Mahua Moitra slams Maharashtra government over delayed action in child assault case
New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra has strongly criticized the Maharashtra government for its delayed response to the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls by a school sweeper.
In a series of tweets, Moitra questioned why the state's Governor hasn't taken immediate action and why the case hasn't been handed over to the CBI like it was done in the Kolkata case . She pointed out the contrast with West Bengal, where in a similar case, the Kolkata Police arrested the accused within hours, and the autopsy was videographed. Moitra accused the Maharashtra police of refusing to file an FIR for days, calling the situation an example of the "real Non-Democratic Alliance."
RG Kar case had videographed autopsy and @KolkataPolice
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) August 20, 2024
arrested accused within hours. In Maharashtra police refused to file FIR for days. This is the real Non Democratic Alliance.
https://t.co/dNBj37nRMr
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) August 20, 2024
Why isn’t Maharashtra Governor flying to Delhi? Why is this not handed over to @CBIHeadquarters? @dir_ed and @CBIHeadquarters only for opposition and opposition ruled states!
Her remarks come as Badlapur railway station in Thane district witnessed massive protests on Tuesday, with thousands blocking train tracks to demand justice for the victims. The demonstration led to significant disruption of local train services and the diversion of several long-distance trains.
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SC to hear on May 4 PIL seeking stringent guidelines for issuing Aadhaar to adolescents, adults
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India to issue new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six years, and frame stringent guidelines for its issuance to adolescents and adults to stop infiltrators from masquerading as Indian citizens.
As per the apex court's causelist of May 4, the plea would come up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has also sought a direction to the authorities to install display boards at common service centres stating that the 12-digit unique identification number is only a "proof of identity" and not a proof of citizenship, address or date of birth.
Besides all the states and Union Territories, the plea has made the UIDAI -- which is the authority that issues Aadhaar -- and the Union ministries of home, law and justice, and electronics and information technology as parties.
The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Dubey, said Aadhaar, originally intended as a proof of identity, has increasingly become a "foundational document" enabling individuals to obtain other identification documents, such as ration cards, domicile certificates and voter identity cards.
"The UIDAI has issued 144 crore Aadhaar and 99 percent Indians have been enrolled. Therefore, the petitioner is filing this writ petition as a PIL under Article 32, seeking a direction to UIDAI to issue new Aadhaar to children only and frame new stringent guidelines for adolescents and adults, so as to stop infiltrators from getting it and masquerading as Indian citizens," the plea said.
It said the need to file the plea arose when the petitioner came to know the manner in which infiltrators are able to procure Aadhaar through a verification process that is weak and can be easily manipulated.
"Foreigners apply for Aadhaar under the 'foreign' category. But infiltrators apply for Aadhaar under the 'Indian citizen' category and get it easily made. Thereafter, they obtain a ration card, birth and domicile certificate, driving licence, et cetera, essentially becoming indistinguishable from Indian citizens…," it said.
Besides seeking other directions, the plea has raised legal questions, including whether the Aadhaar Act 2016 has become "temporally unreasonable" for failing to keep up with the legislative intent of distinguishing foreigners from Indian citizens.
It said the alleged misuse of Aadhaar undermines targeted welfare delivery and leads to diversion of public resources.
