Paralysed Indian worker flown back from UAE
Abu Dhabi, June 11 : A 54-year-old Indian worker who was left completely paralysed after an accident in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been flown back to India and reunited with his family.
Gurmej Singh reached his home in Punjab on Saturday evening, said Prasad Sreedharan, a social worker with a medical committee constituted by the Consulate General of India in Dubai.
The Indian Consulate took prompt action and immediately issued a stretcher ticket for the patient from Dubai to Delhi and on to Amritsar, the Khaleej Times reported on Monday.
Singh, who had just been five days into his job as a mason with a Ras Al Khaimah contracting company, was travelling in a minivan with fellow workers when the accident took place.
"All my fellow workers sustained different injuries but the impact of the accident left me completely paralysed," Singh said.
The accident put Singh in a tight spot regarding medical bills and visa issues.
The hospital bill has reached 125,000 dirhams ($34,000), said Sreedharan adding that "the legal firm involved in the case has given an undertaking to the hospital to pay that amount".
Singh's visa had also expired and he overstayed for five days.
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How can govt move amendments to women law before notifying principal Act: Opposition in LS
New Delhi (PTI): Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on Friday questioned the government's decision to move a bill to amend the 2023 women quota law before bringing the principal Act into force.
Soon after laying of parliamentary papers, K C Venugopal rose to point out a law ministry notification issued last night around 10 pm to bring into force the 2023 women's reservation law with effect from April 16, much after a bill to amend the Act was introduced and discussed in the House.
DMK's Kanimozhi also flagged the issue, wondering the logic in discussing an amendment after notifying the principal Act.
Opposition members sought a clarification from law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal who was present in the Lok Sabha.
"The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam passed in September 2023 has come into force with being published in the Gazette only at 9.55 pm last night.
"It is shocking that the government brought amendments to a Constitutional provision that was not even published in the gazette! This shows the government’s unprepared and lackadaisical approach to serious lawmaking," Venugopal later posted on X.
He said this is also yet another evidence that the treasury benches look at the Parliament as no more than a rubber stamp, not bothered about the procedures and protocol necessary for a fair legislative process.
An official has earlier explained that bringing the law into force was essential as its proposed amendment will not have come into effect without that.
The constitution amendment Bill became a law but did not become part of the Constitution as the government did not bring it into force.
If a law does not come into force, how can its proposed amendment be implemented. Hence, it was brought into force with effect from April 16, the official explained.
