High Court Extends Stay on Law for Quota to Marathas by Six Months
The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended for another six months its stay on a state law, which seeks to reserve 16 percent seats for the Marathas in government jobs and educational institutions.
The court also allowed the government to forward its data on the social and educational status of the Marathas to the recently set up State Commission for Backward Classes to examine if the reservations for the Maratha community in state jobs and educational institutions would be justified.
The division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni refused to vacate the stay it had imposed in April last year, restraining the government from implementing the quota for eleven months.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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High Court Refuses to Lift Ban on New Constructions
In another blow to new building projects in the city, the Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to annul its year-old order restraining the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the state government from clearing any fresh proposal for undertaking constructions.
In doing so, a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice CV Bhadang dismissed the petition filed by Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI), seeking review of its February 29, 2016 order pertaining to residential and commercial buildings.
The court had issued the first ban order on the ground that new constructions in the city would increase the population, which would, in turn, lead to generation of more municipal solid waste as well as construction waste.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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Unruly Driver Speeds off After Assaulting, Abusing Female Cop
The police are on the lookout for a woman in her mid-40s, who allegedly pushed a female constable after her car was stopped during a routine nakabandi.
The incident took place near Powai on Wednesday evening, when the woman, who was driving a red Hyundai Accent, was asked to halt her car. The woman, however, refused to pay heed to the police and continued driving. The police eventually managed to stop her car a few metres away, and asked her to step down and show them all the necessary documents related to the vehicle.
An argument ensued between the woman and the police officials. When a female police constable tried to intervene, the woman pushed her, banged the door of the car and sped away.
"Officials have recorded the entire incident on camera. The woman did not only assault the female constable, but also verbally abused her before speeding away.
(Source: Mid-Day)
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Mumbai Bizman Fights for His Rs 3.5 Lakh Used as Bait to Nail Corrupt Taxman
A 72-year-old Mumbai businessman paid Rs 3.5 lakh as bait money on the CBI’s advice to entrap a senior taxman demanding bribes from him in December 2013. More than three years on, JP Vaghani said the central investigating agency is yet to return his hard-earned cash.
The corrupt official — income tax joint commissioner Sanjeev Ghei, posted in Thane — was nailed, and the CBI kept the decoy cash in its custody as proof to show during trial.
Vaghani said on Wednesday that such cash is either destroyed or stored, and the government usually pays a refund to the owner within three months of an operation.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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As the New Face of Assam Tourism, Priyanka Chopra to Develop a Series With the Government
Priyanka Chopra who became the brand ambassador of Assam tourism on December 24 while she was on a week-long visit to India, recently revealed that there is a lot more in the pipeline than just promoting the state with a poster and video campaign.
Speaking to Mirror, the 34-year-old actress-filmmaker-singer said, “When I met Assam’s Chief Minister saab (Sarbananda Sonowal), we spoke a lot about what we could do together because the idea of me coming on-board was always about developing the film industry in the region and bringing opportunities to the local talent and artistes.”
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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Fire in College Building at Nair Hospital
A major fire gutted two departments in the Topiwala National Medical College building inside the Nair hospital campus on Thursday afternoon. A short circuit in an AC duct has been identified as the cause of the fire. The fire reportedly started in the ENT department and spread rapidly through the false ceiling to the Audio and Speech Therapy Department on the first floor of the medical college.
“There was a short circuit in an AC duct on the first floor. The security and engineering departments of the college wing tried to douse the fire but could not control it. Power supply to the building was switched off. The patients, staff and students were evacuated within 15 minutes of the fire breaking out,” said Dr. Ramesh N. Bharmal, Dean, Nair Hospital.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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Ex-Staffer Cheats 32 Clients of Teleshopping Site
The city crime branch has arrested a 25-year-old engineering graduate on the charge of cheating 32 customers of his previous employer, a teleshopping company.
A BTech degree holder from Kashiram University in Lucknow, Kishan Induprakash Singh banked on his knowledge of the processes at Shop CJ Network Private Limited and a lot of luck to target the firm’s customers.
Singh allegedly handed over chappals, stones, old books, etc. in neatly packed boxes passing them off as brand new mobile phones and cosmetics, but his luck ran out of Thursday when cops picked him from Digha Gaon in Navi Mumbai.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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On Duty WR Engineer Run Over by Train in Jogeshwari
A Western Railway junior engineer doing preparatory work for a scheduled block near Jogeshwari died early on Thursday morning after being run over by an approaching train he failed to notice.
While Mahendra Kharat, 50, was rushed to a nearby hospital by the GRP, who were called in soon after the incident, doctors declared him dead on arrival.
“He was working on the tracks on the Down line when he failed to notice the train coming from behind. He was busy and was repeatedly calling co-workers regarding the planned block,” said a fellow worker.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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