Bhatkal: APCR offers legal-aid to family of Affan Jabali who was found murdered in private lodge
Bhatkal: Uttara Kannada District unit delegation of Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Monday visited the family of Affan Jabali, a 25-year old youngster who was found murdered in a private lodge in Bhatkal on Saturday night, in what turned into a sensational case in the region.
The delegation led by APCR District President Moulana Syed Zubair SM, met father and other members of the family of Affan and offered all possible legal from the organisation in bringing the culprits to justice.
District GS, Qamaruddin Mashaikh had on Friday night worked closely with the victim’s family at the crime scene and during the police procedures, assisting the family with legal guidance.
The delegation was led by Moulana SM Syed Zubair, District President of APCR along with Qamaruddin Mashaikh, District General Secretary of APCR, Uttara Kannada Unit and Activist Sanaullah Asadi.
Moulana Mohammed Jafer Faqui, Mohammed Talish and Yahya Ruknuddin were also part of the delegation.
Affan Jabali was found murdered on Saturday night at a private lodge in Bhatkal. One person reported to be the mastermind of the murdered was arrested from the crime scene followed by three other arrests of contract killers who were hired to kill Affan on Saturday.
Initial investigations have revealed that Affan was murdered over conflict in monetary affairs. A team has been formed under new Bhatkal CPI Prakash which is investigating the case under the supervision of Bhatkal sub-division Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nikhil B.
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Unreserved vacancies for candidates with disabilities open for all categories: SC
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said "unreserved" vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging to any social or special category can be employed.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh set aside a judgement of the Calcutta High Court, saying the "unreserved" category is not a separate "social category" but an open field for all.
It held that a more meritorious PWD candidate belonging to a reserved category like OBC, SC, or ST cannot be barred from an unreserved PWD post simply because a candidate from the "General" category is also available.
"In reservation law, it is well settled that the Unreserved/Open category does not refer to any social/communal category like SCs, STs or OBC. In other words, any post falling under the Unreserved or Open category does not pertain to any particular social category, it provides an open field or pool meant for the world at large, in the sense that it is open to all candidates, irrespective of whether one belongs to any social or special category or not," Justice Singh, who authored the verdict, said.
The court said if an unreserved or open post is meant for the special category of Persons with Disabilities, it means that the said post will be open to all candidates of all vertical social categories, whether Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) or Other Backward Classes (OBC), provided such candidates are also PWD.
"Thus, all candidates, whether SC, ST or OBC, but who are Persons with Disabilities, are equally entitled to compete for the post meant for Persons with Disabilities falling under the Unreserved category, the rationale being that all those who are similarly situated must be treated equally," it said.
The case arose from a recruitment drive of the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) Grade-II.
The notification included one post specifically earmarked for Unreserved (Persons with Disabilities -- Low Vision).
The controversy involved two candidates, an unreserved category candidate with low vision who scored 55.667 marks and an OBC candidate, also with low vision, who scored 66.667 marks.
The WBSETCL appointed the OBC candidate to the post based on his higher merit.
This was challenged by the general category candidate who said since he was a "qualified unreserved candidate", the vacancy should have gone to him and that reserved category candidates should only be considered if no unreserved PWD candidate is available.
While a single-judge bench of the high court dismissed the plea, a division bench reversed that decision, directing the employer to appoint the less-meritorious unreserved candidate.
The WBSETCL had then appealed to the Supreme Court.
