Sastra varsity gets eviction notice

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 00:00 IST

Asked to vacate 28 buildings by Oct. 3

The Thanjavur tahsildar has served a notice on the Shanmuga Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (Sastra University) at Tirumalaisamudram in Thanjavur district, asking it to vacate 28 buildings constructed on land belonging to the Prison Department by October 3. Eviction proceedings will be initiated if the university fails to do so by the stipulated date, the notice has warned.

The notice follows a decision of the Thanjavur Collector, who had, following a direction of the Madras High Court, convened a high-level meeting on September 22 and passed orders instructing the Revenue Divisional Officer and the tahsildar to remove the encroachments immediately. The prison authorities are considering the possibility of utilising the buildings for an ‘open air jail’, proposed on a stretch of 58.17 acres, including 20.62 acres encroached upon and occupied by the private university since 1985.

The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Tiruchi, was told to raise a fence and protect the land by providing round-the-clock security. In September, the Madras HC directed the State to take possession of the encroached land within four weeks.

SC verdict in Aadhaar case today

legal correspondent

NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 00:00 IST

A Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, will pronounce on Wednesday its much-awaited judgment on whether the Aadhaar scheme was unconstitutional and a violation of the fundamental right to privacy and personal body autonomy.

The five-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan had reserved its judgment in May this year, a culmination of over seven years of various challenges against Aadhaar. It will give three opinions by Justices Sikri, Chandrachud and Bhushan.

Madras HC asks Yamaha staff to not strike near factory

TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Chennai:26.09.2018

The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Sriperumbudur police to ensure that the trade union activities and demonstration by the workmen of India Yamaha Motor is being held 200 metres away from the factory premises located in Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram district. Justice P Rajamanickam passed the interim order on the plea moved by Yamaha seeking adequate police protection for ingress and aggress of vehicles and people from in and out of the factory premises and further vacate the trespassing workmen by ensuring that no striking workers assemble illegally in any form within the radius of 200meters from its factory.

When the plea came up for hearing, the company further submitted that they are not averse to legitimate trade union activities. However, in the guise of strike or trade union activities some workers and their allies cannot obstruct or prevent other employees from entering inside the premises and working. The labour unrest in the five automotive factories, including Yamana, Royal Enfield and tier I auto component suppliers Honeywell and Myong Shin Automotive India (MSAI) continued Tuesday with more than 2,500 employees protesting.

CITU state president A Soundararajan said: “The issue is the same in both Yamaha and Royal Enfield – the right to form an association. We formed our trade union in both these companies and those workers were immediately dismissed. Royal Enfield dismissed four workers and Yamaha two.” Yamaha, in its petition submitted that it was not averse to legitimate trade union activities.

Labour unrest over forming of a trade union has been simmering in the Oragadam belt for over four months now though the actual strike in Yamaha started on September 21 and in Royal Enfield on September 24. “As many as 19 people were suspended in MSAI and another 55 in Honeywell have lost their jobs,” said Soundararajan. Pay hikes and other reinstatement of dismissed employees are some of the demands of the striking workers apart from the right to form a trade union.

“The assistant labour commissioner of Sriperumbudur has summoned the Yamaha management once again tomorrow (September 26) morning at 11.30 am. As for Royal Enfield, the management there have also been called by the assistant labour commissioner and the striking employees are now waiting to see if a resolution is round the corner, he added.

A total of 2,500 employees in five companies are striking including 700 permanent employees in Yamaha (almost the entire permanent workforce of the company said Soundararajan), 300 permanent employees in MSAI have been striking for 20 days now and around 1000 permanent and temporary workers in Royal Enfield are involved in the strike. There have been no fresh formal statements from the companies so far on Tuesday.

LEGAL TANGLE

MISSING FOR 40 YRS

Man’s body found after tree grows from seed in his stomach

Times of India 26.09.2018

The body of a man who was murdered more than 40 years ago has been found after a seed from a fig in his stomach grew into a tree. Ahmet Hergune was killed during the conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in 1974, but his body remained undiscovered for decades. It was eventually discovered because the tree which grew from him was unusual for the area.

The man had been taken into a cave with two others and both of them had been killed by dynamite that was thrown in after them. The dynamite also blew a hole in the side of the cave, allowing light to flood into the darkened interior which in turn allowed the fig seed to grow into a tree from his body.

Up to 200,000 people were displaced during the conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.

Ahmet Hergune’s sister Munur, 87, said: “We used to live in a village with a population of 4,000, half Greek, half Turkish. In 1974, the disturbances began. My brother Ahmet joined the Turkish Resistance Organization. On June 10, the Greeks took him away.” She added: “For years we searched for him in vain.” But she said that unknown to her, the grave had ended up being marked by the fig tree.

The tree was spotted in 2011 by a researcher who was curious as to how the tree had ended up in the cave and especially in a mountainous area where it was not usually found. While carrying out his research and digging around the tree, he was horrified to find a human body underneath and raised alarm. On digging further, police recovered a total of three bodies.

Munur added that her brother was believed to have been the one who had eaten the fig, and blood samples from her family matched DNA fragments which confirmed it was her brother’s final resting place. Ahmet had apparently eaten the fig shortly before he died. “They found my brother thanks to that tree,” she said. DAILY MIRROR

Appointment of Vice Chancellor times of India 26.09.2018

Rlys closes gate after staffer is assaulted
Commuters Forced To Take Another Route

Vincent.Arockiaraj@timesgroup.com

Trichy: 26.09.2018

After the gate keeper at a level crossing gate keeper was attacked by unidentified people, the Trichy railway division authorities have closed the gate near Cuddalore permanently to teach the locals a lesson.

A notice board hanging on the gate read, “On 23.09.2018 Shri Ashraf Ali on duty GK was assaulted by the public while doing duty, this LC gate (LC - 151) is permanently closed.”

Following the closure of the gate, people are forced to take an alternative route.

According to sources, gate keeper Ashraf Ali was beaten up by some motorists for not opening the gatewhich had been closed as a train was to pass through the section. They also said such incidences were common at the crossing.

Trichy divisional railway manager (DRM), P Uday Kumar Reddy said he had ordered the gate closed following many such incidents. “The people in that area are very aggressive. When I was there at the gate on September 22 midnight, two men on a two-wheeler approached the gate and ordered the staff to open the gate. When he refused, they started abusing him. Subsequently, I intervened and informed the RPF. After seeing the RPF, they fled from the spot,” he said.

The railway administration has lodged a complaint with Government Railway Police (GRP) about the incident, he said.

When asked about the inconvenience for the general public, DRM said there was no hindrance for vehicular movement as another gate 15 metres away.

DRASTIC MEASURES

High court bench orders man to pay ₹20L for divorce

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai 26.09.2018

Setting aside a lower court’s order, which dismissed a divorce petition, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court said that the divorce proceedings will be initiated on condition that the man compensate his wife with ₹20 lakh for the suffering she underwent. Alleging that his wife suffered from mental illness, A Amuldoss moved the lower court in Thanjavur in 2013 seeking divorce from her. In his petition, Amuldoss stated that he got married to the woman in 2008 at a church and cited incidents to claim that she suffered from mental illness. The woman’s counsel denied all allegations against her.

However, the lower court dismissed the petition after observing that it was based only on the versions of his mother and sister as he was staying abroad. It took into consideration the woman’s version that her in-laws quarrelled with her as she did not have a child.

When he went on an appeal in the high court, justice J Nisha Banu issued the directions after noting that the couple are living separately for the past seven years and the effort made by the court to mediate for a possible reunion went futile. “While the wife wanted to live with the husband, the husband was not willing to live with her. There has also been a long delay of continuous separation and therefore, while mediating, the court found that matrimonial bond is beyond repair,” the court said stressing that while it understands the woman’s anxiety to reunite with her husband, it has no other option except to deal with the matter in the circumstances of the case as the man does not want to live with her. While allowing the appeal petition, the judge said the lower court’s order shall be set aside only when the man pays compensation to his wife.