Karnataka HC quashes registration and affiliations granted to 'Kalarippayattu'
Bengaluru (PTI): The High Court of Karnataka has quashed the registration certificate granted by the Registrar of Societies and cancelled all affiliations and grants provided to a "Kalarippayattu" association which had duplicated the name of another association by adding a single additional letter 'P' to its name.
The petition filed by Karnataka Kalaripayattu Association was allowed by the single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna and the affiliations and registration of the respondent association 'Karnataka Kalarippayattu Association' was quashed in a recent order.
The respondent association remained absent from the proceedings and was not represented in the court.
The Karnataka Kalaripayattu Association, in its petition, had made the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Karnataka Department of Youth Affairs, Registrar of Societies and Sports Authority of India as respondents.
The respondent association had been granted registration by the Registrar of Societies and was later granted recognition by the other authorities.
The court, however, noted that "The duplication of the name is specifically barred under Section 7 of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act." Despite several opportunities, the respondent association did not file a representation before the court.
The court said that duplication cannot be allowed in such circumstances, relying on its earlier decision in a similar issue between the Bengaluru Urban Zilla Amateur Kabaddi Association and the Bengaluru Urban District Amateur Kabaddi Association.
Citing the earlier judgement, the high court said, "Section 7 mandates that societies should not be registered with undesirable names. The mandate of the provision is that a society shall not be registered by a name which, in the opinion of the registrar, is undesirable for the reason that a name which is identical with or too nearly resembles the name by which the society first in existence has been previously registered would be deemed to be undesirable."
Based on this, the court ordered the quashing of the registration certificate passed by the Registrar of Societies dated February 8, 2022, and directed cancellation of all affiliations, grants, etc., given to the association in pursuance of the certificate.
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5 kids among 6 killed as massive fire tears through Meerut house; short circuit suspected
Meerut (UP) (PTI): Six people, including five children, were killed and a woman was injured after a fire, suspected to have been triggered by a short circuit, broke out at a house in the Lisadi Gate area here, police said on Tuesday.
“The incident occurred at Kidwai Nagar around 8 pm on Monday. Seven people were admitted to the civil hospital with burn injuries. The doctors later declared six of them dead,” Meerut SP Avinash Pandey told reporters at the hospital.
Information about the blaze at the residence of Iqbal Ahmad was received at 8:49 pm, following which police and fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and brought the flames under control, the officer said.
According to police, tailoring work was done at the house, for which a large quantity of cloth was stored there, which caused the flames to spread rapidly.
Prima facie, a short circuit is suspected to have triggered the fire, police said, adding that a detailed probe is underway.
The deceased have been identified as Rukhsar (25), Mahbish (12), Hammad (4), Akdas (4), Nabia (4 months) and Inayat (4 months), all residents of Gali No. 3 near the Surahi Wali Masjid in Kidwai Nagar, police said.
The injured woman, Ameer Bano (55), is undergoing treatment, the SP said.
