Don’t act on Muzrai dept commissioner’s order till June 18: HC
Bababudangiri issue
Bengaluru, June 11: The High Court on Monday directed the Karnataka State Government against taking any action based on the order of the Commissioner of the Religious Endowment and Muzrai department on puja rituals at Dattatreya Peetha of Bababudangiri in Chikmagaluru district till June 18.
After hearing an argument on a petition filed by Sri Guru Dattatreya Peetha Temple Conservation Committee against the department Commissioner’s order, the Single Judge Bench headed by Justice Arvind Kumar directed the government postponing the further hearing. The court also issued notices to the state government, Hindu Endowment and Muzrai Department, Chikmagalur Deputy Commissioner, Tahsildar and Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri in this case.
Lawyer for the applicant Jagadeesh Baliga argued that the state government had accepted the report of an Expert Committee, headed by Justice HN Nagamohan Das, and appointed a Muslim Maulvi as a priest for Datta Peetha on March 19. But the government had constituted the committee when the matter was in the court. The Expert Committee did not visit the Datta Peetha. In spite of this, it has made several recommendations and the previous government had agreed them. It has decided to issue Gazette notification in a hurry, he argued.
He also said that the state government is favouring a particular community. Violating the Supreme Court and Karnataka High Court orders, the government is taking unilateral and irresponsible decisions which are uncalled for, he said.
However, Advocate General Uday Holla sought time to file objections against the petition and assured of not taking any action till further hearing.
Accepting this, the Bench gave time till June 18 to file the objections and directed the state government not to take any action based on the order issued by the Department Commissioner on March 19 till the next hearing.
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6-year-old girl found dead on campus of govt-run school in Gujarat
Dahod, Sep 20 (PTI): A six-year-old girl was found dead on the campus of a government-run primary school in a village in Gujarat's Dahod district, police said on Friday.
The Class 1 student was found in the compound of the primary school in Torani village of Singvad taluka on Thursday night by her parents and relatives, Deputy Superintendent of Police J D Kansara said.
"When the girl did not return home after school, her parents and relatives started searching for her and arrived at the school at night. They found her unconscious in the compound behind the school building," he said.
The child was taken to the Limkheda Civil Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, he said.
"We have registered a case of accidental death and sent the body for post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, the official said.
Talking to reporters, a relative of the deceased girl said the school gate was locked, and they had to jump over the compound wall. The child was found unconscious behind the school building.
