if par- decline in Karunanidhi's con- apex court. with the notification on the appoint- of appointment of the three judges on over the issue of lowering the seniority lowing the retirement of P J ties like BJD or TRS abstain dition spread, hundreds of his Judges including members of the ment of the three judges to the apex August 3. of Justice KM Joseph, the government Kurien, who was elected to the from voting, then things will supporters gathered outside collegium comprising Justices M B court by putting at number three the Justice Joseph’s elevation to the apex on Monday came out with facts stat- Upper House of Parliament on become tricky for the ruling the hospital, including a large Lokur, Kurian Joseph and A K Sikri seniority of Justice K M Joseph. court put an end to a protracted stand- ing that the decision has been taken a Congress ticket from Kerala. alliance. number of women, some fail- met Chief Justice Dipak Misra. In the notification, the names of off between the government and the as per the law and no ‘inappropriate’ While the BJP-led NDA However, the United- ing to control their tears. The sources said that the judges Justice Indira Banerjee, Chief Jus- judiciary. trend has been followed. See P5 did not make any formal opposition is yet to name their announcement, sources said candidate. Reportedly, the final Harivansh, a veteran journal- decision will be made after Govt trying to start Build single facility to prevent ist and first-time parliamentar- another meeting of Opposi- Muzaffarpur re-run: 24 girls ian, is likely to be their choice tion on Tuesday afternoon. 5 river inter-linking for the post. On Monday evening a misuse by NGOs: Maneka The BJP’s decision to opt meeting by the opposition par- projects in FY19 rescued from UP shelter home for a member of its ally as its ties was attended by Ghulam NITIN GADKARI MPOST BUREAU choice is driven by its desire Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel to be more accommodative and Kapil Sibal of Congress, DM removed, high-level probe ordered NEW DELHI: In the after- to its partners, many of whom Ramgopal Yadav of Sama- math of the alleged sexual have often expressed their res- jwadi Party, Tiruch Shiva of In today’s MPOST BUREAU assault of minor girls in ervations at the saffron par- DMK, Satish Chandra Mishra Muzaffarpur and Deora, ty’s treatment of them since of Bahujan Samajwadi Party, paper DEORIA/LUCKNOW: Twenty-four girls Women and Child Devel- the government was formed Praful Patel of NCP, D Raja of were rescued from a shelter home in Deo- opment Minister Maneka the government. in 2014. CPI, Derek O’Brien of TMC, CITY ... ria after an allegation of sexual exploitation Gandhi on Monday asked “I have been asking for The current strength of the Misa Bharti and Manoj Jha of of the inmates came to light, prompting the states to build a single large a scheme where each state Rajya Sabha is 244 and sup- RJD, CM Ramesh of Telegu MAN KILLS WIFE, THEN HANGS HIMSELF 4 Uttar Pradesh government to swing into central facility to house should have a single large port of 123 members would Desam Party, and TK Ranga- NATION a damage control mode by removing the such children in a bid to facility to house all such be needed for a win in the full rajan of CPIM. district magistrate and ordering a high- prevent “abuse and misuse” girls and children which House. The last time an election CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS TO NCBC 6 level probe. by NGOs. should be run by the state Besides the nominated and took place for the Rajya Sabha Police said three people, including a She said the adoption government,” she said.