176 gram panchayats selected for Gandhi Gram Puraskar
Bengaluru, October 02: The state government has selected total 176 gram panchayats in 30 districts for the Gandhi Gram Puraskar for 2017-18.
Dommasandra in Anekal taluk, Doddajala in Bengaluru north taluk, Somanahalli in Bengaluru South taluk and Kannur gram panchayat in Bengaluru East taluk in Bengaluru urban district, Karahalli in Devanahalli taluk, Bashettihalli in Doddaballapura taluk, Sulibele in Hosakote taluk, Arishinakunte in Nelamangala taluk in Bengaluru Rural district, Mundaje in Belthangady taluk, Balthila in Bantwal taluk, Beluvai in Mangaluru taluk, Kuttruppady in Puttur taluk, Aivarnadu in Sullia taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Yerlapady in Karkala taluk, Hosadu in Kundapura taluk and Kadur in Udupi taluk in Udupi district, Kandikere in Chikkanayakanahalli taluk, MH Pattana in Gubbi taluk, Tambadi in Koratagere taluk, Herur in Kunigal taluk, Maruvekere in Madhugiri taluk, Kotagudda in Pavagada taluk, Chikkanahalli in Sira taluk, Aralaguppe in Tiptur taluk, Palakere in Tumkur taluk nad Mayasandra in Turuvekere taluk in Tumkur district were selected for the Puraskar.
Apart from these, gram panchayats in Bagalkote, Belagavi, Ballary, Bidar, Chamarajnagar, Chikkaballapura, Chikmagaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, Dharwad, Gadag, Kalaburgi, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichur, Ramanagar, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura, and Yadagiri districts for the award.
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SC rejects bail plea of convicted ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 1990 custodial death case
New Delhi(PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of convicted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1990 custodial death case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said there was no merit in his plea for bail or the suspension of sentence in the case.
“We are not inclined to grant Sanjiv Bhatt bail. The prayer of bail is dismissed. The hearing of appeal shall not be affected. The hearing of appeal is expedited," Justice Nath said while pronouncing the verdict.
The appeal of Bhatt against the conviction and life imprisonment is presently pending in the top court.
Bhatt has moved the top court in 2024 challenging the Gujarat High Court's January 9, 2024 order dismissing his appeal.The high court also upheld the conviction of Bhatt and co-accused Pravinsinh Zala under Sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
The high court had dismissed the state government's appeal seeking to enhance the sentences of five other accused who were acquitted of murder charges but convicted under Sections 323 and 506.
On October 30, 1990, then additional superintendent of police Bhatt detained around 150 people following a communal riot in Jamjodhpur town following a 'bandh' call against the halting of BJP leader L K Advani's 'rath yatra' for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Prabhudas Vaishnani, one of the detained persons, died in hospital after his release.
Vaishnani's brother accused Bhatt and six other police officials of torturing him in custody and causing his death.
Bhatt was arrested on September 5, 2018, in another case where he is accused of falsely implicating a man for drug possession. The trial in the case is underway.
He is also an accused in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots cases along with activist Teesta Setalvad and former Gujarat director general of police R B Sreekumar.
