Karnataka Govt. to commemorate ten years of implementation of Article 371J
Bengaluru: Karnataka Government will commemorate the 10 years of implementation of the Article 371 J (Providing a different development organisation for Hyderabad-Karnataka region) and preparations in this regard are underway announced Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar during a media breifing on Tuesday.
In addition, he also announced that a new building with 371 beds at the Kalaburagi branch of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research will be inaugrated as a part of the celebration. He stated, "Kalaburagi MP Mallikarjun Kharge has brought an international standard ESIC (Employees State Insurance Corporation) hospital to the Kalaburagi district. The district is shaping up to become the third medical hub of the state given the development in the sector. Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, KIDWAI, Jayadeva Hospital are being established. This will lead to the people of this region to avoid going to Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Additionally, we will discuss with two opposition leaders and finalise a date regarding the celebration program."
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"The implementation of the Article 371 J was spearheaded by Mallikarjun Kharge for the development of Kalyana Karnataka region. This has led to educational, occupational and social revolution," he added.
Article 371-J provides for special provisions for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region (Which include Kalaburagi, Bidar, Raichur, Koppal, Yadgiri and Ballari), this was inserted in the Constitution by the 98th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2012.
During the press conference, Shivakumar also commended efforts of workers in repairing the Tungabhadra dam. he said, "Unfortunately, the chain link of the 19th gate of the 70-year-old dam broke. Both the BJP and JD(S) attacked us for this, we worked day and night without sleeping to reinstall the gate. Engineers and technicians were called immediately and the gate was reinstalled. Everyone has worked hard for this. The government will very soon hold a program to honour every worker, engineers, technicians and officials who have worked hard to reinstall the gates."
Furthermore, he said that it is a miracle that the dam survived. "The dam was repaired saving a lot of water for the farmers. The entire country was watching what would happen anxiously, we have been successful in this."
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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.
