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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Uttarakhand Assembly passes censure motion against opposition over women's reservation bill
Dehradun (PTI): The Uttarakhand Assembly passed a censure motion against the Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday for allegedly blocking the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in Parliament.
The motion, which expressed the House's formal disapproval of the opposition's conduct, triggered a massive uproar by Congress members, leading to the adjournment of the House sine die.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Subodh Uniyal moved the censure motion, citing the "uncooperative attitude" of opposition parties toward the bill seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative bodies.
Addressing a special daylong session convened specifically to discuss "Nari Samman -- Rights in Democracy", Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the bill's passage would have benefitted every political party.
Dhami noted that after delimitation, the number of Assembly seats in the hill state would have gone up to 105, with 35 reserved for women. He added that the number of Lok Sabha seats from Uttarakhand would have risen from five to seven or eight.
"The opposition fears that if women from ordinary households enter politics, the shops of dynastic politics run by certain parties will shut down," the chief minister claimed.
He compared the opposition's conduct in Parliament to the assembly in Mahabharat where Draupadi was insulted. Dhami further likened the opposition's behaviour to the "arrogance of Ravan".
The chief minister highlighted his government's initiatives, asserting that Uttarakhand was the first state to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to protect women's rights. He said the UCC freed Muslim women from practices like "halala", "iddat", polygamy and child marriage.
Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya questioned the technical feasibility of the bill, calling the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) claims of providing reservation by 2029 "misleading".
He argued that the bill is linked to census and delimitation processes. The Congress leader said the 2026 census would conclude by 2027 and the final data publication would take two more years.
"The delimitation process will take another six years. The actual implementation of this bill is not possible before 2034," Arya said, describing the move as a strategy to protect the BJP's "political ground".
The session also saw high drama outside the Assembly gates, where Congress MLA Virendra Jati staged a protest, demanding the payment of "outstanding" dues to farmers by sugar mills.
Jati arrived at the Assembly's main gate with a tractor-trolley loaded with sugarcane and dumped it on the road. The move brought the traffic to a halt, prompting traffic and security personnel to intervene and clear the area.
Women Congress workers also staged a demonstration against the "anti-people policies" of the state government.
