Mangaluru: 25-year-old youngster killed after his scooter was hit by tanker under Pumpwell flyover
Mangaluru: A tragic road accident occurred under the Pumpwell flyover in the city on Wednesday, resulting in the death of a scooter rider, as reported by the Traffic East Police Station.
The deceased has been identified as Sandesh Thomas (25), an employee of a software firm located in Bendorwell.
According to reports, the incident took place around 4 am when Sandesh was riding under the Pumpwell flyover on his scooter. At that moment, a tipper truck traveling from the old Kankanadi road towards the Pumpwell flyover collided with him. The collision caused severe injuries to Sandesh, who was rushed to a nearby private hospital for medical treatment. However, despite the efforts made, the treatment proved to be ineffective, and he succumbed to his injuries.
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It is believed that Sandesh Thomas was riding his scooter to accompany a friend to a tea shop near the Pumpwell flyover. Subsequently, he intended to contact another friend.
A case regarding the accident has been registered at the Traffic East Police Station, and further investigations are underway.
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Allahabad HC rejects PIL challenging impeachment motion moved against Justice Shekhar Yadav
Lucknow, Jan 7: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed as "not maintainable" a PIL challenging the impeachment motion moved against Justice Shekhar Yadav over his alleged controversial remarks at a VHP event last month.
"We do not see that the cause espoused in the present petition relates to any vulnerable section of people. Thus, on the touch stone of maintainability, the present PIL does not qualify the very test of initiation of proceedings on its threshold," said the bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi.
The bench passed the order on the public interest litigation moved by Ashok Pandey.
The petitioner had demanded that the HC should issue direction to the Rajya Sabha chairman not to initiate further proceedings on the notice for impeachment motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha secretary general by 55 MPs.
In the notice, the MPs have sought impeachment of Justice Yadav, a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court, over the speech delivered by him at Prayagraj on December 8 at an event organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP).
Dismissing the PIL, the bench held that the cardinal principle within which a PIL is entertained before the constitutional courts is representation of a cause of vulnerable section of people but the present PIL is not filed by such section.
Addressing a provincial convention of the legal cell and high court unit of the VHP at the high court on December 8, among other things, Justice Yadav said the main aim of the uniform civil code was to promote social harmony, gender equality and secularism.
The following day, videos of the judge speaking on provocative issues, including the law working according to the majority, were circulated widely on social media, prompting strong reactions from several quarters, including opposition leaders who questioned his reported statement, labelling it as "hate speech".
