திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலை அறிவிப்பு அரசுக்கு உயர் நீதிமன்றம் கேள்வி

திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலை அறிவிப்பு அரசுக்கு உயர் நீதிமன்றம் கேள்வி

Added : ஆக 03, 2021 00:12

சென்னை : திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலை பதிவாளர், விண்ணப்பங்களை வரவேற்று வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்பு குறித்து, அரசு பதிலளிக்க உத்தர விட்டு விசாரணையை நாளைக்கு, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் தள்ளி வைத்துள்ளது.

வேலுார் திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலையை பிரித்து, விழுப்புரத்தை தலைமையிடமாக்கி, டாக்டர் ஜெயலலிதா பல்கலை அமைக்கப்பட்டது. புதிதாக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட, இந்தப் பல்கலைக்கு நிதி ஒதுக்கவும், பதிவாளர் நியமிக்கவும் கோரி, முன்னாள் அமைச்சர் சி.வி.சண்முகம், வழக்கு தொடர்ந்தார்.மனுவில், 'விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம், செம்மேடு கிராமத்தில், பல்கலைக்காக, 70 ஏக்கர் நிலம் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டது.தற்போதைய அரசின் புறக்கணிப்பால், பழைய தாலுகா அலுவலகத்தில் பல்கலை இயங்குகிறது. திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலை பதிவாளர், விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள அதன் முதுகலை மையத்தில் விண்ணப்பங்களை வரவேற்று அறிவிப்பு வெளியிட்டது, சட்டத்தை மீறியது. இதற்கு தடை விதிக்க வேண்டும்' என கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இம்மனு, தலைமை நீதிபதி சஞ்ஜிப் பானர்ஜி, நீதிபதி ஆதிகேசவலு அடங்கிய அமர்வில், நேற்று விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.மனுதாரர் சார்பில், மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் விஜய் நாராயண், ''சட்டம் அமலுக்கு வந்த பின், திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலைக்கு விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டத்தில் அதிகார வரம்பு கிடையாது,'' என்றார்.அரசு சார்பில் அட்வகேட் ஜெனரல் சண்முகசுந்தரம் ஆஜராகி, ''புதிய பல்கலைக்கு துணை வேந்தரும், வாகன ஓட்டுனரும் தான் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். ''பழைய தாலுகா அலுவலகத்தில் பல்கலை இயங்குகிறது. மாணவர்கள் நலன் கருதி, திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலை அறிவிப்பு வெளியிட்டது,'' என்றார்.

இதையடுத்து, தலைமை நீதிபதி, 'சட்டம் அமலில் இருக்கும் போது, அதற்கு எதிராக எப்படி செயல்பட முடியும்' என, கேள்வி எழுப்பினார். அரசிடம் உரிய தகவல் பெற்று தெரிவிப்பதாக, அட்வகேட் ஜெனரல் கூறவே, விசாரணையை 4ம் தேதிக்கு, முதல் பெஞ்ச் தள்ளி வைத்தது.

முறையாக பெற்ற பட்டம் செல்லும்!

முறையாக பெற்ற பட்டம் செல்லும்!

Added : ஆக 03, 2021 20:53

சென்னை:'திறந்தநிலை பல்கலையில் முறையாக பட்டம் பெற்றால், அரசு வேலை வாய்ப்பு பெறலாம்' என, தமிழ்நாடு திறந்தநிலை பல்கலை தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

பல்கலையின் பதிவாளர் ரத்னகுமார் வெளியிட்ட செய்திக்குறிப்பு:பத்தாம் வகுப்பு, பிளஸ் 2 படித்த பின், தமிழ்நாடு திறந்தநிலை பல்கலையில் இருந்து, முறையாக பட்டப்படிப்பை முடித்தால், அது மற்ற பல்கலைகளின் பட்டப்படிப்பு போல செல்லத்தக்கது.தமிழ்நாடு அரசு பணியாளர் தேர்வாணையத்தின் வழியே, அரசு வேலையும் பெற முடியும்.இதை, திறந்தநிலை பல்கலையில் பட்டம் படிக்க விரும்பும் மாணவர்கள், தெளிவாக தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Bank corrects job ad omitting 2021 batch

Bank corrects job ad omitting 2021 batch

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:  04.08.2021

Sharp criticism of an ad which forbade graduates who passed out this year from a job as sales officer at HDFC Bank in Madurai forced the bank to withdraw it terming it a `typo`. The bank corrected the slip on Tuesday by opening up the jobs for all graduates.

An advertisement by the bank published in a Tamil daily said “2021 passed out candidates are not eligible”. The interview was to be held on Tuesday at the HDFC Bank branch opposite Fatima College on the Dindigul Road for sales officer roles in Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga and Virudhunagar. A senior manager at the bank told TOI that it was a typographical error, wherein the word ‘also’ was replaced by ‘not’ in the first advertisement. “It was corrected and fresh ad was published on Tuesday that “2021 passed out candidates are also eligible for the interview,” she said.

“This is a typo and we regret the error. Graduates can apply irrespective of the year of passing as long as they meet the age criteria. We have already issued the correct advertisement,” a spokesperson of the bank told TOI. Around 200 candidates attended the interview on Tuesday including those who graduated this year, he added.

Courts can’t redact name of acquitted: HC

Courts can’t redact name of acquitted: HC

K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com

Madurai:  04.08.2021

Madras high court on Tuesday observed that our criminal justice system is yet to reach such standards wherein courts can venture to pass orders for redaction of name of an accused on certain objective criteria prescribed by rules or regulations. Saying so, the court dismissed a plea moved by a man seeking to redact his name from a judgment of the court which acquitted him from a criminal case.

Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed, “This court must take judicial notice of the fact that the criminal justice system that is prevalent in this country is far from satisfactory. In various cases involving heinous crimes, this court helplessly passes orders and judgments of acquittal due to slipshod investigation, dishonest witnesses and lack of an effective witness protection system.”

The court came to the prima facie conclusion that an accused person is entitled to have his name redacted from judgments or orders and more particularly the ones that are available in the public domain and which are accessible through search engines. However, the judge said that on deeper review, he has taken cognizance of the fact that it is not as simple and straight as it sounded. There may be ramifications if such a generalised order is passed and directions are issued.

During the course of deliberation, the court’s attention was drawn to various foreign judgments and relevant regulations and enactments of various countries which specifically provide for expunction, expungement, redaction or destruction of criminal records. “No such rule or regulation exists in India for the present. In the absence of any statutory backing this court cannot undertake the exercise of issuing directions when no judicially manageable standards exist in the first place. There must be a proper policy formulated in this regard by means of specific rules. In other words, some basic criteria or parameters must be fixed, failing which such an exercise will lead to utter confusion,” observed the judge.

SC says guv can free life convicts before 14 years in jail, not states

SC says guv can free life convicts before 14 years in jail, not states

Dhananjay.Mahapatra@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:  4.8.2021

In a contrasting interpretation of powers for premature release of lifers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said state governments have no power under the criminal procedure code to release a person sentenced to life imprisonment prior to he/she undergoing a minimum 14 years jail term.

However, the governor using his powers under Article 161 of the Constitution can remit the sentence of a lifer even prior to serving 14 years in prison, said a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and A S Bopanna. The bench immediately clarified that the governor could exercise his remission powers under Article 161 only on the aid and advice of the council of ministers headed by the chief minister.

‘Guv bound to act on aid and advice of state govt’

This leads to the conclusion that the state government, if it wants to remit the sentence of a lifer after he serves a jail term of 14 years, would take resort to Section 432 of the CrPC, but if it wants to release the lifer prior to serving the 14 year period in jail, then it would use the remission powers conferred on the governor by advising him accordingly.

Writing the judgment, Justice Gupta said, “the power to release a prisoner after serving 14 years of actual imprisonment is vested with the state government. On the other hand, the power conferred on the governor, though exercised on the aid and advice of the state, is without any restriction of the actual period of imprisonment undergone by the prisoner.

“Thus, if a prisoner has undergone more than 14 years of actual imprisonment, the state government, as an appropriate government, is competent to pass an order of premature release, but if the prisoner has not undergone 14 years or more of actual imprisonment, the governor has a power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites and remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person de hors the restrictions imposed under Section 433-A of the Constitution. Such power is in exercise of the power of the sovereign, though the governor is bound to act on the aid and advice of the state government,” the bench said.

Not 27%, reserve 50% med seats for OBCs in AIQ: HC to Centre

Not 27%, reserve 50% med seats for OBCs in AIQ: HC to Centre

Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com

Chennai:4.8.2021

The Madras high court on Tuesday said that both the high court and the Supreme Court orders made it clear that reservation provided by Tamil Nadu (50%) for OBCs must be applied in the All India Quota (AIQ) seats surrendered by it for admission to medical courses and it cannot be 27% as provided in the central law.

A clarification to this effect was made by the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu on Tuesday while hearing a contempt of court plea moved by the DMK against the Centre for failing to implement the court’s ruling on the quota issue.

On Tuesday, additionalsolicitor general R Shankaranarayanan said the Centre had decided to provide 27% reservation to OBCs in AIQ seats surrendered by the state and 10% EWS reservation to those not covered under any existing reservation.

Opposing it, senior advocate P Wilson for the DMK contended that the court’s order dated July 27, 2020, unequivocally accepted that reservation in terms of the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993 would be applicable for the AIQ seats. This would mean that 50% reservation must be provided to OBCs in AIQ seats as followed by the state and not 27%, he argued.

Court adjourns hearing to Aug 9 for Centre to respond

Recording the same, the court pointed out that even the Supreme Court in its order had observed: “It is no doubt true that the high court accepted the submissions of the appellants that the 1993 Act can be made applicable to AIQ seats...”

Opposing the same, the additional solicitor general said, “even the high court judgment noticed that AIQ seats were a separate class which would not be governed by the principle of domicile and, accordingly, a committee was constituted by this court, which was approved by the Supreme Court, to ascertain the extent of reservation that would be desirable in the AIQ seats.”

To this, the bench said, “prima facie, such submission militates against the purpose indicated in both the high court and the Supreme Court orders for constituting the committee.”

Both orders indicated that the committee would work out the modalities of implementation of the reservation for OBC candidates to AIQ seats in this state. If it is a question of implementation, the committee was not tasked with the duty of ascertaining the extent of reservation or the inter se allocation thereof between groups, the court added.

The bench then adjourned the hearing to August 9 for the Centre to respond.

... Even the high court judgment noticed that AIQ seats were a separate class which would not be governed by the principle of domicile and, accordingly, a committee was constituted by this court, which was approved by the Supreme Court, to ascertain the extent of reservation that would be desirable in the AIQ seats

R SHANKARANARAYANAN

Additional solicitor general

‘Proposed rules could prolong PG evaluation’

MEDICOS RAISE VOICE

‘Proposed rules could prolong PG evaluation’

Will Be More Awkward, Say Medical Experts

Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad:4.8.2021

The draft Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations 2021 could well make the evaluation process for PG studies awkward, besides leading to a month-long delay in announcement of the exam results, feel experts in the education sector.

Experts in the education sector say that by the present evaluation process, where four valuators are roped in for every field of postgraduate (PG) and PG super-specialty courses in medical studies, takes about 15-20 days before declaring the results.

The draft proposed by National Medical Commission aims to change the evaluation process, that could lead to a delay of one month in announcing the results, said an Ahmedabad-based expert in the medical education field. According to the existing system, two of the four evaluators are to be from within Gujarat while the remaining two are to be from other Indian states, they said. There are four exam papers for PG medical and PG super specialty courses.

“All the answer scripts shall be subjected to two evaluations by the concerned university. The average of the total marks awarded by the two evaluators for the paper, rounded off to the nearest value, shall be considered for computation of the results,” according to clause18.2 of the draft.

All the answer scripts, where the difference between two evaluations is 15% and more of the total marks prescribed for the paper, shall be subjected to a third evaluation, it proposes.

“The draft further proposes that the average of the best two total marks, awarded by the three evaluators for the paper, rounded off to the nearest value, shall be considered for final computation of the results. This makes the entire process very clumsy and will lead to a delay in the announcement of results,” said an academician.

After the computation and declaration of the results, under no circumstances is revaluation permitted by any authority, the draft states. All health universities/institutions imparting postgraduate courses shall develop a platform for bar-coded digital evaluation, it further states. Experts said if implemented, the rules may lead to 30% decline in PG medical seats in Gujarat. About 2,000 PG medical and PG super-specialty seats in the state could be affected by the new set of rules, said sources.