HC dismisses plea, AIADMK general council meet today
With the Madras high court rejecting the plea of MLA P Vetrivel seeking to stall the AIADMK general council meeting, the sprawling marriage hall — Shrivaaru Venkatachalapathy Palace – on the outskirts of Chennai is gearing up to host the crucial meet on Tuesday.
The meeting has been convened by 11-member panel led by chief minister Edapaddi Palanisami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam.
Vetrivel had moved the court seeking cancellation of the meeting as it was not convened by Sasikala, the general secretary of the party who is in jail or the deputy general secretary who is the only person authorised to do so. Dismissing the plea, Justice CV Karthikeyan also imposed a fine of ~1 lakh on Vetrivel for filing a vexatious litigation.
The court’s ruling paved the way for the general council meeting, where 2500 cadres and office bearers, MLAs and ministers are expected to participate.
The meeting will take a final call on the ‘removal’ of Sasikala as the party chief.
Even at the previous AIADMK MLAs meet that decided to convene the September 12 general council meeting, there was a strong buzz of impending removal of Sasikala but the absence of some 40 MLAs made the leaders nervous.
However, the AIADMK MLAs meeting held last week witnessed an attendance of 111, indicating the growing acceptance of the chief minister and the merger of the two warring groups.
At present, 15 MLAs were camping at Coorg resort in Karnataka and three MLAs in Bengaluru to try and meet Sasikala to decide on future course of action. However, sources indicated that the jail manual was coming in the way as Sasikala apparently exhausted all her meetings allowed for the fortnight. construction firm, moved a petition that the company defaulted on a ₹526-crore loan.
But last month, the Supreme Court put the insolvency proceedings on hold after homebuyers petitioned it to ensure their investments were protected.
The case, which is being closely watched as several constructions projects are failing deals with firms citing shortage of funds, will now be heard in November. occurred and to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination against the Rohingya population. I strongly urge the authorities to allow my office unfettered access to the country,” he added.
Al Hussein also expressed dismay at what he called the “broader rise of intolerance towards religious and other minorities in India”, and alleged that those who spoke out for fundamental human rights faced threats.
“Gauri Lankesh, a journalist who tirelessly addressed the corrosive effect of sectarianism and hatred, was assassinated last week. I have been heartened by the subsequent marches calling for protection of the right to freedom of expression, and by demonstrations in 12 cities to protest the lynchings,” he said.
Referring to India’s approach to Rohingya refugees, Al Hussein said he deplored New Delhi’s measures to deport them, noting that nearly 40,000 had settled in India and 16,000 of them had received refugee documentation. He said: “The minister of state for home affairs has reportedly said that because India is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention, the country can dispense with international law on the matter, together with basic human compassion.
“However, by virtue of customary law, its ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the obligations of due process and the universal principle of non-refoulement, India cannot carry out collective expulsions, or return people to a place where they risk torture or other serious violations.”
The UN official expressed regret at the alleged reluctance of India and Pakistan to engage with his office on human rights concerns he had raised in recent months, including failure to grant access to Jammu and Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control to verify developments that continue to be reported there.
“In the absence of such access, my office is undertaking remote monitoring of the human rights situation in Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control, with a view to making the findings public in the near future,” he said. luxury bungalows. The hospital, too, is part of the sprawling campus.
A government official said a show-cause notice would be issued to the dera, which has a sizable following in Haryana, Punjab and neighbouring states.
Deputy director (information) Satish Mehra said the health department team found irregularities under the MTP act in the hospital record.
“It cannot be ruled out that Dera Sacha Sauda carried medical termination of pregnancies in about six cases,” he said, adding the health department and civil administration had begun a probe.