NEW DELHI, Dec 1: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has constituted an all-women bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M Trivedi to hear transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters on Thursday.
This is the third occasion in the history of the apex court that an all-women bench has been constituted.
The two-judge bench is currently sitting in Court number 11 of the top court.
The bench has 32 matters listed before it, starting with 10 transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and followed by 10 bail matters.
The first all-women bench was set up in 2013 when a bench of Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai was constituted followed by a bench of Justices R Banumathi and Indira Banerjee in 2018.
There are three women judges in the top court at present including Justice Kohli, B V Nagarathna, and Trivedi.
Justice Nagarathna is also set to become first woman Chief Justice in 2027.
The apex court currently has a strength of 27 judges including the CJI, against a sanctioned strength of 34. (Agencies)
All-women bench to hear matters in SC
Supreme Court reserves judgment on plea challenging J&K delimitation
NEW DELHI, Dec 1: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea challenging the government’s decision to constitute a delimitation commission for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir on grounds that it violated constitutional provisions.
A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka heard the submissions from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, counsel for the Election Commission and the lawyer of the petitioners.
“Arguments heard. Judgement reserved,” the bench said.
The counsel appearing for the two petitioners, Haji Abdul Gani Khan and Mohammad Ayub Mattoo, had argued that the delimitation exercise was carried out in contravention of the scheme of the Constitution and alteration of boundaries and inclusion of extended areas should not have been done.
The plea had sought declaration that the increase in the number of seats from 107 to 114 (including 24 seats in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) in Jammu and Kashmir is ultra vires constitutional provisions and statutory provisions, particularly under section 63 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
It had said the last Delimitation Commission was set up on July 12, 2002 in exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Delimitation Act, 2002 after the 2001 Census to carry out the exercise throughout the country. (AGENCIES)
ATM guard held for withdrawing amount using customer card in J&K’s Pulwama
SRINAGAR, Dec 1: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested an ATM guard, who was allegedly withdrawing money using the card of a customer in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Police said on November 14, 2022 Police Station Rajpora received a written complaint from one Mohammad Yousuf, a resident of Tujan stating therein that an amount of Rs 28,000 has been stolen/withdrawn from his account by an unknown person.
A case was registered at Police Station Rajpora and investigation started during which a special team was constituted with the help of technical resources.
Police said it came to fore that the amount has been withdrawn by using his ATM card at Dalipora ATM machine by the accused person wearing a mask .
Further Investigation led to identification of a suspect identified as Shabir Ahmad Poswaal (ATM Guard at Pakherpora ATM ) a resident of Sonabanjr Rajpora who was brought in for the questioning and during sustained interrogation he confessed his crime and on his disclosure stolen money of Rs 28, 000 and four other ATM cards belonging to different customers recovered.
Further investigations are going on, police said. (Agencies)
ART OF LIVING conducts 3-day workshop on ‘Emotional Wellbeing, Stress Management’ J&K at J&K IMPARD
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) November 30: A three-day workshop on
‘Emotional Wellbeing and Stress Management’, conducted by Art of Living
Foundation Concluded at J&K Institute of Management, Public
Administration & Rural Development (J&K IMPARD) here.
The workshop was earlier inaugurated by the Commissioner of State Taxes
Department, Dr.Rashmi Singh. The workshop is being held as part of the initiatives taken by the State Taxes Department for its employees through specially designed training modules as a move toward prioritizing mental wellness at work. The Sub inspectors recruited under PM Package have been selected for the first such training under this workshop, as per the statement.
Speaking during the sessions of the workshop, Rashmi Singh said that the workshop will motivate participants to make full use of this opportunity to learn stress management, behavioral modification skills, personal and organizational values, empathy, teamwork, smart goal concept, and other related values. She urged the participants to fully utilize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by focusing on reorientation skills, attitudinal adjustments, mental fortitude, and other key abilities for all phases of life in today’s environment which require inner re-engineering to contribute one’s best for good governance.
Director Trainings, IMPARD, Dr. Jahan Ara Jabeen while speaking on the occasion, emphasized the topic of self-governance paving way for a good governance slogan given by the government.
Program Director, of Youth Affairs at The Art of Living, Avinash Tikku,
during the workshop conducted a demonstration session of breath control
techniques and meditation for the senior officers of the State Taxes
Department and gave an introduction for other Workshops to follow.
Additional Commissioner, State Taxes, (Administration & Enforcement) Kashmir, Shakeel Maqbool; Deputy Commissioner Central Enforcement State Taxes, Parvez Ahmad Raina; Assistant Commissioner State Taxes Technical, Waseem Raja and other senior officers of the State Taxes Department were also present on the occasion.
Dr Rajendra Thapa campaigned in favor of AAP candidate in Delhi
Jammu, November 30:
Leaders of Aam Aadmi Party campaign in favor of Meenakshi Sharma, the candidate from Ward No. 203 of Laxmi Nagar in the upcoming MCD elections in Delhi. On this occasion, Dr. Rajendra Thapa, Organization Minister of Doctors Wing of Aam Aadmi Party said that this time Arvind Kejriwal’s party is going to show the way out to BJP in Delhi’s MCD elections also. Despite occupying the MCD for almost 15 years, the BJP has not done anything there, due to which there is anger among the people. People now want to bring Arvind Kejriwal in the MCD elections after the Delhi assembly. Dr. Thapa said that the way Arvind Kejriwal has brought revolutionary changes in Delhi after assuming power, similar changes will now be brought in MCD as well. There is only Aam Aadmi Party wave in Delhi and the people there are going to hand over the command of MCD to Arvind Kejriwal this time. Vikrant Sharma and Charanjeet Kaur were also present.
Drugs worth Rs 9 Cr consumed in Kashmir every month, Kulgam tops list: Survey
SRINAGAR: A survey conducted by the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) Kashmir has found that heroin abuse worth Rs 9 Cr is being consumed in the valley a month, while Kulgam district tops the list.
As per the survey Kulgam district spends Rs 1,01,660 on heroin monthly which is the highest in the whole Kashmir division. It states that Rs 89,134 is being spent on heroin in Anantnag, Rs 100,202 in Bandipora, Rs 71,020 in Baramulla (lowest in Kashmir), Rs 88,995 in Budgam, Rs 79,694 in Ganderbal, Rs 87,392 in Kupwara, Rs 88,529 in Srinagar, Rs 100,165 in Shopian and Rs 81, 726 in Pulwama.
Special cells for women to be increased in J&K, Ladakh: NCW chief
SRINAGAR, Nov 30: National Commission for Women (NCW), Chairperson, Rekha Sharma, chaired the second Monitoring Committee Meeting of 12 pilot Special Cells for Women at the Institute of Hotel Management Raj Bagh, Srinagar, informed officials.
At the outset, Chairperson was given a brief about the work progress of 12 pilot Special Cells for Women in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from April 2022 to October 2022. The meeting held detailed discussions on the special cells and suggestions for a way forward from respective members of the Monitoring Committee for the effective functioning of the Special Cells for women.
“It was given out in the meeting that 256 outreach activities about women’s safety and empowerment had been conducted by Special Cells for Women during that period. It was also revealed that 1307 total interventions have been carried out by Special Cells and 2755 meetings have been conducted in 575 cases of women who registered at Special Cells for Women which include individual/group/family meetings and home visits. The Monitoring Committee has been constituted under the “Violence Free Home – A Woman’s Right” project,” read an official statement.
Addressing the meeting, Chairperson NCW said that in the near future we will increase the number of Special Cells in order to expand our reach, adding that we need to strengthen the visibility through active engagement in communities on gender-based violence.
She stressed on the need for increasing awareness programmes in coordination with police and other allied departments for the effective functioning of the Special Cells.
She also enquired about the number of complaints received by women’s cells in different districts and said that all help should be provided to women who are facing violence in any form.
Joint Secretary, NCW stressed on the need for dissemination of information about the Special Cells and mobilise Self Help Groups and said that there is a need to work in a coordinated manner.
Special Coordinator, NCW, GoI Neha Mahajan presented a vote of thanks on the occasion.
The meeting was attended by Joint Secretary NCW, A Asholi Chalai, Commissioner Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Sheetal Nanda; DIG Central Kashmir Range, Sujit Kumar Singh; DIG UT of Ladakh, S. Junaid Mehmood, Special Coordinator, NCW, GoI Neha Mahajan, Director Mission Shakti Harvinder Kaur, HoD Department of the Social Work University of Kashmir, Assistant Professor Central University Jammu, Dr Vinay Kumar, Coordinator JK Special Cell for Women Saima Shah and other officers. (Agencies)
International Border in Jammu frontier incident-free, safe: BSF IG
Jammu, Nov 30: The International Border in the Jammu frontier is incident free and safe despite infiltration attempts from across the border, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) official said on Wednesday.
Drone activity has also largely decreased in Jammu and the majority of weapons and other materials dropped from unmanned aerial vehicles have also been recovered, BSF Inspector General (Jammu Frontier) DK Boora said at a press conference here.
“The (International) border is incident free despite huge pressure on the forces and attempts from across the border to carry out infiltrations,” he said.
“The border is safe and secure. We have been able to keep it safe.
“All infiltration attempts have been foiled. Seven infiltration bids were foiled and all the guides and infiltrators eliminated,” he added.
Boora added that four AK assault rifles and seven pistols had been recovered. (Agencies)
China warns US not to interfere with its relationship with India: Report
Washington, Nov 30: A Pentagon report revealed that China has warned the US not to interfere with Beijing’s relationship with India.
Throughout the 2020-2021 standoff in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, Chinese officials sought to downplay the severity of the crisis, emphasizing Beijing’s intent to preserve border stability and prevent the standoff from harming other areas of its bilateral relationship with India, the report said.
It further said that China seeks to prevent border tensions from causing India to partner more closely with the US.
Throughout 2021, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sustained the deployment of forces and continued infrastructure buildup along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Negotiation made minimal progress as both sides resist losing perceived advantages on the border.
Beginning in May 2020, China and Indian forces faced off in clashes with rocks, batons, and clubs wrapped in barbed wire at multiple locations along the LAC. The resulting standoff triggered the buildup of forces on both sides of the disputed border, said the Pentagon report
Each country demanded the withdrawal of the other’s forces and a return to pre-standoff conditions, but neither China nor India agreed on those conditions.
China blamed the standoff on Indian infrastructure construction, which it perceived as encroaching on Chinese territory, while New Delhi accused Beijing of launching aggressive incursions into India’s territory.
The standoff was the deadliest clash between the two nations in the past 46 years.
DySP Crime Branch Varinder Singh suspended
Jammu: Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Home Department on Wednesday suspended Varinder Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch, Jammu.
The suspension would come under effect from November, 11, 2022 , I,e the date of arrest of the officer in case No. FIR No. 15/2022, U/s 7 of Prevention of CorruptionAct, 1998, in P/s Anti Corruption Bureau, Jammu.