Dec 19 police Firing: 12 police personnel asked to appear before Magisterial Enquiry, remains absent
Mangaluru: Twelve Police personnel who were to appear to depose before the magisterial enquiry led by Udupi Deputy Commissioner Jagadeesha in Mangaluru December 19, violence and police firing, gave the enquiry a miss and remained absent.
Twelve officers were, earlier last week summoned by Jagadeesha to appear in person to depose before him details and information about the December 19 incident wherein police firing killed two people in the city.
The nodal officer appointed by the police department in the enquiry, ACP Beliappa issued a subpoena to the concerned officers, to appear for deposing in the next hearing.
Owing to the absence of summoned personnel, Jagadeesha concluded the Tuesday’s hearing at the AC’s Courtroom within half an hour and asked the officers to appear in person on March 4, for the next hearing.
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SC takes cognisance of NCERT class 8 chapter on corruption in judiciary
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the contents of the class 8 NCERT textbook referring to corruption in the judiciary and termed it a matter of "grave concern."
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was urged by senior advocate Kapil Sibal that "children of class 8 are taught about corruption in the judiciary. This is a matter of grave concern."
The CJI said, "I will not allow anybody to defame the institution. Law will take its course."
He added, "As head of the institution, I have done my duty and have taken cognisance … This seems to be a calculated move. I won't say much."
Justice Bagchi said the book seemed to be against the basic structure of the Constitution.
The CJI said, "Please wait for a few days. Bar and Bench all are perturbed. All high court judges are perturbed. I will take up the matter suo motu. I will not allow anybody to defame the institution. Law will take its course."
Later, Justice Kant said that the top court has taken suo motu cognisance of the matter.
Corruption, massive backlog of cases, and lack of an adequate number of judges are among the "challenges" faced by the judicial system, according to the new social science NCERT textbook for class 8.
The section "corruption in the judiciary" in the new book states that judges are bound by a code of conduct that governs not only their behaviour in court, but also how they conduct themselves outside it.
