Mangaluru: MRPL celebrates Constitution Day
Mangaluru: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) marked Constitution Day on 26 November 2025 with a day-long programme organised by its Legal Department at the company’s Training Centre.
Hon’ble Justice N. K. Sudhindra Rao, retired Judge of the Karnataka High Court and Chairman of the Karnataka State Police Complaints Authority, Bengaluru, attended as Chief Guest. The event was presided over by Nandakumar V. Pillai, Director (Refinery). Senior officials, including Ganesh S. Bhat, IFS, CVO; several GGMs; officers; and employees, were present.
Welcoming the gathering, Krishna Hegde Miyar, GGM (HR), spoke about the core principles of the Constitution. The Preamble was read in Kannada, Hindi and English by Sathyanarayana H. C., GGM (TS); Deepak Prabhakar P., ED (Marketing & BD); and N. Anandha Kumar, ED (Refinery).
Al Rafeeq Moideen, CGM – Legal, traced the evolution of Constitution Day from its earlier observance as National Law Day in 1979 to its formal designation in 2015. In his remarks, Nandakumar V. Pillai described the Constitution as a living document shaped by global democratic practices and reiterated MRPL’s adherence to integrity, ethical conduct and public responsibility under its CSR framework.
Justice Sudhindra Rao, addressing the gathering, spoke on the Supreme Court’s role in safeguarding Fundamental Rights and noted that these rights gain relevance when citizens also uphold their Fundamental Duties. He said the social, secular and democratic character of the Constitution forms its basic structure, which cannot be amended. He discussed Articles 14, 19 and 21—often termed the Golden Triangle—and outlined the scope of constitutional writs, referring to landmark cases including A.K. Gopalan, Maneka Gandhi and ADM Jabalpur.
Two books compiled by the MRPL Legal team—An Overview of Arbitration Cases: Learnings from Past Experiences and Strategies for the Future and Gist of the Factories Act & Rules Regarding Safety Aspects and the Punishments Provided Thereunder—were released by Justice Rao.
Prizes were distributed to winners of quiz competitions held as part of the programme. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by Praful Mohan, GM – Legal. The proceedings were compered by Ms. Kavitha.
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Three arrested in Gurugram for aiding Chinese cyber fraud syndicate
Gurugram (PTI): The Gurugram Cyber Police has arrested three men for allegedly providing calling support to a Chinese fraud syndicate, officials said on Wednesday.
According to the officials, a 20-port physical SIM box and a laptop were seized from them. These arrests come after a woman from Nagaland was held in connection with the same case.
The arrested accused have been identified as Karma (32) from Nagaland, and Lobsang Tsultim (33) and Ngawang Gyaltsen (35), both from Himachal Pradesh. Karma and Tsultim were arrested on February 14. Gyaltsen was intercepted on February 16 near Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi while attempting to flee to Nepal.
Police said the accused, during questioning, revealed that they were using SIM boxes to facilitate fraudulent calls targeting Indian citizens.
Karma and Lobsang Tsultim admitted to installing virtual SIM boxes in Gurugram on the instructions of a Chinese national named Tsega, they said.
These setups, which included 20 mobile phones, were capable of making over 20,000 calls a day. Tsega, allegedly used an application to contact Indian citizens for various crimes, including gaming and investment fraud, they said.
Tsultim and Gyaltsen were born in China and have lived in India as refugees for 15 years. Fluent in Chinese and Taiwanese, they communicated with Tsega via WeChat, a platform banned in India since 2020, they added.
ACP Cyber Priyanshu Dewan said the three accused were produced in court on Wednesday and have been sent to judicial custody.
"We are working to identify others involved in the network," he added.
