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Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Police register case over bad roads in Kochi
Kochi: Palarivattom police registered a case against the contractor deployed by Indian Oil Adani Gas Private Ltd (IOAGPL) and a private individual who are allegedly responsible for the poor condition of four roads in the area. Police registered a case under Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act based on a complaint that the roads dug up by KWA and IOAGPL were not restored to their original standards. "Thammanam-Pulleppady Road, PJ Antony Road, Mahakavi Vailoppilli Road and Nandanath Kachacko Road in Palarivattom area have been remaining in a dilapidated condition for the past several years. When I submitted an RTI application seeking whether the local body gave nod to dig up any of these roads, reply from the main office of corporation was that they gave approval to dig up only Thammanam-Pulleppady Road. Approval was given to a person called Divya Roslin for 15 days in Dec 2024. I think she may be the contractor deployed by other agencies. Police are yet to identify her," said Firdous Ammanath, a lawyer who filed the case. "Other three roads were dug up without permission. As per a govt directive issued in 2024, those digging up a road should restore it as per its original standard. I lodged a complaint with Palarivattom police seeking action against those responsible for the poor condition of roads. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo As police failed to take action, I moved judicial first-class magistrate court, Ernakulam, which asked police to register a case," Ammanath said. Several other roads in the city are in a dilapidated condition. "Agencies like IOAGPL, KWA and telecom service providers used to dig up roads, and in several cases, this is done without permission. Lack of proper monitoring on the part of road-owning agencies like Kochi corporation and PWD is one of the reasons for the increasing number of unauthorized road cuttings," said corporation opposition leader Antony Kureethara. Mayor M Anilkumar said corporation would ensure proper restoration of roads. "In certain cases, contractors are not ready to undertake such works. Anyway, we will strengthen monitoring to nab offenders," he said. On Palarivattom police registering a case, he said, "Law will take its own course." Though TOI tried to get the response of IOAGPL officials, they didn't reply. KWA officials feigned ignorance about roads not being restored after the agency dug them up.
Hans India
13-05-2025
- Hans India
Bombs hurled at cops as Ganjam village fest turns violent
Berhampur: A peaceful evening meant to mark the beginning of the revered 'Jogamma Yatra' took a violent turn on Sunday night at the tranquil village of Pati Sunapur under Marine police station limits. What began as a gathering of villagers soon spiralled into a violent confrontation with the police, leaving six officers injured and multiple government vehicles damaged. In a dramatic standoff that unfolded around 9 pm, nearly 100 to 150 villagers, both men and women, armed with weapons and petrol bombs, barricaded the main village road at Pati Sunapur Square. Their motive was to halt the ongoing yatra in protest. According to sources, while one group of villagers was in favour of Jogamma Yatra in the village from Sunday, another wanted to defer it to the last week of this month. Despite the prompt arrival of Marine police station personnel and Executive Magistrate-cum-Tehsildar of Chikiti, the protesters remained defiant. What ensued was a tense dialogue that quickly gave way to hostility. The mob, allegedly led by 22 individuals, including 18 women and 4 men, resorted to hurling stones and incendiary bombs at police personnel, endangering lives and disrupting public order. The sudden eruption of violence left a trail of shattered glass, scorched jute threads and gunpowder-scented debris, grim remnants of the confrontation. Authorities swiftly acted, arresting all 22 accused individuals from the village. Those arrested were P Kamamma (55), B Debaki (40), B Sunita (40), Ch Hema (40), Ch Gureya, B Parbati (40) G Tulasamma (35), B Nolama (40), B Sitamma (40), G Jogamma (50), L Tulasamma (40), D Parbati (50), B Saraswati (45), W Mutalayaama (40), B Kamudu (45), B Ramlu (35), P Dhana Laxmi (45), R Kumari (40), B Sakuntala (45), K Krishna Rao (32), G Tateya (25), L Gopal (24) and P Koteshu (34) all belonging to Pati Sunapur village. The accused face charges under multiple sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Explosive Substances Act, and Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act. They were produced before the court on Monday. This eruption of violence during a sacred community observance has cast a shadow over the Jogamma Yatra. As the village grapples with the aftermath, law enforcement remains on high alert to prevent further escalation.
Indian Express
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Supreme Court dismisses Rajasthan BJP MLA's petition in 2005 revolver threat case
The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Rajasthan BJP MLA Kanwarlal Meena's petition challenging the High Court order which had directed him to surrender 'immediately' in a 2005 case for threatening a Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer with a revolver. Dismissing the MLA's petition and granting him two weeks' time to surrender, a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Mehta said: 'We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order.' The SC said that if Meena, the BJP MLA from Anta in Baran district, doesn't surrender by then, 'the state will be at liberty to take all such measures to take him into custody to serve out the remaining sentence.' The SC dismissing Meena's petition effectively means that Meena is set to lose his MLA status. As per Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People (RP) Act of 1951, conviction of a lawmaker for an offence with a two-year sentence or more leads to disqualification from the House. In oral remarks, the SC, while criticising the public representatives for treating public servants 'like dirt', said: 'Elected representatives need to discipline themselves…this is one of those rare cases where somebody has been convicted otherwise you do everything and anything and get away with it, without any action against you.' Meena's lawyer Namit Saxena argued that he did not commit any crime and that the facts of the case were 'exaggerated.' The case pertains to February 2005, when Ramniwas Mehta, then a RAS officer and posted as Sub Divisional Officer, Aklera, was informed of a group of people in Manohar Thana, Jhalawar, blocking the road to demand re-poll in a sarpanch election. When Mehta and others reached the spot, Meena, who arrived with 6-7 men in a vehicle about half an hour later, took out a revolver and allegedly aimed it at Mehta's head asking him to 'announce a re-poll within two minutes or get killed'. Mehta, as per records, told Meena that, 'a revolver can kill but not enforce a re-poll.' On Wednesday, Meena's lawyer Namit Saxena said: 'There was no recovery of the revolver. The allegation is that he took out the videographer's cassette and broke it and burnt it. There is no videography camera recovered, no CD or cassette recovered, and no public property which was recovered for the purpose of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act.' Appearing for the respondent, senior advocate S Murlidhar pointed out that Meena 'has 27 cases against him, of which 15 were even before the said incident. After this case, 12 more cases were filed.' He said that after this case, five more cases of attacks on public servants were lodged against Meena, terming this as Meena's 'specialization.' Meena, a two-term BJP legislator, had initially been acquitted by a trial court but was later convicted by an appellate court in December 2020. He had then filed a criminal revision petition in the HC against his appellate court conviction which found him guilty under IPC Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant), 506 (criminal intimidation), and the PDPP Act. He was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment for the last two charges and two years for IPC 353, to be served concurrently. On May 2, the Rajasthan HC upheld Meena's 2020 conviction and sentence handed down by the appellate court, and directed him to surrender immediately in the case. Then on May 5, a single bench of the SC stayed a part of the HC order and the case was on Wednesday put up before a larger bench. On May 5, Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully had led a delegation, which included Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra, Deputy LoP Ramkesh Meena, Chief Whip Rafeek Khan, among others, to Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani, submitting a letter to an official in Devnani's absence. In his letter, Jully cited Section 8(3) of the RP Act, demanding Meena's disqualification, while adding that such a person cannot contest for six years after the date of completion of his sentence. Attaching a copy of the HC order, Jully said that it is important to cancel his membership 'to maintain the dignity and the democratic values of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.' Meena first won election from Manohar Thana in 2013 and from Anta in 2023. Meanwhile, Mehta is now an IAS officer and serves as Secretary, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer.
Indian Express
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
SC dismisses Rajasthan BJP MLA's petition in 2005 revolver threat case
The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Rajasthan BJP MLA Kanwarlal Meena's petition challenging the High Court order which had directed him to surrender 'immediately' in a 2005 case for threatening a Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer with a revolver. Dismissing the MLA's petition and granting him two weeks' time to surrender, a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Mehta said: 'We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order.' The SC said that if Meena, the BJP MLA from Anta in Baran district, doesn't surrender by then, 'the state will be at liberty to take all such measures to take him into custody to serve out the remaining sentence.' The SC dismissing Meena's petition effectively means that Meena is set to lose his MLA status. As per Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People (RP) Act of 1951, conviction of a lawmaker for an offence with a two-year sentence or more leads to disqualification from the House. In oral remarks, the SC, while criticising the public representatives for treating public servants 'like dirt', said: 'Elected representatives need to discipline themselves…this is one of those rare cases where somebody has been convicted otherwise you do everything and anything and get away with it, without any action against you.' Meena's lawyer Namit Saxena argued that he did not commit any crime and that the facts of the case were 'exaggerated.' The case pertains to February 2005, when Ramniwas Mehta, then a RAS officer and posted as Sub Divisional Officer, Aklera, was informed of a group of people in Manohar Thana, Jhalawar, blocking the road to demand re-poll in a sarpanch election. When Mehta and others reached the spot, Meena, who arrived with 6-7 men in a vehicle about half an hour later, took out a revolver and allegedly aimed it at Mehta's head asking him to 'announce a re-poll within two minutes or get killed'. Mehta, as per records, told Meena that, 'a revolver can kill but not enforce a re-poll.' On Wednesday, Meena's lawyer Namit Saxena said: 'There was no recovery of the revolver. The allegation is that he took out the videographer's cassette and broke it and burnt it. There is no videography camera recovered, no CD or cassette recovered, and no public property which was recovered for the purpose of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act.' Appearing for the respondent, senior advocate S Murlidhar pointed out that Meena 'has 27 cases against him, of which 15 were even before the said incident. After this case, 12 more cases were filed.' He said that after this case, five more cases of attacks on public servants were lodged against Meena, terming this as Meena's 'specialization.' Meena, a two-term BJP legislator, had initially been acquitted by a trial court but was later convicted by an appellate court in December 2020. He had then filed a criminal revision petition in the HC against his appellate court conviction which found him guilty under IPC Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant), 506 (criminal intimidation), and the PDPP Act. He was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment for the last two charges and two years for IPC 353, to be served concurrently. On May 2, the Rajasthan HC had directed Meena to surrender immediately in this case. The HC upheld his 2020 conviction and sentence handed down by the appellate court. Then on May 5, a single bench of the SC stayed the part of the HC order and the case was on Wednesday put up before a larger bench. On May 5, Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully had led a delegation, which included Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra, Deputy LoP Ramkesh Meena, Chief Whip Rafeek Khan, among others, to Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani, submitting a letter to an official in Devnani's absence. In his letter, Jully cited Section 8(3) of the RP Act, demanding Meena's disqualification, while adding that such a person cannot contest for six years after the date of completion of his sentence. Attaching a copy of the HC order, Jully said that it is important to cancel his membership 'to maintain the dignity and the democratic values of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.' Meena first won election from Manohar Thana in 2013 and from Anta in 2023. Meanwhile, Mehta is now an IAS officer and serves as Secretary, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer.
