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Chennai Corporation conservancy workers' protest: Madras High Court to hear writ petition on August 13
The Madras High Court on Monday (August 11, 2025) adjourned to Wednesday (August 13) the hearing on a writ petition filed by Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam (UUI) to quash a resolution passed by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on June 16, 2025, for outsourcing sanitary work in Zone 6 to Telangana-based Delhi MSW Solutions Limited, a private entity. Justice K. Surender deferred the hearing after Advocate General (A-G) P.S. Raman requested some time to file a fresh counter affidavit. The A-G said, he had made certain corrections to a counter affidavit, already served on the petitioner's counsel, and the fresh counter affidavit had to be signed by the Corporation Commissioner. During the preliminary arguments on Monday, there was a heated exchange of words, with the petitioner's counsel stating that nearly 2,000 conservancy workers had been protesting on the roads for over 10 days against the GCC's engagement of a private contractor to carry out sanitary work in Zone 6, while the civic body continued to turn a deaf ear. Workers 'thrown out like garbage' 'I am arguing a case as well as a cause. Two thousand people are on the streets. They have been thrown out like garbage. They (GCC) are treating sanitary workers like garbage. They cannot do this to Aruthathiyar, Adi Dravidars, and women. It has now become a battle between David and Goliath,' the petitioner's counsel told the court. He went on to state: 'We (sanitary workers) are the little people. The Constitution is for us. Let them (GCC) serve the Constitution, not the contractors.' Denying the charges, the A-G said, the sanitary workers were in safe hands and nothing adverse to their interests had happened. He said, everything would be explained in the counter affidavit. Denying the A-G's claim of the sanitary workers being safe, the petitioner's counsel insisted on issuing an interim injunction restraining the GCC from outsourcing the services of the temporary sanitary workers, originally appointed under the National Urban Livelihood Mission and through self-help groups, in Zone 6. After hearing them for a while, the judge decided to grant time for filing a fresh counter affidavit and hear the matter next on Wednesday. The petitioner organisation's president K. Bharathi had filed an affidavit stating its members were serving as temporary sanitary workers in Zones 5, 6, and 7 of the GCC. Petitioner's affidavit The deponent claimed the GCC had no authority whatsoever to outsource sanitary work to private contractors, and that it must be done either through permanent or temporary workers engaged by it directly. He also contended the temporary workers had every right to be absorbed in permanent vacancies. He contended that though Section 82 of the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act of 1919 empowers the civic body to call for tenders for execution of any work or supply of any material or goods, the term 'any work' must be read conjunctively, and not disjunctively, with the words 'any material or goods.' Further, stating that an industrial dispute had been raised with respect to outsourcing sanitary work in Zone 6 and the State government had referred the dispute to the Industrial Tribunal for adjudication on July 28, 2025, the deponent claimed the sanitary work could not be outsourced without the permission of the tribunal. CJ's Bench In the meantime, an advocate made a mention before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan regarding reported traffic disruption being caused due to the sanitary workers protesting outside the Ripon Buildings, housing the GCC head office. The advocate claimed even ambulances were slowed down on the road opposite the Corporation office due to the protests, and sought an early hearing of a public interest litigation petition to be filed by him during the course of the day. The judges agreed to hear the matter on Tuesday (August 12).
Scroll.in
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SC upholds conviction of activist Medha Patkar in defamation case filed by Delhi LG VK Saxena
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the conviction of activist Medha Patkar in a 24-year-old defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, Live Law reported. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, however, set aside a penalty of Rs 1 lakh imposed on the activist. It also modified the probation condition requiring her to appear before the trial court periodically, instead allowing her to furnish bonds. The case was filed in 2001, when Saxena was heading the Ahmedabad-based non-governmental organisation National Council for Civil Liberties. Saxena alleged that Patkar had defamed him in a press note titled 'True face of patriot', which the activist had issued in November 2000. The case, filed in an Ahmedabad court, was transferred to the chief metropolitan magistrate's court in Delhi in 2003. Patkar pleaded not guilty to the charges in 2013. In May 2024, Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma convicted Patkar in the case. She was found guilty of criminal defamation and held liable to serve two years in jail, pay a fine, or both. On April 2, Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh upheld the verdict convicting Patkar. On April 8, however, Singh granted Patkar one year's probation in the case, noting that the offence she had committed was not grave enough to warrant imprisonment. However, Patkar had been expected to appear before the court on April 23, furnish probation bonds and deposit a fine of Rs 1 lakh. As the activist did not appear in court or comply with other orders, Singh said that Patkar was deliberately violating the directions and issued a non-bailable warrant. On April 25, Patkar was arrested but released hours later from custody. Her release came after her counsel told the court that the probation order was still valid and that the activist would furnish the probation bonds. The activist had earlier moved the Delhi High Court against her conviction. On July 29, the High Court upheld Patkar's conviction. It said that there was no illegality in the decisions taken by the trial court and the appellate court to convict the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader in the case, adding that the orders were passed after consideration of evidence and law. The May 2024 judgement had said that Patkar's press note was a direct attack on Saxena's personal character and loyalty to the nation. The court also observed that Patkar had accused Saxena of 'mortgaging the people of Gujarat and their resources to foreign interests' and held the allegation to be a 'direct attack' on his integrity and public service. 'Such allegations are particularly grave in the public sphere, where patriotism is highly valued, and questioning someone's courage and national loyalty can cause irreversible damage to their public image and social standing,' the court had said.
Hindustan Times
29 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Asim Munir threatens India with ‘jugular vein' remark in US, says ‘no shortage of resources to…'
Pakistan army chief Syed Asim Munir yet again repeated the anti-India rhetoric, this time in the United States. While reiterating his 'juglar vein' remark he claimed that Kashmir is not New Delhi's internal matter but an unresolved international issue. Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir holds a microphone during his visit at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) to witness the Exercise Hammer Strike, a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army's Mangla Strike Corps, in Mangla, Pakistan.(Reuters) The remarks came as over the weekend, Munir visited two US cities before travelling to Brussels on Sunday, marking his second high-profile trip to Washington in less than two months. At a black-tie dinner in Washington DC hosted by Adnan Asad, Pakistan's honorary consul in Tampa, Munir said the Indus River 'is not the Indians' family property' and claimed Islamabad had 'no shortage of resources to undo the Indian designs to stop the river,' according to The Dawn cited by news agency ANI. Speaking during his ongoing visit to the US, he said, 'We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,' Pakistan-based media outlet ARY News reported on Monday, citing remarks at an event in Tampa, Florida. Asim Munir was in Tampa for attending the US Central Command (CENTCOM) change of command ceremony, where Admiral Brad Cooper took over from General Michael E Kurilla. Reiterates 'jugular vein' comment on Kashmir Munir repeated his earlier description of Kashmir as Pakistan's 'jugular vein,' asserting that it is not India's internal matter but 'an unresolved international issue.' He also accused India of 'aggression under Operation Sindoor,' calling it a 'grave violation' of Pakistan's sovereignty. 'A bilateral conflict due to any mistake by India would be a huge blunder,' Munir was quoted as saying by ARY News. He claimed Pakistan's response had averted a wider conflict and thanked US President Donald Trump for his role in reducing tensions between the two countries. India rejects Pakistan's claims India has previously dismissed Munir's 'jugular vein' remarks as baseless. Following similar comments by Munir in April before Pahalgam attack, India's ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said, 'How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein?" He added, 'This is a union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country.' Jaiswal also rejected suggestions of US mediation in the India-Pakistan ceasefire, stating that the agreement was reached through direct talks between the militaries of the two nations. (With ANI inputs)
