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Govt is bound to ensure fair competition: CJI

NEW DELHI, May 20:

The Government is bound toensure fundamental principle offair competition is followed andits benefits are extended to all,Chief Justice of India (CJI) J SKhehar today said.

The CJI, who was deliveringVth Competition Commission ofIndia (CCI) Annual Day lecturehere, said the colonial Britishrule “wiped out” fair trade com-petition and the state of Indiantextile industry then was anexample of unfair practice.

“Every Government isbound to ensure full fundamen-tal principles of competition.The extension of its benefits to

all as per constitutional princi-ple. It is the duty of the govern-ing political party.

“This has to be done withoutinfringing basic fundamentaland constitutional benefits,”Justice Khehar said.

Referring to variousSupreme Court judgements incases like SEBI-Sahara, BCCI,Unitech and T N Godavarmanwhich dealt with investors’money, functions of cricketbody, home buyers’ rights andillegal mining respectively hesaid, “they show that constitu-tional remedies are available”.

Speaking about the evolutionof law on fair competition andmonopoly in trade practise in thecountry, the CJI said, the 2002Competition Act gives widerpower to the CCI to ensure fairtrade competition and freedomof trade.

Referring to the provisionsgoverning the CCI, the CJI saidthat it has “extra-territorial juris-diction” and can be termed as“global watchdog of internation-al transactions” as it has widepower to regulate such deals ifthey violate the law.

He then dealt with signifi-cant judgement of the SupremeCourt in a case that held that“prima facie” view of the CCIcannot be challenged in appel-late courts. (PTI)

Man mauled by bearExcelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, May 20: Avillager was mauled by bear atJakaed in tehsil Latti of districtUdhampur, here today.

The man, identified asKhalid Hussain (45) son ofMohmed Yousaf of JakhedLatti, was on way to home whena wild bear suddenly attackedhim. The man was seriouslyinjured by bear.

Locals took the injured toPrimary Health Center (PHC)Latti.

Man jumpsbefore train, dies

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, May 20: A manallegedly committed suicide byjumping before a train in Hatliarea, a police official said heretoday.

The deceased has been iden-tified as Som Dutt, son of BillaRam, a resident of WardNumber 9, Kathua.

The body of the deceasedwas shifted to District HospitalKathua, where after conductingpostmortem, it was handed overto family members for last rites.

Railway Police Kathua hasstated investigation in thisregard.

Girl injured incooker blast


SAMBA, May 20: A girlreceived injuries in cooker blastat Dansala Mandi area of thedistrict, a police official said.

The victim has been identi-fied as Teena (18), daughter ofParmodh Chand, a resident ofDansala Mandi, Samba.

She was shifted to DistrictHospital Samba and laterreferred to GMC Jammu foradvanced treatment.

Concerned police had takencognizance in this regard.

3 UnderSecretaries shuffledExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 20: TheState Government todayordered transfers and postingsof three officers of UnderSecretary rank, with immediateeffect.

Naseema Akhter has beentransferred from SchoolEducation Department andposted in Tourism Departmentvice Javid Rehman Hajan, whohas been transferred and postedas Under Secretary Housing andUrban DevelopmentDepartment vice Nissar Ahmad.

Nissar Ahmad has beentransferred from Housing andUrban DevelopmentDepartment and posted asUnder Secretary SchoolEducation Department viceNaseema Akhter.

Two die due toelectric current


SAMBA, May 20: Two per-sons were killed, when electricwire fell on them, here today, apolice official said.

The deceased have beenidentified as Ali Mohammad(23) and Mushtaq Ahmed, bothsons of Noor Mohammad andresidents of Rapper Camp.

Bodies of both the deceasedhave been shifted to DistrictHospital Samba and after com-pleting legal formalities, hand-ed over to family members forlast rites.

Concerned police had takencognizance in this regard.

Court denies bail in Bakra murder case


JAMMU, May 20: In themuch publicized murder case ofSanjay Kumar alias Bakra,Principal Sessions JudgeJammu Sanjay Gupta has reject-ed the bail application of mainaccused Rajesh Dogra aliasMohan Singh.

After hearing AdvocateSummit Nayyar for the accusedwhereas Special PublicProsecutor RK Kotwal for theState, the court observed, "alle-gations are very serious. Thepunishment for offense underSection 302 RPC is death or lifeimprisonment", adding "lifeimprisonment is rule and sen-tence of death is an exception".

With these observations,court dismissed the bail applica-tion.

Driver dies as Tipper falls in gorge


REASI, May 20: Driver of aTipper was killed when thevehicle rolled down in a deepgorge at Khouri, here today.

The Tipper, bearing registra-tion number JK14A- 6492 fellinto deep gorge when it lostbalance while unloading someconstruction material . The driv-er of the tipper, namely JyotiKumar (40), son of Fakir Chandof Kanthan, tehsil Arnas, diedon the spot.

Later dead body of thedeceased was shifted to PHCArnas for postmortem and otherlegal formalities.

Do you want real peace orjust peace talks? Akbar to Pak

NEW DELHI, May 20:

In a veiled expression ofweariness with Pakistan formaking constant call for dia-logue without addressing thecore issue of cross-border ter-rorism, Minister of State forExternal Affairs MJ Akbar hassaid asking for peace talkscould be an excuse for avoidingreal peace and reflect a positionthat may be hypocritical.

“When anyone asks forpeace talks, it does not neces-sarily mean that that country isasking for peace. And one hasto measure that difference verycarefully,’’ Akbar said here lastevening launching a new jour-nal on international affairs,titled ‘’India and World’’.

“Do you want peace or doyou want peace talks as anexcuse for a position that maybe hypocritical? And our reac-tion will be based on the largerassessment of what you mean,’’said the Minister, without nam-ing Pakistan.

The Minister’s remarksacquire an added significancein view of the speculationabout a meeting between thePrime Ministers of India andPakistan on the sidelines of theSCO Summit in Astana in June,and they come a day after an

international court stayed theexecution of KulbhushanJadhav, a former Indian Navyofficer accused of spying.

Describing terrorism as thesingle most important threat tothe world, the Minister stressedthat India will continue to fightand defeat terrorism and terror-ists’ designs “to split pluralisticsocieties that have achievedinternal cohesion and peacethrough suspicion and fear.”

Dwelling on the theme of“Indian Diplomacy@2020:Power of India,” Akbar provid-ed a big-picture view of India’sforeign policy priorities andunderlined that the diplomaticdrive under Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has beengeared towards placing “Indiaand Indians First” in the coun-try’s multi-faceted diplomaticoutreach.

“When we discuss Indiandiplomacy, Indians come firstand diplomacy comes later. It isIndia First and it is IndiansFirst and therefore what servesthe national interest takes pri-ority,’’ Akbar said before anaudience of diplomats, aca-demics, experts and journalists.

Akbar said the search foreconomic growth and thesearch for India’s place at thehigh table of the 21st centurywould be the predominant urgeof the people of India. ‘’Andthis is the century when Indiawill find itself again after thepast gets blurred before thechallenges of the present andthe future.’’

In his address, the Ministerunderscored the rising globalprofile of India and the chang-ing narrative about India on theglobal stage by stressing thatthe world now needs an India-centric and India-specific poli-cy.

“India has always had aworld foreign policy. Now,large parts of the world have anIndia policy. And that Indiapolicy can’s be confined to aSouth Asia policy, or SoutheastAsia policy or an Asia policy.Now you have to find a way ofengaging with India which is

India-centric and India-specif-ic,’’ the MoS said.

Ahead of the third anniver-sary of the NDA Government,the Minister struck an upbeatnote saying that in the pastthree years, with the impetusgiven by Prime Minister Modi,India had expanded the horizonof its engagement very vastlywith the world and those partsof the world which were off theradar, have been brought in.

‘’India’s expandingengagement with the world hadnot attracted an adverse reac-tion because India’s engage-ment is benign, and not malign,based on treating every nationas a sovereign and equal part-ner,’’ he said.

The magazine, whose firstissue was released by MrAkbar, has been published byIndia Writes Network and edit-ed by Manish Chand, a foreignaffairs analyst and author of“Journeys Across Continents:A New India on the GlobalStage.” (UNI)

Will win 2019 polls with even biggermandate than 2014: Shah

CHANDIGARH, May 20:

BJP president Amit Shahtoday exuded confidence that hisparty will win the 2019 LokSabha polls with even biggermandate than what it got in 2014.

Praising the Narendra ModiGovernment, he said it has sendout a positive message to peoplethat the BJP-led regime wasdecisive.

“Prime Minister NarendraModi has emerged as most popu-lar leader of the country aftercountry’s Independence, there isno doubt in this,” he toldreporters during a press confer-ence.

With an eye on the 2019 LokSabha polls, he is on a 110- daycountry-wide tour, which beganin Jammu last month. Shah istravelling across the states tostrategise and strengthen theparty at the grass-root level.

He said that the BJP, whichstarted with ten members, todayhas got 11 crore membership,making it world’s biggest politi-cal party.

The BJP president said theparty had done well in the recent

assembly polls in the states.With the BJP-led NDA

Government soon completingthree years in office, Shah said,“In this country dynasty,casteism and appeasement hadbeen plaguing the country’s poli-tics for a long time”.

“The nation’s politics hasmoved forward under the BJPleadership to get rid of theseills,” he said.

Shah said that the results ofassembly polls of Uttar Pradeshand Uttrakhand, where BJP gotabsolute majority, “has provedthat people have whole heartedlyaccepted and appreciated threeyear-rule of the ModiGovernment.”

“We have been in power fornearly three years now, but evenour political opponents have notbeen able to point any finger atus on corruption, which is abiggest achievement of our gov-ernment,” he said.

The BJP chief said the NDAGovernment worked for uplift ofpoor, downtrodden, labourersand farmers and also took boldsteps like demonetisation to con-tain spread of black money to a

large extent and boost the coun-try’s economy.

Shah described as “a very bigachievement” of theGovernment the order ofInternational Court of Justice(ICJ) which stayed the executionof former naval officerKulbhushan Jadhav.

Asked about his reactionabout a Pakistani-origin lawyer,who represented Pakistan in theKulbhushan Jadhav case at theICJ had been hired by the UPAGovernment in 2004 to argue anarbitration case, Shah said, “Thenation knows about the characterof the Congress, what should Isay?” (PTI)

Army, NGO organize medical

campExcelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, May 20: Armytoday said a medical camp wasorganised jointly by Army andPune based NGO 'BorderlessWorld Foundation' for residentsof far flung areas of Chattergulin Ganderbal district.

A defence spokesman saidthe medical team comprisingspecialist doctors from Armyand Civil including a lady doc-tor provided treatment to thepatients along with free medi-cines and cases requiring pro-longed treatment were referredfor specialist treatment at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of MedicalSciences (SKIMS) Soura here.

"The medical camp wit-nessed a footfall of over 500people that included men,women and children of all agesand reasserted the bondingbetween Army and people," headded.


BANIHAL, May 20:National Conference districtpresident, Ramban, SajjadShaheen, today demanded thedistrict administration to releaseex gratia for the family of a man,who died after being washedaway in flash floods.

Expressing concern overdelay in restoration works of thedamaged infrastructure due toincessant rains and flash floods,National Conference districtpresident, Ramban, SajjadShaheen said that insensitiveapproach of the PDP-BJP dis-pensation has accumulated peo-ples’ problems during the past

over two and half years.Interacting with mourners at

the residence of Bashir Ahmed,a driver at village Hingni, whowashed away in flash floodscaused due to heavy cloud burst,and whose body is yet to berecovered, the NC district presi-dent urged the local administra-tion, especially the police toexpedite efforts in recoveringthe body.

Shaheen sought immediateex-gratia relief for the bereavedfamily and compensation to thedamages caused due to cloudburst. He hoped that the authori-ties would do the needful underNatural Disaster Relief Fundearnestly.

Shaheen seeks ex gratia for familyof man killed in flash floods

Retd non-gazetted police personnel highlight demandsExcelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, May 20: Non-Gazetted Police Pensioners’Welfare Forum today highlight-ed their demands during a meet-ing held here at Vijaypur Blockoffice under the chairmanship ofForum chairman, Ajit Singh.

Addressing the meeting, AjitSingh said that Government isgiving the effect of its Order No229-F of 2014 dated 7-10-2014regarding pay anomaly, from thedate of order though the effectshould be given from the year1996 when fifth PayCommission was implementedthroughout the State leavingonly police department.

He criticized theGovernment and the Police

Department for ignoring the justand genuine demand of the poorpolice pensioners, stating thatsince the Forum launched theirstruggle to get their rights,Government is constitutingcommittee after committee butdoing nothing to redress theissue.

Singh said that first payanomaly committee was formedin the year 2009, another wasconstituted on September 2011and the third one was formed onApril 2016. He said that theForum wants that like previoustwo committees, the third oneshould not be time killing. “Assuch we want to know the timeframe because the issue is lin-gering on from last 20 years”, headded.

Elderly man killed in road mishap


JAMMU, May 20: An oldman was killed today in a roadmishap here in Parade area ofcity.

According to a policespokesman, the man identifiedas Darshan Bajaj (78) son of lateDaulat Ram, House No 535,Sector No 3, Karnal Colony(Bohri), sustained seriousinjuries this afternoon when ascooty number JK02AU-8456on which he was travelling, washit by a CRPF vehicle (SwarajMazda) bearing registrationnumber HR68-2044 near maingate of Parade Ground.

In a pool of blood, theinjured man was immediatelyrushed to Government MedicalCollege and Hospital, Jammu,where he was declared asbrought dead by the doctors.After completing all medico-legal formalities, the body of thedeceased was handed over to hislegal heirs for last rites.

In this connection, a caseFIR No 63/2017 under Section279/337 was registered at policestation Pacca Danga and theaccused driver arrested. TheCRPF vehicle involved in themishap was also seized.

3 injured in road accidentsExcelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, May 20: Threepersons were injured in roadaccidents, here today.

As per police sources,Ashok Kumar, son of SansarChand of Ward Number 13 wasinjured when his motorcyclewas hit by a Maruti car at SidcoChowk here, while Sohan Lal,son of Amar Nath of Ghagwalreceived injuries, when themotorcycle he was drivingslipped near Chichi Mata tem-ple.

In another incident, NareshMassi, son of Payra Massi ofChristian Colony Jammu gotinjured when an unknownvehicle hit him here.

All the injured personswere shifted to DistrictHospital Samba, from wherethey were later referred toGMC Jammu for advancedtreatment.

Concerned police has takencognizance in this regard.

HC acquits two menaccused of cop’s murder


SRINAGAR, May 20: HighCourt while suspending the lifesentence awarded by the trialcourt to two accused in murderof a constable directed theauthorities to release them asprosecution has failed to reachout to the real culprit.

Observing that the commit-ment to reach to the actualcriminal was missing in theinstant case, court directedDirector General of Police tolook into the matter and issueappropriate directions to allconcerned police officers thatthe investigation of the case,when it pertains to a killing of ahuman being, is entrusted to asenior most skilled officer so asto reach to the actual criminalotherwise faith of the people inthe system is getting eroded.

Giving the benefit of doubton the assumption of contradic-tory statement of witnesses theDivision Bench of JusticeMohammad Yaqoob Mir andJustice D S Thakur allowed theappeal challenging order ofconviction and acquitted bothaccused from the charges ofmurder.

Three gunmen namelynamely Shabir Ahmad Bhat S/oMohammad Abdullah Bhat R/oMarathgam, Mushtaq AhmadMalla alias Furqan S/o Ghulam

Ahmad R/o Shatgund andMushtaq Ahmad Ganai S/oGhulam Hassan Ganai R/oManchanpora Panzla enteredinto the house of deceasedAbdul Gaffar Mir working inthe Police Department atSrinagar as Senior GradeConstable and fired upon fromthe illegal weapons resultinginto his death.

On the basis of material col-lected, accused were estab-lished to have committed theoffences under Section 302RPC and 7/27 Arms Act.During investigation accusedShabir Ahmad Bhat was arrest-ed, accused Mushtaq AhmadMalla alias Furqan had beendetained under Public SafetyAc, who is also involved in caseFIR No.27/2008 P/S Handwarafor commission of offencespunishable under Section 307RPC, 7/25 Arms Act, 20 UL Actand 2/3 E&IMCO whereasother accused namely MushtaqAhmad Ganai is absconding.

The detained accused per-sons have been held guilty andconvicted for commission ofoffence punishable underSection 302 RPC by the trialcourt and have been sentencedto imprisonment for life.

On failure of prosecution toreach to the culprit, court said,every Investigating Officer hasplayed his own role in his ownway least realizing that theyhave failed to arrive at the realculprit. "The InvestigatingOfficers are the architects of thecase. They should have dis-charged their duties with com-mitment which they have not",court observed.

Court on acquittal of twoaccused said, that it is a funda-mental principle of criminaljurisprudence that an 'accusedis presumed to be innocent' andtherefore the burden lies on theprosecution to prove the guilt ofthe accused beyond reasonabledoubt, adding with when identi-ty of the terrorists who killedthe deceased has absolutelybecome doubtful, how convic-tion could be recorded againstthe accused persons.

After accident body abandoned

in hospital Excelsior Correspondent

MENDHAR, May 20: Thedead body of an unclaimedmale accident victim, is lyingin the mortuary of Sub DistrictHospital, Mendhar.

Official sources said thattwo persons in a Maruti Vancame to SDH Mendhar in theafternoon and they kept quietlythe dead body of a middle agedman in the Emergency unit andescaped. The Medical staff latercame to know about the matterand informed BMO Mendhar.Then they called police. Therewas a Police Post in the Hospitalcomplex but the cops there alsoremained unaware of the matter.The police later registered a caseand started investigation.

The SDPO Mendhar RiazTantray has taken serious noteof the issue and directed theSHO to investigate the matterand identify the people involvedin accident. The deceased seemsto be non-local. His body waslying in the mortuary of theSDH Mendhar.

People protest, block road


MENDHAR, May 20: Thepeople held protest demonstra-tion and blocked Mendhar-Jammu road for about twohours demanding closure oflocal bar here today.

A large number of peoplefrom the area led by head priestof Ari mosque, came out on theroad and started protest demon-stration at main chowk inMendhar town at around 2 pm.They blocked the road andraised slogans against DistrictAdministration and ExciseDepartment. The protestersdemanded that local bar beclosed.

Later, SDPO Mendhar andSHO reached the spot andassured the people that actionwill be taken in this regard. Theagitating people then lifteddharna after two hours.

Fares of Tejas train 20 percent more than ShatabdiNEW DELHI, May 20:

Fares of Tejas Express trainwill be 20 per cent more thanthat of the Shatabdi Express.

Equipped with modern facil-ities such as CCTV cameras andsmoke-and-fire detection sys-tem, Tejas Express will beflagged off from Mumbai forGoa on May 22 by RailwayMinister Suresh Prabhu.

Unlike the Shatabdi Express,passengers will have the optionto opt for onboard food. If a pas-senger opts for food while buy-ing ticket, the catering chargewill be included in the fare.

There is an increase of morethan 20 per cent in the base farefor Tejas as against the Shatabdi,said a railway ministry official.

The superfast surcharge,reservation fee and cateringcharges will be levied separate-ly.

The Executive Class fare inTejas has been fixed at Rs 2,540without food and Rs 2,940 withfood.

The Chair Car fare Rs 1,850with food and Rs 1,220 withoutfood.

The Shatabdi fares are Rs

2,390 and Rs 1,185 in EC andCC respectively which includefood also.

Since the train is equippedwith better facilities, the farewill also be slightly higher ascompared to normalmail/express service, Prabhuhad said while inspecting thenew Tejas coaches on Fridayhere.

Equipped with CCTV cam-eras besides smoke and firedetection system, the 19-coachTejas train will have bio- vacu-um toilets and GPS-based pas-senger information display sys-tem.

There will be comfortableseating arrangements and eachseat will have LED TV withtouch control system and callbell facilities.

Manufactured at the RailCoach Factory in Kapurthala,the coaches will have automaticentrance door, a first in non-suburban train in the IndianRailways.

Promised in the budget,Tejas Express will also bepressed into service in Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Lucknowsectors soon. (PTI)


JAMMU, May 20: JammuKashmir Ladakh AllDepartments Clerical StaffAssociation (ADCSF) todayappealed the clerical cadre toobserve complete pen downstrike on May 22 and 23.

The appeals were made bythe representatives of ADCSFincluding Ravi Singh Bhau(president), Sukhbir Singh (gen-

eral secretary), Ravi Sharma,Nazir Bhatt, Umar Jan and YashPal Sharma, during their visits tovarious office complexes includ-ing Industries Complex PanamaChowk, PWD, Sheep and Wool,PDD, Deputy Commissioner'sOffice and Irrigation Complex,where they held meetings withclerical cadre.

While addressing the meet-ings, Ravi Singh Bhau con-demned the anti-employees poli-cies of the State Governmentwhich vide various agreementscarried out between the repre-sentatives of Association and theState Government authoritieshave failed to implement theagreements regarding removalof pay anomaly of clerical cadre.

Bahu appealed ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti tointervene into the matter so thatthe order for removal of payanomalies of the cadre issued.

ADCSF calls for two-day pen down strike

Employees organizeprotest, list demands


POONCH, May 20:Government employees, pen-sioners and others from all overPoonch tehsil held strongprotest at Krishan Chander Parkhere in protest against non-implementation of 7th PayCommission's recommenda-tions on Central pattern inJammu and Kashmir.

Abdul Hamid Khatana,tehsil president of Low PaidEmployees Federation (LPEF)who led the protest demonsta-tion strongly flayed the StateGovernment over its criminalsilence over non-release of twoDA instalments due from July2016 and January 2017, besidesother burning demands includ-ing enhancement of MedicalAllowance to at least Rs 1000 inview of steep rise in prices of allessential commodities.

Others who also spokeincluded Daljit Singh, ShammiKhajuria, Mohd Iqbal Babloo, JS Awal and Anwar Hussain.

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