30082022-TTB-01.qxd 8/29/2022 11:42 PM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 142 NO. 239 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2021-2023 ESTABLISHED IN 1881  HARYANA PHONE-TAPPING: NSE EX-CEO CHITRA DENIED BAIL NATION /thetribunechd NARCO-TERROR CASE: NIA MAKES 12TH ARREST J&K JIO TO ROLL OUT 5G SERVICES IN METROS BY DIWALI BUSINESS POST FLOODS, PAKISTAN MOOTS TRADE WITH INDIA BACK PAGE tuesday | 30 august 2022 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com ‘Won’t allow forum shopping’, SC raps CJI: New system for listingurgentmatters petitioners for seeking adjournment Tribune News Service Notice to Karnataka over pleas challenging HC verdict on hijab | Next hearing on Sept 5 HIJAB ROW Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 29 The Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to petitioners in the Karnataka hijab ban case seeking adjournment and cautioned them against forum shopping. Rejecting their plea for adjournment, a Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta issued a notice to the state government on petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state. FROM URGENT HEARING TO ADJOURNMENT ❝ You (petitioners) wanted an urgent hearing and when the matter is listed, you seek adjournment. We will not permit forum shopping, SC Bench “You wanted an urgent hearing and when the matter is listed, you seek adjournment. We will not permit forum shopping,” a Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta said after being informed AMBANI’S SUCCESSION PLAN Jio for Akash, retail Isha, energy Anant Tribune news service New Delhi, August 29 Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday laid bare the succession plan of India’s most valuable company, identifying twins Akash and Isha for telecom and retail leadership, and youngest son Anant for new energy unit. While declaring his children’s association with each of the three major verticals of the Reliance Group, Ambani with a net worth of over Rs 7.48 lakh crore said he would “continue to provide handson leadership as before”. The announcement attempts to lay out a clear succession plan after the messy inheritance dispute between Mukesh and Anil Ambani after their father and group founder Dhirubhai Ambani died without a will. Reliance has three broad businesses — oil refining and petrochemicals, retail and digital services that include telecom. Retail and digital services are housed in wholly owned subsidiaries — Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. All three Mukesh Ambani that the petitioners have sought an adjournment. “We would not permit this kind of forum shopping,” said the Bench, which also included Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. It posted the matter MARCH 15 JUDGMENT ■ Several petitions have been filed in SC against the March 15 verdict of the Karnataka HC ■ HC held that hijab wasn’t part of essential religious practice protected under Article 25 ■ It dismissed pleas by Muslim students, seeking permission to wear hijab in classroom ■ Uniform is a reasonable restriction, constitutionally permissible which students can’t object to, HC had said for hearing on September 5. Several petitions have been filed in the apex court against the Karnataka High Court’s March 15 verdict holding that wearing of hijab is not a part of the essential religious practice which can be protected under Article 25 of the Constitution. The high court had dismissed the petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear hijab in the classroom. It upheld the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions in the state, saying it was not an essential religious practice of Islam while school uniforms promoted harmony and spirit of common brotherhood. “We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith,” the HC had said. New Delhi, August 29 With Justice UU Lalit taking over as the new Chief Justice of India, winds of change are blowing in the Supreme Court. On his first working day as the CJI, Justice Lalit announced that a new procedure for listing of urgent matters would be put in place by September 1. “We will have a new mechanism by Thursday. Till then, we will look at it in the chamber, and if urgent, we will list it…. For mentioning, we will go back to the original practice of mentioning before the registrar,” CJI Lalit told lawyers, who as usual queued up before his Bench at 10.30 am to seek urgent listing/hearing of cases. Justice Lalit — who was administered oath as the 49th CJI on Saturday — has Didi: TMC to hold dharna over Bilkis Bano case OVER 900 petitions, including 60 PILs, were listed before the SC on Monday already announced that he would strive to have one Constitution Bench functioning throughout the year; streamline the system of urgent mentioning and bring transparency to the system. He will continued on page 10 Atypical families as real as traditional ones: Top court Familial relationships may take form of unmarried partnerships or queer relationships Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 29 Expanding the traditional notion of family, the Supreme Court has said it may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships. “The predominant understanding of the concept of a “family” both in the law and in society is that it consists of a single, unchanging unit with a mother and a father (who remain constant over time) and their children. This assumption ignores both, the many circumstances which may lead to a change in one’s familial structure, and the fact that many families do not conform to this expectation to begin with,” a Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud said. “Familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships. A household may be a single parent household for any number of reasons, including the death of a spouse, separation or divorce. Similarly, the guardians and caretakers (who traditionally occupy the roles of the “mother” and the “father”) of children may change with remarriage, adoption or fostering,” said the Bench, which also included Justice AS Bopanna. continued on page 10 Tribune New Service New Delhi, August 29 The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will organise a two-day dharna in Kolkata to demand that the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case should be rearrested, party chief Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. Addressing a rally of the party’s student wing in Kolkata, the West Bengal Chief Minister said the TMC would organise a 48hour agitation near the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the city to seek the intervention of the Supreme Court in the case. “The BJP talks about ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ and its government released those involved in the Bilkis Bano case. Is this justice?” she asked and said she had lost faith in institutions like media and judiciary and was looking forward to the streets for justice. Akash Ambani AAP MLAs to stay overnight in Assembly Tribune News Service Isha Ambani Day1: Completes hearing in 62 cases, including 10 PILs, by 1 pm Anant Ambani MOST VALUABLE ~17.55 L cr value of Reliance ~7.48 L cr net worth of Mukesh Ambani 50.6% Ambanis’ stake in Reliance TRANSITION PHASE ■ Twins Akash and Isha have assumed leadership roles in Jio and Retail ■ Anant has joined RIL’s new energy business in Jamnagar businesses are almost equal in size. “Akash and Isha have assumed leadership roles in Jio and retail, respectively. They have been passionately continued on page 10 IN BRIEF 30 workers stuck in Chakki flash flood rescued NURPUR: Nearly 30 workers engaged in the Chakki riverbed at Kandwal in Nurpur for diverting the rivulet’s course were rescued by the NHAI after they were stuck due to a flash flood. INSIDE Jay Shah draws flak for ‘refusing’ to hold Tricolour NEW DELHI: A video footage of BCCI secretary Jay Shah appearing to turn down an offer to wave the Tricolour after India beat Pakistan at the Asia Cup in Dubai has sparked a row. BACK PAGE Hate speech accused told to surrender by Sept 2 NEW DELHI: The SC has directed Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, an accused in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case related to alleged hate speeches, to surrender by September 2. BACK PAGE New Delhi, August 29 The ongoing tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Opposition BJP in Delhi took a turn for the worse today with AAP MLAs demanding a probe against Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena for allegedly exchanging demonetised notes with face value of Rs 1,400 crore during his tenure as the KVIC chairman in 2016. AAP MLAs protest, want Lt-Governor probed for ‘DeMo scam’. PTI Demanding a probe by the CBI and the ED, a few AAP legislators said they would stay overnight in the Delhi Assembly in protest. The BJP which hit back with alle, gations of a “scam” in the education department, said its MLAs would also spend the night in the Assembly, staging a dharna against the AAP government. The BJP alleged that the AAP government increased the budget for the construction of classrooms in its existing schools while “ignoring” the guidelines issued by the Central Public Works Department. continued on page 10 Military officers hold meet as PLA stops shepherds New Delhi, August 29 Indian and Chinese military officers met last week after Ladakh shepherds alleged they were stopped by PLA troops south-west of Demchok, the southernmost Indian territory in east Ladakh. The shepherds, who rear sheep and yak, graze their animals around the Indus river — Demchok is on its banks. The incident is learnt to have occurred on August 21 along the LAC and the military commanders of the two sides met on Tuesday, sources said. There was no face-off or confrontation between the Indian and Chinese forces, Army sources said, adding such incidents were a “routine”. The PLA troops raised objections despite the shepherds being on the Indian side of the LAC. MORE INSIDE HC bans mining across Key accused nabbed in Azerbaijan, Ravi in P’kot, Gurdaspur Bishnoi’s brother traced to Kenya DEEP NEXUS Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 29 The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed mining activity across the Ravi river in Pathankot and Gurdaspur. The direction came after, among other things, the Army told the Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli that “illegal mining had been a facilitating factor towards the nexus between drug smugglers, terrorists and antinational elements operating Terrorists may infiltrate in guise of miners: BSF NEXUS NURTURED BY ISI ❝ Illegal mining in border belts is facilitating a nexus between drug smugglers and terrorists... It’s nurtured and controlled by (Pak spy agency) ISI. HC Bench in the hinterland, nurtured and controlled by the ISI”. The Bench also rapped Punjab for not coming out with a concrete plan. Responding to the state’s reply, the Bench continued on page 10 MOOSEWALA KILLING Jupinderjit Singh Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 29 In twin major developments in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, the Punjab Police have got accused Sachin Thapan Bishnoi detained in Azerbaijan while the location of another prime accused, Anmol Bishnoi, has been traced to Kenya. Both had fled India on fake passports before the crime was committed on May 29. The Punjab Police and the MEA, PUNJAB POLICE WORKING ON EXTRADITION ■ Of the 4 accused abroad, Anmol Bishnoi traced and Sachin Thapan detained ■ Mastermind Goldy Brar and Lipin Nehra are the other two accused hiding abroad ■ The Punjab Police and the MEA are working on the extradition of Sachin Thapan Anmol Bishnoi Sachin Thapan UNDERTRIAL LINKED TO MIDDUKHERA CASE ATTACKED A murder accused, probed in Akali leader Vicky Middukhera’s murder case, was fired upon on the Nalagarh court premises where he was brought for hearing in a case from Nahan jail Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) were moving swiftly to extradite Sachin, lest some legal hurdle cropped up, police officials confirming the development said. A communication from the continued on page 10 4 CONG, 12 APNI PARTY LEADERS WITH AZAD Four more Congress leaders, including former Deputy Speaker of the J&K Assembly Gulam Hyder Malik, and 12 Apni Party leaders resigned from their respective parties on Monday in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad. The latter is expected to hold a public meeting in Jammu on September 4. BACK PAGE