It is reported that Eknath Shinde has directed the Advocate General to claim in court that the shed will be erected in Aarey Colony. Mumbai: According to sources, Eknath Shinde has pushed to roll-back the stance of the Uddhav Thackeray administration on the contentious Metro vehicle shed proposal in Mumbai... The post appeared first on .

It is reported that Eknath Shinde has directed the Advocate General to claim in court that the shed will be erected in Aarey Colony. Mumbai: According to sources, Eknath Shinde has pushed to roll-back the stance of the Uddhav Thackeray administration on the contentious Metro vehicle shed proposal in Mumbai... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court while observing that there are over 2000 absconding NDPS offenders/accused persons in Punjab, has asked the state government to put in place appropriate provisions to ensure that the absconding individuals are brought to book within a reasonable time.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb will remain closed for five days to ensure that the law and order situation in the state does not get affected.

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has instructed the Law Department and the Advocate General to study the full text of the order of the Supreme Court on holding elections to local bodies in Madhya Pradesh.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 22 (ANI): Jharkhand's Advocate General denied the claim of the petitioner's lawyer Rajeev Kumar about the court's instructions regarding the ED probe on the Jharkhand Chief Minister.

Lahore [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Hamza Shahbaz, the designated Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday will take oath in Bagh-e-Jinnah.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 24 (ANI): The Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that it has been unanimously decided in an all-party meet that local bodies polls will be held only after providing reservation for Backward Classes.

Thiruvananthapuram Mar 20 PTI An all party meeting headed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday decided that while political parties as well as religious and cultural organisations should not be denied the opportunity to campaign flags and advertisements in relation to their events should not obstruct traffic or pedestrians The all party meeting which was also attended by Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan state Law Minister P Rajeev and various other parties leaders was held in the wake of several orders of the Kerala High Court against putting up of flag poles on pavements and roadsides without permission by political and other organisations In the meeting all the parties were of the view that political parties as well as religious and cultural organizations should not be denied the opportunity to campaign or conduct their events while at the same time flags and advertisements should not be put up in public places in a manner that would obstruct vehicular and pedestrian traffic a release from the Chief Ministers Office CMO said It was decided that flag poles can be put up in private walls or compounds with the permission of the owners and without affecting traffic the release said In public areas like footpaths flag poles may be erected for conventions and festivals with the permission of the authorities concerned and without obstructing pedestrians right of way the parties decided in the meeting They also decided that it should be specified in advance as to how many days the flag poles would be present and when they would be removed after the event concludes the release said The parties directed the Advocate General to inform the High Court of the decisions taken in the meeting as the opinion of the public it said The high courts orders against installation of illegal flag poles came on a plea by a cooperative society which has alleged that a particular political party was illegally putting up flags and banners on its land On November 1 last year the court passed an interim order directing that no illegal flag poles or masts be put up in the state while the issue was being examined by it It had on November 15 last year given 10 days time for people to remove the illegal flag poles and on November 25 2021 it directed the government to invoke provisions of Land Conservancy Act against all flag masts numbering 42337 in the State Subsequently in December last year the court had directed all District Collectors in the state to take action under the Land Conservancy Act against the illegal flag masts PTI HMP ROH ROH

Kochi Feb 23 PTI The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal against a single judge order upholding the re-appointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the Vice Chancellor VC of Kannur University saying it was done in accordance with the law and that he was not an usurper to the post A bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly rejected the plea moved by a member each from the varsitys Senate and Academic Council against the single judges order of December 15 last year saying it found no reason to interfere with that decision Reacting to the high courts decision state Minister for Higher Education R Bindu in a Facebook post said it has again become clear that allegations of UDF opposition regarding the VCs re-appointment are baseless She urged the opposition not to downplay the governments efforts in the field of higher education for partisan purposes The appellants had sought quashing of the re-appointment on the ground that a person can hold office of VC only till the age of 60 years and Ravindran born on December 19 1960 was overage at the time of his second appointment They had also contended that after the expiry of the four-year term of a VC there was no clause for extension and the only option was appointment Rejecting the contentions the bench said that in the matter of re-appointment the age bar prescribed under Section 109 of the Kannur University Act for appointment of the VC would not come into play as someone who has been appointed to the post before attaining the age of 60 years was entitled to continue for a term of four years and was also eligible for re-appointment It further said the statute itself has made it clear that the VC who holds the office for a term of four years consequent to the initial appointment shall be eligible for re-appointment The court also said if there were any shortcomings on the VCs part or any moral issues then it would have been different But this is a case where the appellants have not raised any sort of such allegations against the 4th respondent Ravindran Merely because a notification was issued to conduct a selection that by itself will not dissuade the GovernmentChancellor to recommend and re-appoint the existing VC the bench said we find that the re-appointment of the 4th respondent Ravindran was made in accordance with law and therefore he can never be said to be an usurper to the post Taking into account all the above intrinsic aspects with regard to the appointment of the Vice Chancellor eligibility qualification etc and also the relevant inputs of the UGC Regulations 2018 we have no hesitation to hold that the single judge was right in dismissing the writ petition the court said Upshot of the above discussion is that the writ appeal fails and accordingly it is dismissed it added The appeal was opposed by the state represented by Advocate General K Gopalakrishna Kurup and senior government pleaders V Manu and S Kannan which had contended that the age limit of 60 years was only applicable at the time of appointment The December 15 2021 order had come on the same petitioners plea seeking quashing of a November 23 2021 notification by which Ravindran was re-appointed as the VC While rejecting the plea the single judge had said there was no violation of any statutory provision in the re-appointment of Ravindran as the VC The single judge in the December 15 order had said re-appointment was different from appointment and the procedure adopted for the latter need not be followed when re-appointing someone The petitioners had contended before the single judge that a person can hold office of VC only till the age of 60 years and Ravindran born on December 19 1960 was overage at the time of his second appointment The petitioners had also contended that after the expiry of the four-year term of a VC there was no clause for extension and the only option was appointment The single judge had rejected the contentions PTI HMP HDA HDA