தஞ்சை மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியின் முன்னாள் மணவர்கள் சந்திப்பு

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புதுச்சேரி:தஞ்சை மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் 1965ல் படித்த மாணவர்கள் புதுச்சேரியில் சத்தித்து நினைவுகளை பகிர்ந்து கொண்டனர்.

தஞ்சை மருத்துவக்கல்லூரியில், 1965ம் ஆண்டில், 135 மாணவ, மாணவியர் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படித்தனர். இவர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோர் இந்தியாவிலும், வெளிநாடுகளிலும் பணிபுரிந்து வருகின்றனர்.இவர்கள் அனைவரும், கடந்த 2000 ஆண்டில், குடும்பத்துடன் சந்திக்க, புதுச்சேரி மக்கள் நீதி மையம் தலைவர் டாக்டர் எம்.ஏ.எஸ்.சுப்ரமணியன் முடிவு செய்தார்.தன்னுடன் தொடர்பில் இருக்கும் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி நண்பர்களிடம் தகவல் தெரிவித்ததன்பேரில், அதே ஆண்டு புதுச்சேரியில் முதல் முறையாக முன்னாள் மாணவர்கள் சந்திப்பு நிகழ்ச்சி நடந்தது.அதனை தொடர்ந்து, தஞ்சை மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி முன்னாள் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். மாணவர்கள், தங்கள் பிள்ளைகள் மற்றும் பேரப்பிள்ளைகளுடன், தமிழகம், புதுச்சேரியில் ஏதேனும் ஒரு இடத்தில் ஒன்று அல்லது இரண்டு ஆண்டிற்கு ஒருமுறை கூடி பேசியும், விளையாடி, தங்கள் நினைவுகளை பகிர்ந்து மகிழ்ந்து வருகின்றனர்.

அந்தவகையில், 12வது சந்திப்பு நிகழ்ச்சி, புதுச்சேரி அருகே ஓஷன்ஸ் ஸ்பிரே ஓட்டலில் நடந்தது. வெளிநாடுகளில் குடும்பத்துடன் வசித்துவரும் தற்போது 70 வயதை கடந்துள்ள 50க்கும் மேற்பட்ட முன்னாள் மாணவர்கள் குடும்பத்துடன் கலந்து கொண்டு, தங்கள் நினைவுகளை பரிமாறிக் கொண்டனர்.2021 டிசம்பர் மாதம் மதுரையில் மீண்டும் கூடுவது என, முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டது.

பரிசு பெறும் டாக்டர்கள் மீது என்ன நடவடிக்கை?: மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலுக்கு ஐகோர்ட் கிடுக்கிப்பிடி

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சென்னை: 'மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் தடை விதித்தும், மருந்து நிறுவனங்களிடம் இருந்து பரிசு பொருட்கள் பெறும் டாக்டர்களுக்கு எதிராக, என்ன நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது' என, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் கேள்வி எழுப்பி உள்ளது.

'போர்ட்ஸ் இந்தியா லேப்' என்ற மருந்து நிறுவனம், ௨௦௧௨ - ௧௩ம் ஆண்டுக்கான வருமான கணக்கை தாக்கல் செய்தது. கணக்கில், ௧௪.௬௯ கோடி ரூபாய் வருமானம் வந்திருப்பதாக தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.பின், உரிமம் மற்றும் வரிக்கான தொகையாக, ௫.௪௫ கோடி ரூபாய், விற்பனை உயர்வு செலவாக, ௪௨.௮௧ லட்சம் ரூபாயை, வருமானத்தில் கழிக்கும்படி கோரப்பட்டது.விற்பனை அதிகரிப்புக்கான செலவில், டாக்டர்களுக்கு அளிக்கப்பட்ட தொகையும் அடங்கி உள்ளது.

 இதனால், இந்த நிறுவனத்துக்கு எதிராக, வருமான வரித்துறை, உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் மனு தாக்கல் செய்தது.விசாரித்த, நீதிபதிகள்கிருபாகரன், வேல்முருகன் அடங்கிய, 'டிவிஷன் பெஞ்ச்' பிறப்பித்த இடைக்கால உத்தரவு:பரிந்துரைஅதிக விலைக்கு மருந்துகள் விற்கப்படுவதாகவும், மருந்து நிறுவனங்களின் துாண்டுதலின்படி, கமிஷன் தொகைக்காக, தேவையற்ற பரிசோதனைகளை, மருந்துகளை டாக்டர்கள் சிலர் பரிந்துரைப்பதாகவும் புகார் கூறப்படுகிறது.சந்தையில் தங்கள் மருந்துகளை விற்பதற்காக, டாக்டர்களுக்கு பரிசு பொருட்கள், வெளிநாட்டு சுற்றுலா என, வாரி வழங்குகின்றன.

டாக்டர்களின் பரிந்துரையால், மருந்துகளை வாங்க வேண்டிய கட்டாயத்துக்கு, நோயாளிகள் தள்ளப்படுகின்றனர். பணம், உபசரிப்பு, பரிசுப் பொருட்கள், பயண சலுகையை, மருந்து நிறுவனங்களிடம் இருந்து டாக்டர்கள் பெற, மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் தடை விதித்துள்ளது.சட்டத்தில் தடை இருந்தும், டாக்டர்களுக்கு பரிசுப் பொருட்கள், பயண ஏற்பாடுகள் செய்து, மருந்து நிறுவனங்கள், தங்கள் தயாரிப்புகளை விற்கின்றன. சட்டவிரோதமாக, அதிக விலைக்கு மருந்துகள் விற்பனை செய்வதும் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

விற்பனையை அதிகப்படுத்த மேற்கொண்ட செலவுக்கு, வருமான வரியில் கழிவு கோருவது அதிர்ச்சி அளிக்கிறது.டாக்டர்களுக்கு பணம் கொடுப்பது; அதிக விலைக்கு மருந்துகளை விற்பதால், மக்கள் நேரடியாக பாதிக்கப்படுகின்றனர்.கேள்விகள்எனவே, இந்த வழக்கில், மத்திய சுகாதாரத் துறை, ரசாயனத் துறை, தேசிய மருந்து விலை நிர்ணய ஆணையம், மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் ஆகியோர் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றனர்.மத்திய அரசு சார்பில், உதவி சொலிசிட்டர் ஜெனரல் ஜி.கார்த்திகேயன், மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் சார்பில், வழக்கறிஞர் வி.பி.ராமன் ஆகியோர், கீழ்கண்ட கேள்விகளுக்கு, பதில் அளிக்க வேண்டும்.

பரிசுப் பொருள், பயண செலவு வாங்கும் டாக்டர்களுக்கு எதிராக, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் என்ன நடவடிக்கை எடுத்துள்ளது; கவுன்சில் விதிமுறைகளை மீறியதற்காக, ஏழு ஆண்டுகளில், எத்தனை டாக்டர்கள் மீது சட்டப்பூர்வ நடவடிக்கைஎடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது?

போர்ட்ஸ் இந்தியா நிறுவனத்திடம் இருந்து, அன்பளிப்பு பெற்ற டாக்டர்கள் யார் யார்; அவர்களுக்கு எதிராக எடுக்கப்பட்ட நடவடிக்கை என்ன?

ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளில், எத்தனை மருந்து நிறுவனங்களுக்கு எதிராக நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டது; அதிக விலை விற்பனையை தடுக்க, அரசு தரப்பில் எடுக்கப்பட்ட நடவடிக்கை என்ன?

டாக்டர்களுக்கு பரிசுப் பொருள் வழங்கிய விதத்தில், வருமான வரி கழிப்பு, எத்தனை மருந்து நிறுவனங்கள் கோரி உள்ளன; அதிக விலைக்கு மருந்து விற்பனை செய்ததது தொடர்பாக, எத்தனை புகார்கள் வந்துள்ளன?

மருந்து மற்றும் மருந்து உபகரணங்களுக்கான தனி அமைச்சரவை, எப்போது ஏற்படுத்தப்படும்.இவ்வாறு கேள்விகள் எழுப்பிய நீதிபதிகள், வரும், ௨௦ம் தேதிக்கு வழக்கை தள்ளி வைத்தனர்.

Nirbhaya rape case: This is how convicts will be hanged in Tihar jail The prison rules also categorically mention that the execution should take place early in the morning before it gets bright.

Published: 08th January 2020 04:15 PM 

By ANI

NEW DELHI: Four rapists, who were on Tuesday issued a black warrant by a Delhi court for brutally raping and murdering a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, are expected to be hanged according to directives prescribed under the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018.

Since the death sentence was awarded to the convicts named Pawan, Akshay, Vinay and Mukesh years ago, the issuance of black warrant or death warrant by the court merely confirmed the date and time of their hanging.

More than seven years after the horrendous rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a moving bus in Delhi by six persons, four of them are now scheduled to be executed on January 22 at 7 am in New Delhi's Tihar jail.

What procedure will the prison authorities follow to hang them?

Firstly, they will be kept in isolation cells until the date of their execution. According to the manual, if desired by the prisoner, jail authorities have to inform their relatives and facilitate their last meeting.

The convict facing the gallows is also allowed to prepare his will.

Days before the execution is slated to be carried out, the Superintendent of the prison will inspect the gallows and the rope which is to be put around their neck for execution.

The official is also entrusted to see if the rope, made of either cotton yarn or manila, is carefully tested.

"As a rule, a dummy or a bag of sand weighing 1 and 1/2 times the weight of the prisoner to be hanged and dropped between 1,830 and 2.440 meters will afford a safe test of the rope," the rules states.

The rules also go into great detail about the weight of the prisoner and the corresponding height from which he should be hanged.

For example, if a prisoner weighs less than 45.360 kilograms, he should be given a drop of 2,440 meters so that the rope does not break during the execution. "If he weighs more than 90.720 kilograms, a drop should be of 1,830 meters."

The extreme limits of 1,830 meters and 2,440 meters are adhered to as per the physical peculiarity of the prisoner. Wax or butter is also applied to soften the ropes.

The rope for the execution of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru in February 2013 was brought from Bihar's Buxar jail.

The prison rules also categorically mention that the execution should take place early in the morning before it gets bright.

The prison rules state that Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, medical officer-in-charge and a resident medical officer should be present at all executions. If so desired by the person to be hanged, a priest of his faith is allowed to be present at the place of hanging.

No other person, especially relatives of the prisoner, should be allowed to witness the execution. The jail authorities may, however, permit social scientists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, etc. to conduct the research there.

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On the morning of the execution, the Superintendent has to make sure if any communication is awaiting him regarding the execution. He should then visit the prisoner in his cell and get any document requiring his attestation, such as a will, signed by him.

Next, the hands of the prisoner are pinioned behind the backs after which he is escorted to the scaffold guarded by the head warder and six warders, two walking in front, two behind and two holding arms.

On arrival of the prisoner near the scaffold, the Superintendent confirms his identity to the Magistrate. He then reads the warrant to the prisoner in a language he understands.

A cotton cap, with a flap, is then put on the face just before he is taken to the gallows-enclosures.

The prisoner should not be allowed to see the gallows. According to the manual, after entering the gallows, "the prisoner shall mount the scaffold and be placed directly under the beam to which the rope is attached, the warder still holding him by the arms".

The executioner then straps the prisoner's legs tightly together and adjusts the noose around his neck. The Hangman is paid by the government of Delhi for the execution of each prisoner. The person to execute the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case is being brought from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district.

Subsequently, the Superintendent should make sure that the rope around the neck of the prisoner is adjusted properly and the knot is placed in a proper position.

"The warders holding the prisoner's arms shall now withdraw and at a signal from the Superintendent, the executioner shall draw the bolt"

The operations should be done simultaneously and as quick as possible. "On completion of all these operations, the Superintendent shall give a signal, on which the executioner in-charge shall push the lever to release the trap-door," the manual stated.

When the trap-door is opened, the prisoner falls through and dies. After the execution, the body remains suspended for half an hour before being taken down or until the Resident Medical Officer has certified that "the life is extinct".

The Supreme Court in Shatrughan Chauhan judgment in January 2014 made it mandatory to conduct a post-mortem after the hanging.

It is then disposed of according to the requirement of the religion the deceased belong to.

The body can also be handed over to the relatives if they give an undertaking that they will not make a public demonstration of the cremation of the executed prisoner.

"The body of the executed prisoner shall be taken out of the prisoner with solemnity. A municipal hearse or ambulance shall be used for the transportation of the body to the cremation or burial ground," the rules state.

Ready to hang Nirbhaya convicts as desperately need money for daughter's wedding: Pawan Jallad Pawan Jallad thanks God for being tasked by UP jail administration for executing the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case.

Published: 08th January 2020 08:59 PM

By IANS

MEERUT: With folded hands, Pawan Jallad thanks God for being tasked by UP jail administration for executing the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case.

"I am almost broke. If I hang all these four convicts (in Tihar), I will be awarded Rs 1 lakh by the government... I need this money for my daughter's marriage," says Pawan Jallad, 57, adding: "For months I have been waiting for this opportunity...Bhagwan ne meri sun hi li (God finally heard my prayers)."

In a one room set house allotted to him by the Meerut administration under the Kanshiram Awas Yojna, the hangman reveals that UP jail officials have alerted him not to move out of the district.

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"I am preparing myself for 22 (January). They (officials) have told me, in any of these coming days, maybe, by the day after tomorrow or so, they would take me from here to Tihar. I have to reach much earlier as we have to do a lot of rehearsals to ensure everything goes smoothly on the day of hanging," said Pawan, the fourth generation Jallad of the Laxman Kumar family in Meerut's Bhumiyapull area.

Even before any questions are asked to him, he recounts his poor financial condition. "The UP jail administration pays me only Rs 5,000 (per month). I have no other source of earning. Sirf fansi se jeevan chal sakta hai (only by executing the death penalty can I earn my living)," Pawan told IANS.

"My daughter is grown up. But I have no money to marry her off. My ancestral house is in dilapidated condition but I have no funds for repairs. I am already in debt and hounded by lenders. Believe me, this money (Rs 1 lakh) gives me a new lease of life."

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Asked about the payment by the government for hanging the convicts of Nirbhaya case, Pawan Jallad explains: "For every execution, a hangman gets Rs 25,000. As there are four death row convicts (in Nirbhaya case) so I would get Rs 1 lakh. It's a big reward. Earlier my grandfather Kaluram (aka Kallu) used to be paid only Rs 200 per hanging. I remember in 1989, I went to Agra Central Jail to execute the death row convict of a rape and murder case. I tied the feet of the convict while my grandfather pulled the rope. We got only Rs 200 for this execution."

Pawan's father Mammu Jallad was also a well-known hangman in north India, he claims.

He says that his father and grandfather executed the hanging of Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh, convicted in assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and also recalls names of several other infamous death row convicts whose hanging was executed by Kallu or Mammu.

Pawan also clarified that the common perception about hangmen being alcoholics is wrong. "Believe me, I have never taken alcohol. I do not drink though people say that before executing any hanging we first get drunk. It's a lie. We are sober and restrained when we pull the ropes. It's our job," he said.

State cannot deprive citizens of their property without sanction of law: Supreme Court

The top court ruled that to forcibly dispossess citizens of their private property, without following the due process of law, would be to violate a human right.

Published: 08th January 2020 11:23 PM

By PTI

NEW DELHI: In a democratic polity governed by the rule of law, the State cannot deprive citizens of their property without the sanction of law, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held.

The top court ruled that to forcibly dispossess citizens of their private property, without following the due process of law, would be to violate a human right, as also the constitutional right under Article 300A of the Constitution.

A bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi in its verdict said the State being a welfare State governed by the rule of law cannot arrogate to itself a status beyond what is provided by the Constitution.

"In a democratic polity governed by the rule of law, the State could not have deprived a citizen of their property without the sanction of law," the court said.

The bench referred to an earlier verdict to say it has been held that the right to property is now considered to be not only a constitutional or statutory right but also a human right.

The court directed Himachal Pradesh government to pay the compensation to an illiterate widow in eight weeks with all statutory benefits, whose land it had acquired in 1967-68 for construction of a road between Nadaun-Sujanpur Road in Hamir Pur district without following the acquisition proceedings.

The bench also deprecated the state for claiming adverse possession as it has been in continuous possession of the land for over 42 years.

"The State being a welfare State, cannot be permitted to take the plea of adverse possession, which allows a trespasser i.e. a person guilty of a tort, or even a crime, to gain legal title over such property for over 12 years," it said.

The bench added that the State cannot be permitted to perfect its title over the land by invoking the doctrine of adverse possession "to grab the property of its own citizens, as has been done in the present case".

It said the State cannot dispossess a citizen of his property except in accordance with the procedure established by law.

The court said the petitioner woman could not have been forcibly dispossessed of her property without any legal sanction, and without following due process of law, and depriving her payment of just compensation.

"In the present case, the appellant being an illiterate person, who is a widow coming from a rural area has been deprived of her private property by the State without resorting to the procedure prescribed by law.

The Appellant has been divested of her right to property without being paid any compensation whatsoever for over half a century," the court said.

The top court exercised its extraordinary jurisdiction under Articles 136 and 142 of the Constitution, and direct the State to pay the compensation to the woman.

Three Bills introduced by govt, discussions in Assembly on Thursday

Amendments to Cooperative Societies Act, Fisheries University Act in have been proposed

Published: 09th January 2020 05:32 AM 

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami responding to questions of Assembly members on Wednesday | special arrangement

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The government on Wednesday introduced three bills – two are amendments and one for replacing an ordinance promulgated recently. The DMK opposed all at introductory stage itself. These will be taken up for discussion on Thursday.

The Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, introduced by Minister for Cooperation Sellur K Raju, provides for placing under suspension, the president and or vice president of a registered cooperative society who is alleged to have committed misappropriation or breach of trust or gross mismanagement of the affairs of the society.

Similarly, Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar introduced a Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Fisheries University Act which provides for giving power of inspection and inquiry to the State in the affairs of the university since it is a State-funded institution. Besides, the Bill also provides for including a government nominee in the panel for selection of persons for appointment as Vice-Chancellor.

Agriculture Minister R Doraikkanu then introduced a Bill to replace the Ordinance promulgated by the Governor, to extend tenure of the office of the special officers for a further period of six months beyond November 29, 2019, or till reconstitution of the agricultural produce marketing committees.

AIADMK will perform better in 9 dists

Chennai: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday expressed the hope that the AIADMK will get more seats in the rural local body elections (RLB) in the remaining nine districts. His reply came after a doubt was raised by KR Ramasamy, Congress floor leader, who wanted to know who the winner in the recently-held RLB was, as both Dravidian majors claimed they were the winners. The chief minister said the people turned the DMK alliance down in the local body elections contrary to LS poll results.

How did Returning Officer assume court’s role, HC pulls up State govt The district collector submitted that the returning officer/Block Development Officer had issued Form 25 mistakenly, in a hurry, without preparing the result sheet.

Published: 09th January 2020 05:32 AM

Madras High Court (File Photo | EPS)

By Express News Service

MADURAI: Irked over the State’s explanation for cancelling the winning certificate (Form 25) given to a Sivaganga panchayat president candidate and issuance of the same to another candidate, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court pulled up the State asking, “Under what powers did the returning officer assume the role of district court?”

Hearing a petition filed by M Devi, an independent candidate whose Form 25 was cancelled by the returning officer of Sankarapuram village panchayat, a Division Bench of Justices M Duraiswamy and T Ravindran questioned, “Is there any provision to conduct counting or recounting of votes after issuance of Form 25?”

The judges rejected the Additional Advocate General (AAG) K Chellapandian’s contentions that the petitioner ought to approach the district court under Section 258 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.

“If the returning officer had found that some of the votes had not been counted, they should have advised the aggrieved candidate to approach the district court to seek recounting,” they opined. They adjourned the case to January 13 for further hearing, adding that the stay against oath taking of other candidate Priyadharshini, would continue till then.

The district collector submitted that the returning officer/Block Development Officer had issued Form 25 mistakenly, in a hurry, without preparing the result sheet. The grounds raised by the petitioner citing rule 66 of Panchayat Election Rules that recounting cannot be done after declaration of results cannot be sustained, as the rule will not come into play till ‘all’ the votes (as per under rule 64) are counted, he claimed.