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DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 16 Pages ₹ 12.00 RNI No. UPENG/2012/49940 Vol. 15 앫 No. 25 Printed at » Chennai » Coimbatore » Bengaluru » Hyderabad » Madurai » Noida » Visakhapatnam » Thiruvananthapuram » Kochi » Vijayawada » Mangaluru » Tiruchirapalli » Kolkata » Hubballi » Mohali » Malappuram » Mumbai » Tirupati » Lucknow » Cuttack » Patna MISSING NOTE BEATING RETREAT Republic Day The copyright celebrations conundrum in come to a close Carnatic music PG MEDICAL ADMISSIONS DELIBERATIONS OVER SPECIAL DAY What constitutes music Domicile-based quota Parliamentary panel Smith joins the elite remains unanswered impermissible, says SC adopts Waqf Bill draft 10,000-run club NEWS » PAGE 10 NEWS » PAGE 10 NEWS » PAGE 10 OPINION » PAGE 7 SPORT » PAGE 15 ISRO’s 100th launch 30 dead, 60 injured in stampede IN BRIEF 쑽 lifts NavIC satellite as crowds surge at Maha Kumbh Pilgrims waiting for dip trampled President, PM express grief; 4 victims are from Karnataka, 2 to death as a barricade collapses U.P. govt. forms judicial panel from Gujarat; one is from Assam Modi slams AAP f1ccf833-44c4-4575-b5cd-33fe76bd21c0 f1ccf833-44c4-4575-b5cd-33fe76bd21c0 Mayank Kumar Yamuna, and the mythical over Yamuna PRAYAGRAJ Saraswathi. Four of the de- ‘poisoning’ claims ceased were from Karnata- hirty people were ka, two from Gujarat, and T NEW DELHI killed and at least one from Assam. Addressing his first rally in 60 injured in a “A few injured indivi- support of BJP candidates stampede at the Maha duals have been taken by in the Delhi Assembly poll, PM Kumbh here on Wednes- their families, while 36 are Narendra Modi on Wednesday day. Authorities said pil- under treatment at a local attacked the ruling AAP over its grims waiting for a dip at medical college. The situa- comments about the Haryana the Sangam at the auspi- tion is under control,” the government “poisoning” cious hour were trampled DIG said. the Yamuna. » Page 11 after a barricade collapsed The Uttar Pradesh go- amid the surge of a massive vernment announced a New horizons: The GSLV-F15 lifting off from the Satish Dhawan crowd on Akhara Marg and three-member judicial in- Tahir Hussain hits Space Centre in Sriharikota on Wednesday. B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM people rushed to the other quiry commission, headed campaign trail in side. by Justice Harsh Kumar Hemanth C.S. The launch vehicle with “Unfortunately, 30 de- (retd), a former judge of Mustafabad seat BENGALURU an indigenous cryogenic votees lost their lives, the Allahabad High Court. stage lifted off from the while around 60 people The panel will look into NEW DELHI The Indian Space Research spaceport’s second launch suffered injuries. Between what led to the incident. Former AAP councillor and Organisation on Wednes- pad at 6.23 a.m. The rocket 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., before Stretcher-bound: Rescue personnel carry an injured pilgrim following a stampede which broke out on 2020 Delhi riots accused day morning launched its successfully placed the the Brahma Muhurat, a Mauni Amavasya during the Maha Kumbh at Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday. PTI CONTINUED ON Tahir Hussain on Wednesday historic 100th mission — NVS-02 satellite in the in- massive crowd built up on » PAGE 10 launched his campaign in GSLV-F15 lifting off with a tended orbit. Akhara Marg in the Mela said. “The administration deceased, 25 have been on the day of Mauni Ama- POOR PLANNING: CONGRESS Mustafabad as an AIMIM navigation satellite from area,” Vaibhav Krishna, immediately carried out identified, while the rest vasya, considered auspi- » PAGE 11 candidate for the Delhi the Satish Dhawan Space CONTINUED ON Deputy Inspector-General rescue operations and not yet.” cious for the dip at the con- DEATHS AFTER THE SURGE election. He is out on a six-day Centre in Sriharikota. » PAGE 10 of Police, Maha Kumbh, cleared the crowd. Of the The stampede occurred fluence of the Ganga, the » PAGE 6 custody parole. » Page 2 CM A ND-NDE YK  THE HINDU 2 Thursday, January 30, 2025 DELHI ELECTION Delhi Check spread of ‘vilifying’ 7 days for voting: Rahul-Kejriwal row escalates content in poll Rae Bareli MP says AAP chief is ‘against Dalits and minorities’ and ‘failed to stand by people’ during Feb. 2020 riots and COVID, a day after saying that ‘Kejriwal is afraid of PM’ campaigns, HC tells EC The Hindu Bureau NEW DELHI The Hindu Bureau ith seven days NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court on W left for voting for the Delhi Assembly election, senior Wednesday directed the Congress leader Rahul Election Commission of In- Gandhi on Wednesday dia (EC) to ensure political ratcheted up pressure on parties and their candi- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dates do not use any “vili- chief Arvind Kejriwal, ac- fying” material in their cusing him of being campaigns for the Assemb- “against Dalits and minori- ly election. ties” for not clearing his The court said the State stand over the issue of Election Officer, Chief Elec- caste census. Mr. Gandhi tion Officer (CEO) and the also said the former Delhi District Election Officer Chief Minister had “failed were fully empowered and to stand by people” during duty-bound to check mes- the February 2020 north- sages and advertising ma- east Delhi riots. terial circulated by political “Where was he [Mr. Kej- parties. It passed the direc- riwal] when the Delhi riots tion on a plea alleging that were happening or when unknown numbers were people were left distressed Going all out: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a rally of party candidate from Bawana Surendra Kumar on Wednesday; AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal addressing supporters in Timarpur. ANI/ @AAMAADMIPARTY-X f1ccf833-44c4-4575-b5cd-33fe76bd21c0 f1ccf833-44c4-4575-b5cd-33fe76bd21c0 making spam calls and following the COVID-19 sending voice messages asking the public to vote for a particular political outbreak?” said the Con- gress leader, addressing a rally in Bawana. for three-time former MLA Surender Kumar, the party candidate from Bawana, to drink dirty water, but Kejriwal lives in a sheesh mahal, which is worth Don’t waste your vote on Cong.: Kejriwal party to continue getting The fresh salvo comes a Mr. Gandhi accused the crores,” he said. freebies. day after a war of words AAP chief of running a The Congress leader The Hindu Bureau waste your vote? Congress bers of the Congress, and to fight for AAP. I am here The EC counsel said the between the leaders of the “corrupt” government. He said unlike AAP and the NEW DELHI won’t win. It will only cut the Bharatiya Janata Party, for the progress of your fa- commission had taken cog- INDIA bloc parties. The also took on Mr. Kejriwal BJP, the Congress delivers votes. The Congress and saying he is still a political milies, to help secure the nisance of the petitioners’ Rae Bareli MP had on Tues- over the issue of pollution on its promises. “As pro- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the BJP have struck a deal. novice despite having future of your children,” complaint and directed the day alleged that the former in the Yamuna river. mised, we waived loans national convener Arvind They are fighting together spent 12 years in the field. the AAP chief said. CEO to inquire into the al- CM is “afraid” of Prime Mi- “Modiji lies in his and provided free bus Kejriwal on Wednesday led to defeat AAP,” he said, ad- “You can ask me to fix Mr. Kejriwal promised legations and submit a nister Narendra Modi. Mr. speeches, and so does Kej- rides to women in Karnata- a no-holds-barred attack dressing a rally in north electricity, improve water that if AAP wins the elec- report. Kejriwal responded by sug- riwal. Five years ago, he ka and Telangana,” he said. against the Congress, urg- Delhi’s Timarpur on Wed- supply, build roads, con- tion, it will fix broken The petitioners also gesting that the Congress (Kejriwal) said that he On the issue of caste ing Delhi residents not to nesday. Mr. Kejriwal ad- struct schools, and deve- roads and address com- asked for the poll to be had entered into an “agree- would take bath in the Ya- census, Mr. Gandhi said, “waste” their votes on the ded, “Never vote to defeat lop hospitals. I can do all plaints of contaminated postponed, alleging that ment” with the BJP to get a muna and drink its water. “We will hold a caste cen- grand old party. someone. Vote to help so- this. But I don’t know how water and overflowing sew- the spam calls had created “clean chit” for its “corrup- Five years have gone by, sus wherever we’re in pow- “Some people here are meone win.” to engage in abuses, dirty ers within a month. a bias. However, the court tion” cases. and he is yet to fulfil his er. We will also try to get thinking about voting for The former Chief Minis- politics, and political ma- “We will address all is- rejected the plea. While rallying support promise. You [voters] have rid of the 50% ceiling.” Congress. Why would you ter reached out to mem- noeuvrings. I am not here sues by March 10,” he said. ‘No end to this nightmare’: shelter Tahir hits campaign trail, talks of being inmates tired of empty promises deserted by AAP, fighting BJP and zulm The Hindu Bureau NEW DELHI Nikhil M Babu Hussain. In Delhi, the elec- NEW DELHI tion is for 70 seats. But the With the election ap- fight on two seats — Okhla proaching, political parties Around 5 p.m. on Wednes- and Mustafabad — is a bat- have made several assu- day, Tahir Hussain, the All tle against zulm (oppres- rances to the poor, includ- India Majlis-e-Ittehadul sion) in the country.” ing permanent housing for Muslimeen (AIMIM) candi- The AIMIM has fielded AAP’s Shahdara candidate those living in jhuggis. Ho- date from Mustafabad, candidates on both As- Jitender Singh Shunty donning wever, these promises ring stepped out of his office sembly seats, which have a PPE kit. FILE PHOTO hollow for many voters liv- wearing the party banner sizeable Muslim voters. ing in Delhi’s night shelters. Vinod Singh Rawat, 50, a daily wage worker, standing near a night that read “haqdaar ko haq dilaana hai, nirdosh ka Shifa-ur-Rehman in Okhla is also accused in a riots ‘Ambulance Sitting outside a tin shed room at a night shelter shelter in Kashmere Gate. ALISHA DUTTA saath nibhaana hai (have to get the rightful their AIMIM candidate Tahir Hussain campaigning in Mustafabad on Wednesday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA case. To make the most of his Man’ wants to near Bangla Sahib Gurdwa- ra, 35-year-old Vineeta De- vernment school, while her husband faces difficul- night shelter near Kashm- ere Gate and works as a dai- due, have to stand by the innocent).” party, Mr. Hussain added, conditions on when and time out of jail, the former councillor tried to cover as uplift city’s vi says she was born and raised on the footpaths of ties finding a permanent job due to the lack of edu- ly wage worker, says he has lost faith in the electoral Holding a microphone in his right hand, his left “Promises had been made about making Delhi’s roads how he would be brought in and taken back to Tihar much ground in old and new Mustafabad as he was health infra Connaught Place until the cation and skills. system after spending over hand being gripped tightly like those in Paris. But the Jail, where he is lodged in allowed by the policemen pandemic forced her fami- two decades on the city by a policeman, the former condition of the roads is connection with the Febru- surrounding him. Ashna Butani ly to move to a night shel- ‘Same result’ streets. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worse than when I left five ary 2020 north-east Delhi “I don’t have the money, NEW DELHI ter, where they have been “Despite promises by diffe- Despite holding a voter councillor told a gathering years ago. No government communal riots. the means or the time to go living for the past five rent parties, we still do not ID card, Mr. Rawat does of 100-150 people: “I gave has worked for us,” he Surrounded by a cordon everywhere. So, each of Jitender Singh Shunty, the years. Her daily income of have a permanent address. not exercise his franchise. 10 years to AAP, but when I said. He was granted custo- of around 10 policemen, you has to become Tahir Padma Shri awardee who ₹150-₹200 from selling bal- There is no end to this “I stopped voting after I fi- had a problem, forget help- dy parole to canvass for the Mr. Hussain told the gath- Hussain,” he told his sup- gained fame during the CO- loons barely sustains her nightmare,” she says. gured out that nobody is ing me, AAP stopped even Assembly poll by the Su- ering, “In Mustafabad, on- porters before he was es- VID-19 pandemic for pro- family. Her three teenage However, Vinod Singh going to change my living taking my name.” preme Court a day earlier. ly one person can defeat corted to a white police viding free ambulance ser- children attend a Delhi go- Rawat, 50, who lives in a conditions,” he says. Taking on his former The court imposed several the BJP and that is Tahir van to be taken back to jail. vices and cremating bodies for the needy, says he is contesting the Delhi As- sembly election as an AAP Naresh Balyan denied parole ‘Middle-class voters, slum dwellers are fed up with AAP’ candidate to improve the health infrastructure. “There are 30 ventila- tors in city hospitals, but to help ‘guide’ BJP’s election in-charge for Delhi feels the party is poised to return to power in the national capital after 27 years owing to its steadily growing vote only two are functional. At government hospitals, share, promises of monthly aid for women and free education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantees, and various ‘scams’ of AAP government wife for poll there is a fight to get an am- bulance and in private hos- vernment due to the na- in connection with the ex- your party to do well, pitals, patients are asked to The Hindu Bureau INTERVIEW ture of the political align- cise policy case] under the Congress needs to arrange their own,” he al- NEW DELHI ments here. But our vote stringent conditions. revive. What is your leges. When told that im- Baijayant share has grown consis- assessment of the grand proving the State govern- The Delhi High Court on tently. In the last civic poll, The BJP has been old party’s chances? ment and MCD-run Wednesday refused to re- Panda we had 40% vote share and critical of the ‘revri’ hospitals is a responsibility lease sitting legislator Na- AAP had around 42%. culture, yet the party’s The Congress is fighting for of AAP, Mr. Shunty replied, resh Balyan, arrested in a Nistula Hebbar manifesto is said to have survival now. In the 2024 “Given the circumstances, Maharashtra Control of Or- Satvika Mahajan Are you concerned mirrored the ‘revris’ general election in Delhi, it AAP is the best bet. The ganised Crime Act (MCO- NEW DELHI about the trend of Delhi offered by AAP. What allied with AAP. We still de- BJP has a vision for the CA) case, on custody pa- voting for one party in changed? feated their alliance com- country, but not for Delhi.” role to help him “guide” JP national vice the Lok Sabha election Baijayant Panda said Delhiites will buck the trend of voting for one prehensively. What the Mr. Shunty, also famous his wife, Pooja Balyan, who is contesting the Assembly election on AAP ticket B president jayant Bai- Panda spoke to The Hindu about and another in the Assembly poll? party in Lok Sabha and for another in Assembly. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Shah has 250 promises, in- ing ₹10,000 crore to build There has been no change. We have implemented wel- fare schemes without leak- Congress does is up to its leaders, our target is to win the election. as the ‘Ambulance Man of Delhi’, wore a PPE kit to file nominations from from her husband’s seat of the party’s promises to Well, I am from Odisha. cluding income support a high-tech city — all these age, discrimination or cor- Shahdara. “In a city like Uttam Nagar. Delhi’s voters and ad- This is exactly what used to for women through direct are our commitments to ruption, whereas AAP has Do you see a national Delhi, lakhs of people died The Delhi police op- dressed questions about happen there. For 24 benefit transfer schemes, the people of Delhi. run the city to the ground. footprint of this during the COVID-19 times. posed the grant of custody the ‘revri [freebie]’ culture years, a regional party [Bi- which we promised and Its top leadership has election? The entire government parole to the lawmaker, and the decision to not de- ju Janata Dal] was in the delivered in Odisha, Mad- Some argue that the BJP spent time in jail. They machinery failed. Even the saying the investigation in clare a chief ministerial State. We experienced a si- hya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, should have projected a committed the classroom Delhi, being the national oxygen cylinder scarcity the case is under way and face for the February 5 As- milar phenomenon in 2014 and Maharashtra. AAP pro- chief ministerial face in scam, the Mohalla Clinics capital, gets a lot of atten- was a man-made crisis,” he certain witnesses had sembly election. Excerpts: and 2019, but in 2024, we mised the same in Punjab, Delhi. scam, where fake medi- tion due to the presence of says. If elected, Mr. Shunty come forward to testify. bridged this gap. We’ll do but failed to deliver. cines were handed out, national and international adds, he will introduce a Justice Vikas Mahajan said Why has the BJP not the same in Delhi. We have made many It’s a narrative that AAP has causing deaths of children. media. But they are not the pink ambulance, exclusive- he was not inclined to been able to win Delhi promises backed by Prime tried to build. They have And scams in the Delhi Jal ones who will vote. The ly for women and driven grant relief to the legislator for the past 27 years? What is the BJP’s core Minister Narendra Modi’s no answers to the same Board and the Delhi Tran- ballots will be cast by mid- and managed by women, and noted that his case is message to people in guarantees, in which peo- question because their sport Corporation. AAP’s dle-class voters, gig work- and establish hostels and different from that of Tahir During the period that you this election? ple have a lot of faith. leader [AAP chief Arvind narrative that we are copy- ers, auto drivers, and those creches. Hussain, who was granted are speaking about, the BJP Providing free education Kejriwal] cannot be their ing its schemes is not true. living in slums, all of whom He will take on BJP’s custody parole by the Su- has been growing in Delhi. Our manifesto released by from ‘KG to PG’, acquiring CM face as he got bail are fed up with the ruling Sanjay Goyal and Con- preme Court a day earlier. We haven’t formed the go- Union Home Minister Amit 13,000 e-buses, and invest- [from the Supreme Court There is a view that for AAP government. gress’s Jagat Singh. 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The journalists appeared be- A special investigation fore the team on Tuesday Court directs State officials in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad to file team (SIT) probing the al- and Wednesday, during Saif stabbing case: accused affidavits by Feb. 13 on when and how manual scavenging and sewer cleaning ceased in their cities leged leak of the FIR in which their mobile phones connection with the sexual and other electronic devic- sent to 14-day judicial custody assault on a student at An- es were seized by the inves- The Hindu Bureau gers and their Rehabilita- na University in Tamil Na- tigation officers. A court in Mumbai on Wednesday refused city NEW DELHI tion Act, 2013. du last December has One of the journalists police custody of the Bangladeshi national The apex court had re- seized mobile phones from said, “They gave us a set of arrested for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali he Supreme Court ferred to its October 20, at least four journalists, dossiers containing perso- Khan, and sent him to judicial remand, noting that there was no fresh ground to extend his police custody. The Bandra Magistrate’s Court T on Wednesday or- dered a complete stop on the practice of ma- 2023 judgment in which it issued directions to the Un- ion and States to take mea- and summoned seven more for questioning. The all-woman SIT, con- nal details — whether we had benefited monetarily from circulating the FIR; after perusing the application submitted by the nual scavenging and hazar- sures to eradicate manual stituted by the Madras our marital status (includ- police said no fresh ground was made out. Citing dous manual cleaning of scavenging and hazardous High Court, has been ing ‘number of wives’); and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s provisions, the sewers and septic tanks in cleaning in the country. tasked with probing two property details. After the court told the investigating officer that if there top metros across the The court had noted that criminal cases: Crime No. 3 inquiry, they told me they was any new development, the police can again country. these “inhuman” occupa- of 2024, registered at the had seized my mobile seek the accused’s custody for the remaining “We hereby order ma- tions continue, often with All-Women police station, phone, and I could recover period within permissible time. PTI nual sewer cleaning and fatal results. Kotturpuram; and Crime it from the court after filing manual scavenging shall be No. 107 of 2024, registered a petition.” stopped in all top metro- ‘We will not leave it’ at the Chennai East Zone f1ccf833-44c4-4575-b5cd-33fe76bd21c0 f1ccf833-44c4-4575-b5cd-33fe76bd21c0 politan cities of Delhi, “This is something very Cyber Crime police station. Move condemned J&K MP Rashid Engineer Mumbai, Chennai, Kolka- ta, Bengaluru, and Hydera- close to our hearts and minds. We will not leave it. It is also probing the FIR leak, which had exposed The Chennai Press Club condemned the seizure of moves Delhi HC for bail bad,” a Special Bench of The Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya We tell you, we will go to the identity of the victim the journalists’ mobile Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia Bhati, submitted a report that out of 775 districts in the country, 465 any extent to get our judg- and led to victim-blaming. phones, calling it an infrin- Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer on and Aravind Kumar direct- have not reported any manual scavenging. FILE PHOTO ment of October 2023 com- Sources said the SIT gement on press freedom. Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking ed in a petition filed by Dr. plied with, come what summoned four journalists “The seizure of mobile interim bail in a terror funding case. Mr. Rashid Balram Singh. advocate K. Parameshar, Bench observe that claims may,” the Bench had ob- under Sections 179 and 94 phones under the pretext sought the reprieve on the ground that he wished however, said the data pre- of fraternity, equality, and served then. of the Bharatiya Nagarik of summoning journalists to attend the upcoming Budget Session of Centre’s submission sented by the States to the dignity among citizens re- On Wednesday, the Suraksha Sanhita, citing for inquiry is a blatant act Parliament. As an alternative, he prayed that he The Centre, represented Union government may main a mere illusion if a court directed the State of- their knowledge of certain of intimidation and an at- be given custody parole during this period. The by Additional Solicitor not be accurate as some of sizeable section of society ficials in the six metros facts relevant to the case. tack on journalistic free- plea forms part of his pending petition on the General Aishwarya Bhati, these districts had not con- was forced to enter sewers concerned to file affidavits They were instructed to dom. It freezes the con- issue of granting him bail in the case by the NIA. submitted a report that out stituted committees to for a living and die trapped by February 13 on exactly appear before the SIT head tacts and networks In the main petition, he has urged the High Court of 775 districts in the coun- monitor and check the in them even a decade af- when and how manual sca- at the Department of Pri- journalists have built over to either direct the expeditious disposal of his try, 465 have not reported practice under the law. ter the introduction of the venging and sewer clean- sons building at Egmore the years in the course of pending bail application by a lower court or any manual scavenging. A December 2024 hear- Prohibition of Employ- ing had ceased in their res- for recording of their state- their profession,” it said in decide the matter itself. PTI Amicus curiae, senior ing had witnessed the ment as Manual Scaven- pective cities. ment and production of a statement. Form authority to register live-in ED action against Chirag wades into BPSC row, relations till laws are passed: HC former MUDA chief seeks re-exam at all centres The Hindu Bureau NEW DELHI ‘illegal’: Karnataka HC their relationship”. Justice Dhand asked for the order larger Bench. In the order, Justice Amit Bhelari “rigged”, he said “question to be served to the Chief Dhand noted that as India PATNA papers were not available The Rajasthan High Court Secretary and Principal Se- was “opening its doors to The Hindu Bureau Statement of Natesh, for everyone”, but were on Wednesday directed cretary, Law and Justice, of western ideas”, one of BENGALURU The Nitish Kumar govern- circulating on social media recorded by the ED the State government to the State government, and them was that of live-in re- ment in Bihar faced a new shortly after being printed. look into setting up an the Union Social Justice Se- lations. “It appears that the The Karnataka High Court under the PMLA, challenge on Wednesday A total of 3,28,990 can- authority in each district to cretary, seeking a com- police agencies are over- has declared as “unwar- is ordered to be with Union Minister Chirag didates had taken the ex- register live-in relation- pliance report by March 1. burdened with investiga- ranted, illegal, and abuse retracted, says court Paswan supporting the de- am at 912 centres in the ships until the government Till such a law can be tion and the responsibility of process of law” the ac- mand to conduct a retest at State, out of which 21,581 can bring “appropriate le- brought in, this registering of maintaining law and or- tions of the Enforcement all centres of an exam held cleared it. Many candi- gislation” that governs authority should be able to der, hence, they hardly get Directorate (ED) against at his residence “as wheth- by the Bihar Public Service dates had boycotted the ex- such relationships. “address and redress the any time to redress the D.B. Natesh, a former Com- er the search and seizure is Commission (BPSC) on De- am alleging that they did A single-judge Bench of grievances of such partn- grievance of the aggrieved, missioner of the Mysuru vexatious or not is a matter cember 13 last year. The re- not receive question pap- Justice Anoop Kumar ers/couples who have en- but certainly this cannot Urban Development Auth- of trial”. sults of the exam were an- Chirag Paswan ers on time at the Bapu Ex- Dhand noted in the order tered such relationship be a ground for denial, on ority (MUDA), while The statement of Mr. Na- nounced last week. am Centre in Patna. Later, that the need of the hour and the children being their part, to look into the searching his residence, tesh, recorded by the ED Mr. Paswan, whose Lok ten to the grievances of the the panel held a retest on was to frame a law to born out therefrom”, the matter and decide the re- summoning him, and re- under Section 17(1)(f ) of Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) students. Ayyog kaan mein January 4 at 22 centres, “grant rights and impose court said, adding that a presentation of such per- cording his statement in the PMLA, is ordered to be is an NDA constituent but tel dalkar chatro ki baato which was taken by 5,943 obligations on the part of website could be launched sons by passing appro- connection with the case retracted, the court said. not part of the government ko sunane ko taiyar nahi eligible candidates. the couples in such rela- to redress these issues. priate orders,” it said. of alleged illegal allotment Justice Hemant Chan- in the State, said he learnt hai (BPSC is turning a deaf tionships”, a law that is The court noted that of 14 sites to B.M. Parvathi, dangoudar passed the or- about “irregularities on a ear to their complaints).” ‘Exam was rigged’ “competent enough to Conflicting opinions there is no separate legisla- wife of Karnataka Chief Mi- der while allowing the peti- large scale” in the Integrat- “The BPSC conducted re- grant assistance to the chil- The court considered the tion that lays down “provi- nister Siddaramaiah. tion filed by Mr. Natesh, ed 70th BPSC-Combined ‘Accept negligence’ exam at 22 centres. It dren and female partners legal question of whether sions” for live-in relations The High Court re- who had questioned the le- (Preliminary) Competitive Mr. Paswan said the panel means rigging took place. who become sufferers in couples in live-in relations or which provide legality served liberty to Mr. Na- gality of the ED’s actions Examination 2024 and that should accept that there This is not acceptable. An such relationships”. where one of the partners to the concept or that pro- tesh to prosecute — under initiated based on the the demands of the stu- was “some negligence” advantage of even one or Justice Dhand’s order is still married are entitled tect female partners and Section 62 [punishment predicate offence regis- dents are genuine. during the exam. He said two marks can impact the came on a batch of peti- to protection of the court, children born out of these for vexatious search] of the tered against Mr. Siddara- Responding to the quer- his own family members, entire future of students. tions that dealt with cou- noting the diversity of judi- relationships. Hence, the Prevention of Money Laun- maiah, his wife, and others ies of reporters at the Pat- including his nephew and In this situation, if students ples in live-in relationships