Day: July 16, 2021

New Delhi, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Indian Supreme court has expressed its concern over misuse of the sedition law and asked the BJP-led government as to why this “colonial-era” law is necessary after 75 years of independence. This dispute about law is concerned, its colonial law, it was meant to suppress the freedom movement, the same law was used by British to silence Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak etc. Still is it necessary after 75 years of Independence?” LiveLaw d Chief Justice of India (CJI) Chief Justice N.V Ramana as having said.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V, Ramana sought the response of the Modi government on pleas including the one filed by the Editors Guild of India challenging the validity of the provision. He further highlighted the negative impact of the continuation of the law.

“The enormous power of this section can be compared to a carpenter being given a saw to make an item, [and who] uses it to cut the entire forest instead of a tree. That’s the effect of this provision,” the CJI also said. He added that executive agencies involved in misuse of the sedition law go scot-free. “Unfortunately, the executing agency and particularly the authorities misuse it. Take example of 66A which was struck down but people were arrested. There is misuse of these provisions, but there is no accountability,” he said.

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Kandahar, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):An Indian photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui, associated with Reuters, was killed in Afghanistan. The photojournalist was killed in the Spin Boldak region of Kandahar during clashes between government forces and Taliban, media reports said. However, more information regarding the incident was not available right away.

Over the last two days, Siddiqui has been reporting on the situation in Kandahar in the context of Afghanistan’s internal security situation. Siddiqui and his colleague Adnan Abidi won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2018 for their coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis. Meanwhile, tributes have poured in from all quarters for the journalist whose recent work on second wave of Covid-19 in India was widely acclaimed.

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Srinagar, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Acting Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League, Abdul Ahad Parra, has strongly condemned the continued illegal detention of the party Vice Chairman Muhammad Yousuf Mir under the black law Public Safety Act for the past five years.

Abdul Ahad Parra in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Muhammad Yousuf Mir was first imprisoned in the Indian state of Haryana under the PSA and when his detention period expired. However, he said that instead of releasing the JKML leader, he was shifted to Shopian police station. He said that a week later he was shifted to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu region overnight in another false case. He said that the family of Muhammad Yusuf Mir was not allowed to meet him while he was detained in Shopian. Abdul Ahad Parra said the detained leader has developed various ailments due to continuous detention. He appealed to the international human rights organizations to play role in the release Muhammad Yousuf Mir and other Kashmiri detainees.

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New Delhi, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):In India, the Islamic organisation Raza Academy has urged Minister of Minority Affairs in Rajashtan to bring a law to ensure action against people who make insulting remarks about Prophet Muhammad (SAW). A delegation led by Islamic organisation Raza Academy chief Mohammad Saeed Noori met Rajashtan’s Minister of Minority Affairs, Saleh Mohammad and urged him to bring a law to ensure action against people who make insulting remarks about Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

The minister told him that Indian Muslims are grief-stricken due to insulting remarks being made against Prophet Muhammad (SAW). ”Muslims can tolerate anything but not any kind of insult to Islam and Prophet Muhammad (SAW),” he added. In response, Rajashtan’s Minister of Minority Affairs Saleh Mohammad said that the issue would be discussed with the state’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and a bill will soon be passed in the legislative assembly.

A day earlier, Islamic organisation Raza Academy chief Mohammad Saeed Noori had spoken about the need for the law at a conference held at the famous shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer district. He stated that certain people make “unacceptable” remarks against religious leaders particularly Prophet Muhammad (SAW) just to gain cheap popularity. “They succeed to make headlines but on the other hand, they cause pain to people. Sometimes, law and order situations are damaged as a result of their remarks,” he said. In June this year, Noori along with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar had held a press conference in Mumbai and urged the Maharashtra government to bring the same law and provide five per cent reservation to Muslims in the state.

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New Delhi, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):More than 81,000 personnel of the paramilitary forces such as the CRPF and the BSF have taken voluntary retirement in the last decade, the maximum of over 11,000 in 2017 alone. According to the Union Home Ministry data, 15,904 personnel also resigned from their respective organisations between 2011 and 2020 — the highest 2,332 in 2013.

No specific study for ascertaining the reasons for such retirements or resignations has been conducted by the Home Ministry so far, but an analysis carried out by the forces themselves indicates that personal and family issues, health reasons and better career opportunities are some of the main causes, a ministry official said.

The data pertains to six paramilitary forces namely the CRPF, BSF, ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police), SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal), CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) and Assam Rifles. A total of 81,007 personnel of these forces have taken voluntary retirement since 2011, according to the data.

The highest among all forces — 36,768 personnel — have taken voluntary retirement from the BSF in the last decade, followed by the CRPF (26,164 personnel), the CISF (6,705), the Assam Rifles (4,947), the SSB (3,230) and the ITBP (3,193). According to the data, of the 15,904 personnel who have resigned in the 10 years, the highest was in the CISF (5,848), followed by the BSF (3,837), the CRPF (3,366), the ITBP (1,648), the SSB (1,031) and the Assam Rifles PTI

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Srinagar, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday took strong exception to the blanket ban on bovine slaughter on Eid-ul-Azha, saying such order should be revoked. NC Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar in a statement in Srinagar while expressing dismay over the order said that it was conceivable to flag that the measure was unjust and inexcusable. Having such strictures on cow slaughter are well understood because of it being an object of veneration for a particular community but having such strictures in place for other bovines and draught animals is completely unfair, he added.

Imran Nabi added that even the Indian Supreme Court has in one of its judgments stated that a complete ban on the slaughter of other bovine cattle and draught animals after they ceased to yield milk and stop working, cannot be supported as reasonable in the favour of public interest. The blanket ban, he further said, will give another vehicle of intimidation to various unscrupulous elements to bully and pose a threat to the lives of Muslims associated with the trade and transport of bovine animals, he added.

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Srinagar, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, three sons and wife of a soldier of Indian Central Reserve Police Force sustained injuries after a rice cooker exploded in the kitchen in Ramban district of Jammu region. The incident occurred in Maitra area of the district. Police officials told media that wife and three children of a CRPF constable of 84 Battalion Rajesh Singh, a resident of Garhi Ramban, were injured in the explosion. The injured were identified as 25-year-old Satya Devi and her three little sons Sahil Katoch, Sourab Katoch and Gaurav Katoch. The injured were shifted to District Hospital Ramban for treatment.

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