Kavitha Prabhakar from BJP disqualified from Kodagu ZP membership: Court gave important verdict
Madikeri, December 4: The Senior Civil Court has disqualified the election of Kodagu zilla panchayat Bhagamandala seat member Kavitha Prabhakar elected on BJP ticket. Devangadi Thilak Subraya who contested against Kavitha Prabhakar, was declared as winning candidate.
Kavitha Prabhakar from BJP and Devangodi Thilak Subraya from Congress contested from Bhagamandala seat reserved for woman candidate. But Kavitha Prabhakar has won the election held on February 20, 2016. But Congress candidate Devangodi Thilak Subraya, through advocate MA Niranjan, questioned the election of Kavitha Prabhakar in the Senior Civil Court in March.
As per the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act Column 167(H), no panchayat members should have any interests in panchayat works either directly or indirectly. But Prabhakar, husband of Kavitha Prabhakar, is a ZP contractor and executed the panchayat works. Apart from this, advocate Niranjan drew the attention of the court that Prabhakar has drawn amount from the panchayat after the election.
Advocate Niranjan presented his argument in the court citing the violation of Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act Column 167(H) as the main evidence. After listening to the arguments from both the sides, judge Vijay Kumar declared the victory of Kavitha Prabhakar as null and void and declared the defeated candidate Thilak Subraya as winning candidate.
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Saudi Arabia announces first day of Eid-ul-Fitr; Details here
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed on March 20 after the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted.
The moon-sighting committee met and confirmed that the new moon was not visible, leading to the completion of 30 days of Ramzan before the festival. The announcement follows the traditional practice of determining Islamic months based on lunar sighting.
Earlier, the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development had declared that Eid holidays for employees in the private and non-profit sectors would begin from the evening of March 18 and continue for four days, in line with labour regulations.
Ministry spokesperson Mohammed Al Ruzaiqi had said the early announcement was made to help organisations plan work schedules while ensuring employees are able to observe the festival break.
