tuesdAY 16 july, 2024 epaper.morningstandard.in 50,000 facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard People expected to attend the republican national convention N e pa l Oli sworn in as pm for the 4th time Trump set to be officially named GOP candidate for U.S. President The leader of country’s largest communist party will lead the coalition government with Nepali Congress, the largest party in Parliament A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS Page 9 cbi PROBE SC refuses to quash FIR against DKS S U CHITRA K ALYAN M O HANT Y @ New Delhi IN a major blow to Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected his petition challenging the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s first information report (FIR) against him in the disproportionate assets case. The Congress leader had moved the court after the Karnataka High Court declined his plea to quash the CBI case. Rejecting Shivakumar’s petition, a bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma said it agreed with the high court order. According to the CBI, Shivakumar amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income between 2013 and 2018. He was a minister in the previous Congress government during this period. The agency filed the FIR in September 2020 after obtaining sanction from the then BJP-led gover nment. Shivakumar challenged it in the high court in 2021, but did not get a favourable order. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Shivakumar, argued that the sanction was later withdrawn. Rohatgi further said there can’t be a CBI FIR for the same transaction when the Income Tax department is already investigating the matter. The bench, however, did not agree. The origin of the case goes back to 2017 when the income tax department raided Shivakumar’s premises and reportedly recovered unaccounted money Following this, the En. forcement Directorate started its own probe and the CBI also sought sanction to file an FIR against him. Reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict, Shivakumar said in Bengaluru that he has done no wrong but will abide by the court’s order. l New Delhi l J8.00 l The Republican National Convention to officially nominate Donald Trump as the party’s presidential candidate got underway in Milwaukee on Monday | P9 PAGES 12 Kejriwal’s weight loss: Is it 8.5 kg, or 3.5 kg? Ujwal Jalali & Anup Verma @ New Delhi Is Tihar inmate Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal losing weight at a pace AAP claims he is? The jail authorities on Monday weighed in, saying that the CM has lost around 3.5 kg during his incarceration — not 8.5 kg as alleged by AAP leaders. The AAP countered by accusing the Tihar administration of publicly releasing the CM’s medical report. Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the administration is endangering Kejriwal’s life and termed it a “criminal act” according to jail rules. The MP claimed that the CM’s health has worsened with significant weight loss and dangerously low sugar levels. Responding to the AAP leaders’ allegations, the Tihar Jail administration wrote to the deputy secretary (Home) in which it put out a detailed update on the CM’s health status. Jail officials said that Kejriwal’s weight was 65 kg on April 1, the day he entered Tihar’s Central Jail No. 2. When he was granted bail on May 10 after a Supreme Court relief, he weighed 64 kg. When he surrendered again on June 2, the weight was recorded as 63.5. At present, Kejriwal Crime to make reports public, says AAP MP The Tihar Jail administration put out a detailed update on the CM’s health status. But it upset AAP even more. “Making medical reports public is a crime; the jail authorities are playing with Kejriwal’s life, party’s MP Sanjay Singh said. weighs 61.5 kg. According to the report of the Senior Medical Officer of Central Jail No 2, the loss of weight i.e. around 3.5 kg may be due to consumption of less quantity of food or low calorie intake. The AAP has alleged that CM’s health is in danger as his blood sugar level has plummeted, posing a risk of a coma or brain stroke. Minister Atishi has accused the BJP of “playing” with Kejriwal’s health by orchestrating his arrest through the CBI. “The health of the undertrial prisoner is under continuous monitoring and his vitals are being checked daily He is being re. viewed by the jail’s visiting medical specialist doctor,” an excerpt of a letter, written by Tihar’s superintendent of Central Jail No 2 to the deputy secretary Home (Delhi government) read. But Sanjay Singh insisted that Kejriwal’s sug ar level has dropped below 50 five times. SC junks review plea against its order on Adani CJI agrees to take a call on hearing money bill case soon E x p r e s s N e w s SE r v i c e @ New Delhi Chandrachud-led bench rules there is no error apparent in its January 3 judgment Su c h i t r a K a lya n Mo h a n t y @ New Delhi Continental Supremacy Alvaro Morata (above) with the Henri Delaunay Trophy after Spain purred their way to a 2-1 win over England. The best team in the tournament, went seven in seven en route to winning their fourth Euros. Lionel Messi holds aloft the Copa America title after an edgy 1-0 win over Colombia in extra-time. It was a record 16th Copa title for the world champions | AP | P11 Akal Takht says put up photos of separatists in Golden Temple complex h a r p r e e t b a j w a @ Chandigarh SAD chief summoned Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to put up portraits of Khalistani separatists Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Paramjit Singh Panjwar and Gajinder Singh at the Central Sikh Museum in the Golden Temple complex. The Takht is the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs and has five high priests led by Jathedar Raghbir Singh. The three separatists were wanted by the Indian authorities and charged under the stringent provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Last week the SGPC and the radical group Dal Khalsa organised an event near Golden Temple to pay tributes to Gajinder Singh, founder of Dal Khalsa and wanted in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore in 1981 demanding the release of Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale. Recently, he died of a heart attack at Paksitan hospital. Jathedar Raghbir Singh said SGPC should display portraits in view of their “sacrifices.” The Akal Takht has summoned SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal to appear before it within 15 days and submit his reply to allegations by the party’s rebel group that he has not represented the sentiments of the Panth. SAD rebels on Monday announced launching a Shiromani Akali Dal Sudhar Lehar (SAD reform movement). Nijjar was killed outside a gurdwara in British Columbia, Canada, on June 18 last year, causing strains in India-Canada ties. Panjwar, chief of Khalistan Commando Force, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Lahore on May 6 last year. In 2022 India categorised Gajinder Singh among 20 mostwanted terrorists. The Jathedar honoured the family of Gajinder Singh on the occasion. The Akal Takht move can have an impact on panthic politics in Punjab, especially at a time when mainstream Akali party, SAD, is in doldrums. Besides, Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh, lodged in a Dibrugarh jail, won the Lok Sabha polls from Khadoor Sahib. Express read Vikram Misri takes charge as foreign secy After killing, junior docs at GTB on strike Vikram Misri assumed charge as India’s new foreign secretary on Monday. He was deputy national security advisor before this. A career diplomat from the 1989 IFS batch, he has served in the PMO and in various Indian Missions abroad. Patients faced difficulties at GTB Hospital on Monday due to resident doctors’ indefinite strike following the killing of a patient inside a ward. The strike affected routine patient care in all non-emergency patient care areas, sources said. P3 THE Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking review of its January 3 verdict dismissing a plea for a probe by the CBI or an SIT into allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani Group as suggested by a report put out by US-based Hindenburg Research. “Having perused the review petition, there is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013. The review petition is, therefore, dismissed,” said a three-judge bench of comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The order was passed on May 8 and published on the apex court’s website on Monday . While dismissing the review plea, the apex court said that no case was made out by petitioner Anamika Jaiswal against its January 3 verdict. In that order, the SC had held that there was no valid ground to enter into the regulatory domain of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and direct Fresh material it to hand over its probe to an alternative agency as sought by petitioners in The review plea a batch of pleas, which relied on the argued that there findings of the Hindenburg Research was new material to report. “There was no material to show prove that the Adani Sebi was lackadaisical in taking steps Group violated law or had a regulatory failure, warranting by not maintaining minimum public a probe by a SIT or CBI,” it said. According to the petitioner, there is shareholding of 25% fresh material to show the Adani Group within certain violated Rule 19A of the Securities periods of time Contracts (Regulation) Rules, which says listed companies need to maintain minimum public shareholding of 25% within specified periods. This factor, which was not considered in the January 3 judgement, needs a thorough probe, the review plea said. The plea had said the markets regulator in its report had only updated the court about the status of the 24 investigations it undertook following the allegations, whether they were complete or incomplete, but did not disclose any findings or details of action taken. In its January judgment, the SC noted that Sebi completed investigation in 22 out of the 24 matters. It also noted that the regulator was conducting a “comprehensive investigation” into the allegations and its conduct “inspires confidence”. ASI files Bhojshala report; vindicated, says Hindu side A n u r a a g S i n g h @ Bhopal The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday submitted to the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, its report on the 98-day scientific survey at the Bhojshala TempleKamal Maula Mosque in western MP’s Dhar town. “The detailed report comprising 2,000-plus pages in 10 volumes has been submitted to the HC, as directed by it on July 4. The next hearing is on July 22,” the ASI/Central government’s counsel Himanshu Joshi said. While Joshi refused to divulge the contents of the report, senior advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who represents the petitioner, Hindu Front for Justice (HFJ), claimed the survey’s outcome vindicated their stand. “The ASI’s report makes our case strong. We’ll proceed to the Supreme Court for vacation of the stay order dated April 1, 2024, seeking an early hearing,” Jain told this newspaper. Jain’s father Harishankar Jain had filed the writ petition in the matter in 2022. He said, “The ASI’s report has now established that there was a Hindu temple and Vedas, Shastras and Sanskrit education was imparted at the gurukul (university) there. More than 94 broken sculptures/idols of Hindu gods have been recovered from there during the ASI survey .” Despite repeated attempts, Mohd Abdul Samad, the head of the Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society, who represents the Muslim side in the matter, could not be contacted. Noida bank server hacked, `16 cr stolen from 89 a/cs express news service @ New Delhi A section of the structure suveyed by ASI | Express ample proof: petitioner Enormous evidence has been found to establish that there was a grand Hindu temple and a gurukul and not a mosque, petitioner Harishankar Jain said The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider commencing hearings on challenges to the passage of important laws like the Aadhaar Act as money bills, allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha. A money bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. Once Lok Sabha clears it with a simple majority Rajya Sabha , cannot amend or reject it. It can make recommendations, which may or may not be accepted by the Lower House. The NDA does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha. It currently has 101 seats in the 245-member House where 123 seats are needed for majority . Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, told the bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that since the matter is already in the list of scheduled Constitution bench hearings, it should be created on a priority basis. To this, the CJI said, “I will take the call when I form the Constitution benches.” A seven-judge Constitution bench has already been formed to hear the matter, but it has not yet commenced hearings. The judges had assured the petitioners that the court would start its hearings soon. In the 2018 Aadhaar judgment, the top court upheld the validity of the passage of the law as a money bill. However, Justice Chandrachud, had penned a dissenting verdict that said designating the Aadhaar legislation as a money bill was a “fraud on the Constitution”. Later in the day the Congress , welcomed the court’s decision. A branch of a commercial bank in Noida lost a sum of `16 crore to online fraudsters, who transferred the amount into 89 accounts, the police said on Monday . As per the police, a complaint was received from Nainital Bank’s Noida branch located in Sector 62 in which the complainant alleged that the fraud happened through RTGS transactions between June 16 and 20. A senior Noida Police officer said that the bank’s IT manager, in his complaint, alleged that the bank’s server was hacked and his login creden- ` tials were stolen by an unknown individual. “Using the stolen credential, more than `16.7 crore was transferred to the 89 accounts with the bank,” the manager added. The first fraud was detected on June 17, when bank officials were conducting routine reconciliation of RTGS account settlements. The next day, a similar issue occurred. This way they flagged 89 , transactions totalling nearly `17 crore. On the basis of the complaint, the police registered a case under IPC and Information Technology (Amendments) Act, 2008. “Investigation is on and arrests will be made soon,” said the police officer.
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