Maharashtra: Man found alive after family buries 'body'
Palghar (PTI): A 60-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, presumed dead by his family and buried, has been found alive in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Monday. The driver was on Sunday found staying at a destitute home here and a video clip of his chat with a friend went viral on social media.
Efforts are now on to identify the deceased buried by the family, a police official said.
On January 29, a unidentified man was killed after being run over by a train while crossing a track between Boisar and Palghar stations.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Palghar circulated the deceased's pictures on social media.
A man from Palghar approached the GRP and claimed the deceased was his brother Rafique Shaikh, who went missing two months back for which the family had also lodged a police complaint, GRP Inspector Naresh Randhir said.
After this claim, the Palghar GRP contacted the "dead" man's wife who was in Kerala. She came to Palghar and also identified the body following which it was handed over to the family, the official said.
The family members buried the body a couple of days back, he said.
On Sunday, a friend of Shaikh was shocked when he casually called the latter on his phone and he responded. The two had a video chat and Shaikh informed his friend that he was fine, the official said.
The chat clip has gone viral on social media platforms.
The family members of the driver were informed about this. They got in touch with Shaikh and also informed about the development to police, the official said.
According to the police official, Shaikh left his house a couple of months back and landed at a destitute home at Saphala in Palghar.
He further said the family members had identified the body and it was handed over to them after following all required formalities.
The police were later informed about Shaikh being alive, he said.
"Now, our task is to trace the family of the unidentified dead man who has been buried," the official said.
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SC refuses to consider individual cases for accepting demonetised currency notes
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider individual cases seeking acceptance of demonetised currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.
A bench comprising BR Gavai and Vikram Nath, however, allowed the individual petitioners to approach the government with a representation.
The top court directed the government to decide the representation and consider the individual grievances, if made, within a period of 12 weeks.
"After the judgement of the constitution bench, we do not find it will be permissible for us to exercise our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution in individual cases to accept demonetised currency notes," the bench said.
It also clarified that in the event any of the petitioners are not satisfied with the action by the Union of India, they would be at liberty to approach the high court concerned.
In a majority verdict, the top court had upheld the government's 2016 decision to demonetise the currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.
A five-judge Constitution bench had said the Centre's decision-making process could not have been flawed as there was consultation between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Union government.
The court had said the notification dated November 8, 2016, which announced the decision to scrap the high-value currency notes, cannot be said to be unreasonable and struck down on the ground of decision-making process.
