PFI welcomes Madras HC order which grants permission for Unity March
New Delhi: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has set aside the police order that rejected permission to hold Unity March (volunteer parade) on February 17, 2019, Popular Front Day.
Popular Front of India has been celebrating its foundation day on February 17 since many years. The Unity March with the volunteers parade would be the highlight of the celebration in the three southern states. "Defeat Politics of Hate" was the theme of the Unity March 2019.
Despite the governments of Kerala and Karnataka allowing the programmes, the Tamil Nadu Police denied the permission at the last moment. A Writ Petition was filed before the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court by J. Mohamed Ali, the district president of Popular Front of India to quash the impugned order (rejection) as illegal and consequently to permit the organization to conduct the procession of Route March (Unity March) and public meeting.
Senior Advocate T. Lajapathy and advocates N.M. Shajahan, S.A.S. Alaudeen and M.M. Abbas appeared for the petitioner.
The Hon’ble Madras High Court said, “This court does not find merit in the submission of the Government Advocate appearing for the respondents."
In a free country such as ours, it is important that free speech is protected though with reasonable regulations. Necessarily, the respondent has to be granted permission. This follows that the impugned (rejection) order should be quashed, the order stated.
While welcoming the order of the high court, General Secretary of the Popular Front of India M Mohammed Ali Jinnah said: "The freedoms of association, speech and expression, guaranteed by the Constitution of India to its citizens have been upheld by the Hon’ble Madras High Court."
"It is a heavy blow on the face of state police that frequently tries to block programmes of minority organisations under compulsion from their political masters," he added.
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Bengaluru: Techie duped of Rs 1.46 lakh in IPL ticket scam via Instagram
Bengaluru: A 25-year-old techie was cheated of Rs 1.46 lakh by a fraudster posing as an IPL ticket seller on Instagram, in a case reported from B Narayanapura.
According to a complaint filed at the Mahadevapura police station, the accused identified himself as Sumit Biswal, claiming to be a senior supervisor at the ticket counter of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. He assured the victim that he could arrange IPL tickets along with food coupons, Deccan Herald reported.
He also convinced the victim to transfer money in multiple UPI transactions from his account and his mother’s account.
Despite receiving the amount, the accused neither delivered the tickets nor refunded the money, police said.
The complainant said that the accused promised not just match tickets but ‘VIP benefits’ like food coupons and extra ID cards for friends for RCB vs CSK, scheduled for Sunday.
"He asked me to come near the stadium gate number 10, saying someone would deliver the tickets within minutes, and even sent an email confirmation to gain my trust," the victim said.
"Initially, I agreed to buy two tickets for Rs 3,700 each, but he kept asking for more money under various pretexts such as refundable security deposits, additional ID cards and food coupons. Trusting him, I made multiple payments, even using my mother’s bank account after exhausting my own limits, and ended up transferring around Rs 1.46 lakh," he said.
Police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.
