New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Superintendent of Taloja prison in Maharashtra to shift jailed activist Gautam Navlakha to Mumbai's Jaslok hospital for medical checkup and treatment.

Thane Feb 24 PTI The City Industrial Development Corporation CIDCO has granted extension for the online registration of mass housing scheme till March 24 an official said on Thursday The development authority has also extended the deadline for payment of fees and EMD amount and the computerised draw accordingly he said The CIDCOs Mass Housing Scheme 2022 has received an overwhelming response The deadline for submission of the applications has been extended to allow sufficient time for submission of documents and payment of the EMD amount This will give an added window to the citizens who are willing to apply Dr Sanjay Mukherjee Vice-Chairman and Managing Director CIDCO The CIDCO launched the mass housing scheme of 5730 houses on January 26 under which 5730 flats have been made available in the rapidly developing Taloja node in Navi Mumbai Of the 5730 houses 1524 are available for the economically weaker sections under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and the remaining 4206 houses are for the general category As per the revised schedule online registration can be completed by March 24 After the registration the online application and online payment process have to be completed by March 25 The draft list of accepted applicants will be published on March 31 and the final list of accepted applicants will be published on April 4 on CIDCOs website The computerised draw for the scheme will be held on April 8 PTI COR ARU ARU

Mumbai Dec 17 PTI Father Frazer Mascarenhas an associate of late Jesuit priest Stan Swamy has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to clear Swamys name in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links caseIn a petition filed through senior counsel Mihir Desai on Thursday Mascarenhas former principal of city-based St Xaviers College also sought that the court monitor the judicial inquiry into Swamys custodial deathLast month the Jamshedpur Jesuit Province JJP had requested the high court that Mascarenhas be considered as Swamys next-of-kin and allowed to challenge observations made by the lower court while rejecting Swamys bail plea in the Elgar Parishad caseA division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal had asked the JJP to file a fresh plea while disposing of all pending pleas filed by SwamySwamy 84 died at a private hospital in Mumbai on July 5 while awaiting medical bailEarlier in March 2021 a special court for National Investigation Agency cases had rejected his bail applicationThere was prima facie evidence against him in the case the court had notedSwamy then filed an appeal in the HC but he died before the HC could decide itIn the fresh plea filed in the high court Mascarenhas said the NIA courts observations amounted to preliminary findings of guilt against Swamy and besmirched his reputationHad Swamy been alive he would have had the right to prove his innocence and his next-of-kin should be given the right to clear his name considering that he died awaiting trial the petition saidIt also urged the high court to monitor the judicial inquiry which is held when a person dies in judicial custody under section 176 of the Code of Criminal ProcedureBesides the immediate cause of death the inquiry must also look into the events that preceded his death including his worsening health while at Taloja prison and the inadequate health facilities there it saidThe HC is yet to assign a date for the hearing of the pleaThe Elgar Parishad case relates to a conclave held in Pune on December 31 2017 which as per city police was backed by Maoists and which led to caste violence at Koregaon Bhima war memorial the next day PTI AYA KRK KRK