MCC is responsible for pathetic condition of Mangaluru: Muneer Katipalla
Mangaluru, May 29: DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla attributed the pathetic condition of the Mangaluru city to the negligence of the city corporation.
Within hours of monsoon rains started in the city, hundreds of houses and roads were inundated in rainwater creating emergency situation. The storm water drainages were encroached in the city. Lack of planning and foresight during developing the roads and layouts constructing the buildings and other development works and lack of preparedness to face the monsoon has left the city haywire during rainy season, he said.
The district administration should take up relief measures on a war-footing level to protect the people who are in distress. It should set up makeshift shelters and ensure compensation for the losses. Considering the serious situation, the state government should send a team of officials to ascertain the losses and provide financial assistance, he demanded.
The unscientific work during the construction of the highway, conversion of agriculture land, low lying areas on the outskirts of the city, storm water drainages and others into layouts and construction of apartments were the main reasons for the present situation. If the city corporation took proper measures to let the rainwater while developing the layouts and constructing houses, this situation would not have happened, he said.
The DYFI has complained the district administration several times about this situation. But the officials and elected representatives have colluded with the land and real estate mafia. They have raised their voice against such issue at Kottara Chowki. But now, it was the place where more damage was happened. So, the government should take stringent action against the erring officials to avoid such incidents in future, he demanded.
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Justice Sanjiv Khanna appointed next CJI, oath on Nov 11
New Delhi, Oct 24: Justice Sanjiv Khanna was on Thursday appointed the 51st Chief Justice of India.
He will take oath on November 11, a day after incumbent Justice D Y Chandrachud demits office on attaining the age of 65.
Justice Chandrachud took over as the CJI on November 8, 2022.
Justice Khanna will have a tenure of a little over six months as CJI and would demit office on May 13, 2025.
"In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon'ble President, after consultation with Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice of India with effect from 11th November, 2024," Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted on X.
Justice Khanna was appointed an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and was made a permanent judge in 2006. On January 18, 2019, he was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court.
Born on May 14, 1960, he studied law at the Campus Law Centre of Delhi University.
Some of the notable judgments of Justice Khanna in the Supreme Court include upholding the use of electronic voting machines in elections, saying the devices were secure and eliminated booth capturing and bogus voting.
He was also part of the five-judge bench that declared the electoral bond scheme, meant for funding of political parties, as unconstitutional.
Justice Khanna was a part of the five-judge bench, which upheld the Centre's 2019 decision abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution which granted a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Justice Khanna, who is the senior-most judge after the outgoing CJI, and the executive chairman of the National Legal Service Authority (NALSA), had granted interim bail to the then Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, an accused in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam cases, for campaigning in Lok Sabha elections.
He is the nephew of former apex court judge H R Khanna, who was part of the landmark verdict propounding the basic structure doctrine in Kesavananda Bharati case of 1973.
The retirement age of Supreme Court judges is 65 years, while high court judges demit office at the age of 62 years.
The Centre recently asked CJI Chandrachud to name his successor.
According to the memorandum of procedure (MoP) -- a set of documents guiding appointment, elevation and transfer of high court and Supreme Court judges -- the law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor.
Law Minister Meghwal had written to CJI Chandrachud asking him to name his successor.
The MoP says the senior-most judge of the apex court is considered fit to hold the office of the CJI and the views of the outgoing head of the judiciary have to be sought "at an appropriate time".
The MoP, however, does not specify the time limit for the initiation of the process of recommending the name of the successor CJI.
In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice of India with effect from 11th…
— Arjun Ram Meghwal (@arjunrammeghwal) October 24, 2024
