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Plea against Delimitation Commission in Jammu and Kashmir, Supreme Court seeks Centre, Election Commission response

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The Supreme Court on Friday sought reply from the Centre, the Jammu and Kashmir administration, and the Election Commission (EC), on a plea against the constitution of the Delimitation Commission to redraw the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory.

Counsel representing the petitioners submitted before a bench headed by Sanjay Kishan Kaul that the delimitation exercise, which was carried out recently, was contrary to the scheme of the Constitution, as the alteration of boundaries could not be done.

The bench, also comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh, then asked counsel why the petitioners did not challenge the constitution of the Commission, which was formed some time ago. As counsel contended it is the Election Commission, as per delimitation order, which is empowered to do any changes, the bench further queried from the petitioners’ counsel as to why his clients did not challenge the formation of the Commission itself?

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the plea contends that delimitation can be conducted only by the EC and not the Delimitation Commission.

While objecting to some submissions, the bench told counsel that Kashmir was always part of India and just a special provision was removed.

Mehta said their case is that after Article 370 is gone, the census will only take place in 2026. He further added that delimitations are of two types: one based on geography done by the Delimitation Commission, and the other, by the Election Commission in connection with reservation of seats.

The petitioner’ counsel further argued that the government will place the delimitation order before Parliament, which would further complicate the matter. To this, the bench asked why the petitioners didn’t take it up two years ago.

After hearing the arguments, the top court issued notice to the Centre, J&K administration, and the poll panel, giving them six weeks to file their response, and scheduled the matter for further hearing on August 30.

The plea moved by Haji Abdul Gani Khan and Dr. Mohammad Ayub Mattoo, both residents of Kashmir, sought directions seeking a declaration that increase of number of seats from 107 to 114 in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is ultra vires the constitutional provisions such as Articles 81, 82, 170, 330, and 332 and statutory provisions particularly under section 63 of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

The plea also urged the top court to issue to direction to declare notification issued on March 6, 2020, constituting the Delimitation Commission to take up delimitation in the UT of J&K and states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.

“In fact, in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the census operation was completed in 2001, but the delimitation was done in 1995. Even on this count, the entire process adopted is unconstitutional as there is no population census operation during 2011 at all for Jammu and Kashmir,” said the plea.

The plea argued that if August 5, 2019 was to unite the Jammu and Kashmir state with India, then the delimitation process defeats the “new order” of one nation and one Constitution in the country. It said: “While Article 170 of the Constitution of India provides that the next delimitation in the country will be taken up after 2026, why has the UT of Jammu and Kashmir been singled out?”

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Now in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh, parking a vehicle outside the house will be charged. Yogi Government

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Now in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh, parking a vehicle outside the house will be charged. Yogi government has taken this decision. This rule will apply to those people who do not have parking space in their house and they park their vehicle outside. The Municipal Corporation administration will create parking space for vehicles at night. Parking facility will also be provided under the flyover during festivals in crowded cities. Vehicles parked outside the house.

The cabinet of the Yogi government has approved the ‘UP Municipal Corporation (Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Parking Space) Rules-2025’. The Urban Development Department has also issued its notification. Now in 17 districts of UP, people will have to pay money to park their vehicle outside their house. The government has also fixed the parking rates. However, contract will not be given for parking in green areas. Parking rates for cities with less than 10 lakh population, time duration, two wheeler, four wheeler, 1 hour, Rs 5, Rs 10, 2 hours, Rs 20, 24 hours, Rs 40, Rs 80, monthly pass, Rs 600, Rs 1200

This facility will first start in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ayodhya, Aligarh, Agra, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Firozabad, Bareilly, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Varanasi, Shahjahanpur and Saharanpur. A 12-member committee will be formed in every municipal corporation. The chairman of this committee will be the Municipal Commissioner. The Assistant Engineer will be made the Member Secretary. This committee will make a list of possible places for parking within 90 days. Also, licenses will be issued to develop parking facilities under the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model. PPP model means that the government and private companies will jointly build parking.

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Hundreds of Congressmen participated in this foot march, raising slogans of Pakistan Murdabad and Hindustan Zindabad.

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According to Kangra Rural District President Sandeep Shukla, the whole country is raising questions on how Trump, sitting across the seven seas, announced the agreement between India and Pakistan, did our government not have any information about it till then or was our government asleep. Citing the time when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister in 1971, he said that even during that period, America had stopped India from mediating in the ongoing war between Pakistan and Bangladesh and asked it to step back, but Iron Lady Indira Gandhi gave a befitting reply and outright rejected the mediation of a third country between the two countries.

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Maharashtra: Conspiracy to spread religious hatred foiled, one arrested

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Mumbai: Uncovering a conspiracy to spread religious hatred in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the cyber department has claimed to have arrested a chartered accountant who tried to disturb law and order by circulating derogatory images of Hindu deities on social media. After this, the police took the matter seriously and solved the case. Maharashtra Cyber ​​has claimed to have arrested a person for insulting Hindu deities and making obscene images viral on social media. The arrest has been made in the case of spreading religious hatred and trying to create unrest on social media. Maharashtra Cyber ​​has registered a case under sections 1963, 294, 299 of the BNS and the IT Act. The accused has also shared obscene and nude images and videos of Hindu deities on social media and websites, which created a problem of order and discipline.

After the arrest of the accused, his mobile phone has been sent for forensic examination. Along with this, 6 X-accounts have also been identified on which Hindu deities were insulted and obscene images were made viral. In this case, 7 Twitter X-accounts have also been identified, which are fake accounts. This action was taken to spread religious hatred and unrest in Maharashtra, along with disturbing law and order. Maharashtra Cyber ​​has taken action in this case where pictures and videos of deities were made viral to deify them. The accused has been identified as a 39-year-old chartered accountant and further investigation has been initiated, informed Additional DG of Maharashtra Cyber ​​Cell, Yashasvi Yadav.

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