Passengers await take-off after pilot forgets papers

Bengaluru:24.09.2019

Passengers aboard an IndiGo flight, 6E 9002, from Bengaluru to New Delhi were stranded in the aircraft for more than an hour at the apron on Monday after the pilot forgot to bring his certification with him.

The pilot realised he had forgotten the documents as the flight was about to take off, said passengers. Passengers were startled to hear the pilot apologising on the intercom for not bringing important legal documents with him.

The flight, scheduled to depart at 11:05am, finally left at 12:08pm and landed in Delhi at 2:37pm. Several passengers missed crucial appointments and meetings in Delhi, while many missed connecting flights. Mohammed Sadiq, a passenger, told TOI, “I have to now stay an extra day in Delhi because I missed my meeting and postponed it to Tuesday. They completed the boarding process and the aircraft began moving when the pilot said he had forgotten important legal documents. We checked with the air hostess who repeated the same thing. We were then stuck in the aircraft for more than one hour with no news of what was happening,”

“Flight has been pushed back and now pilot is waiting for document,” tweeted Maneesh Agrawal, another passenger onboard the flight. TNN

MTC conductor with unaccounted cash faces action
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com

Chennai:24.03.2019

A government bus conductor from Chennai has been pulled up for his inability to explain how he collected ₹705 during a trip without selling authorised tickets.

By selling fake tickets, not printed and distributed at authorised depots, conductors can swindle money collected from ticket sales, say activists, suspecting a possible scam.

M Kasimayan, an RTI activist from Ayappakam, had on July 7 travelled by a Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus on route G18 (T Nagar to Guduvanchery). On the way, a ticket checking squad stopped the bus. During inspection, the squad found that conductor Sekar had ₹705 unaccounted cash in his bag and none of the ₹15 tickets, sold to passengers during the trip, were recorded in the log sheet. “The conductor didn’t enter ₹15 ticket details as he knew that serial numbers would not match,” said Kasimayan in his complaint to transport commissioner J Radhakrishnan. Instead of checking the veracity of ₹15 tickets, the squad acted hand in glove with the conductor and issued a memo only for holding unaccounted cash, he added. The squad and conductor were summoned for inquiry in August. During inquiry, the squad members told MTC that the tickets were authorised but the conductor was unable to provide reasonable explanation or evidence to claim ignorance. Based on this, disciplinary proceeding was initiated against Sekar of Vadapalani depot, showed official documents.

The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption had last year conducted a raid at Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Villupuram headquarters in a similar complaint. A racket involving officials, conductors and printing units had printed multiple fake tickets with same serial numbers.

TICKET TROUBLE: By selling fake tickets, conductors can swindle money collected from ticket sales

NEET impersonation case transferred to CB-CID

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Chennai:24.09.2019

After efforts to trace first year medical student K V Udit Suriya, who was booked on charges of impersonation and conspiracy, fell flat, the Theni district police said they received orders from director general of police J K Tripathi for transferring the case to the CB-CID.

Police said the medico has not been attending classes and was not on campus.

“We have sent a team to search for him in Chennai. Inquiry with Udit is now crucial. We will have to find the other person who wrote the NEET examination. We need information about people involved in the entire network,” Theni superintendent of police V Baskaran said.

“This involves work in Chennai, Mumbai and other cities. We may not be able to do all that from here,” Baskaran said.

Last week, based on a complaint from Theni Medical College dean Dr A K Rajendran, police booked Udit Suriya for impersonation, forging documents and conspiracy.

Inquiries by the college and police revealed that the photos of the medico in the college application form and the NEET 2019 scorecard did not match the identity of the student attending classes.

During inquiry, police had found that Udit Surya had attempted to pursue medicine in Russia, but discontinued.

Meanwhile, deans of various medical colleges verified records of all students who joined the 23 state-run medical colleges in 2019 and reported to the directorate of medical education that photos on documents such as admit cards and NEET scorecards matched that of the students attending MBBS classes in government colleges.

“Every college appointed a committee under the vice-principal to scrutinise the documents and carry out physical verification of students. As of now, we see no more cases of impersonation across our colleges,” said director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu.

Udit Suriya’s father Dr V K Venkatesh, who told TOI on Wednesday that his son wrote the NEET exam in Mumbai and that someone had changed the photographs on his scorecards, could not be reached since then.

Venkatesh, an ENT specialist and casualty medical officer at Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital, had last week said that Udit Suriya had appeared for the NEET examination in Mumbai this year as he had failed to clear it twice earlier from Chennai.

Udit Suriya has moved the Madras high court seeking anticipatory bail.

The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University had also asked self-financing colleges to verify documents of all the students.

“A Trichy-based hospital has confirmed there are no cases and other hospitals are checking their documents,” said a senior university official.


The Theni district police said they received orders from director general of police J K Tripathi for transferring the case to the CB-CID

There is no law for us: Subashree’s dad

A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com  24.09.2019

The scooter is still parked outside the house, the helmet that its rider used to wear dangling from it, but its owner, Subashree, is no more.

On September 12, the woman was run over by a truck after an illegal banner fell on her vehicle and she lost balance. Since then, her parents have failed to understand why the police have not been able to trace AIADMK politician S Jayagopal who had got the banner erected. To put the police’s efficiency in perspective, they tracked down and rounded up burglars from Madhya Pradesh who a week ago had broken into a businessman’s house in Nanganallur and were on the run.

“There is no law for the middle class and poor people in this country,” said Subashree’s father Ravi.

Politicians have visited the family after the tragedy, but Ravi said no one from the ruling political party had come to console them. “So I place my daughter’s case before the judiciary and pray that it punishes those who are responsible,” said Ravi.

Still living in trauma, Subashree’s mother Geetha said she gets nightmares. “Our loss is irreparable but we get letters and mails of support,” said Geetha, wiping off tears.

Once a happy household, raw emotions now run high here. Ravi, who often seethes in anger and then fights back tears, said their daughter’s death was an unplanned murder. “I was told that police have formed three special teams to nab Jayagopal and his brother-in-law Meganathan. But where is the culprit,” he asked, raising his voice only to be pacified by Geetha.


ALL THAT REMAINS: Ravi and Geetha said the courts must deliver justice. Parked in front of their house is Subashree’s scooter with her helmet, which she was wearing the day she died

Supreme Court now has 34 judges; Justices V Ramasubramanian, Krishna Murari, S Ravindra Bhat, Hrishikesh Roy sworn-in Murali Krishnan

 September 23 2019 


 
The sitting strength of Supreme Court of India rose to 34 for the first time in its history as four new judges were sworn in today.

Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office to Justices V Ramasubramanian, Krishna Murari, S Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy this morning.

The strength of the Court was recently raised to 34 from 31. Subsequently, the names of four new judges, Justices V Ramasubramanian, Krishna Murari, S Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy were recommended by the Collegium on August 28 for elevation to the Supreme Court. The Central government had cleared their appointments last week.

The Supreme Court has also set up two new courtrooms - court nos. 16 and 17 in view of the increase in strength of the Court.

Justice V Ramasubramanian was appointed as an additional judge of the Madras High Court in July 2006, and as a permanent judge in November 2009. He was transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad in 2016, consequent upon his own request. After the bifurcation of the High Court, he was retained as a judge of the Telangana High Court. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court in June. this year.

Justice Krishna Murari was appointed as an additional judge of the Allahabad High Court in 2004 and as a permanent judge the following year. He took over as Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court in June this year.

Justice S Ravindra Bhat was appointed an Additional judge of Delhi High Court in 2004 and was made a permanent judge in 2006. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court earlier this year.

Justice Hrishikesh Roy was made an additional judge of the Gauhati High Court in 2006 and was made permanent in 2008. He assumed charge as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court in August last year.

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