04012024-TTC-01.qxd 1/4/2024 12:40 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 4 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 /thetribunechd AS MERCURY DIPS, POTABLE WATER DEMAND UP J&K OVER 100 KILLED IN TWO BLASTS IN IRAN’S KERMAN WORLD CABINET WAIVES WATER DUES FOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS HARYANA thursday | 4 january 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com SC rejects pleas to hand over Adani probe from SEBI to SIT HINDENBURGWants 2 pending cases investigated in 3 months Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 3 The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed PILs seeking to transfer the probe into allegations of stock price manipulation levelled by Hindenburg Research Report against Adani Group from SEBI to an SIT. “The facts of this case do not warrant a transfer of investigation from SEBI,” said a threejudge Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud, which had reserved its verdict on November 24 last year, rejecting the PILs. The Bench, however, said, “In an appropriate case, CALLS FOR ASSESSING LOSSES TO INVESTORS ■ The SC asked SEBI, other agen- cies to probe possible loss suffered by investors due to the conduct of Hindenburg Research REJECTS CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALLEGATION ■ The SC rejected allegations of WON’T INTERFERE This court has not interfered with the outcome of the SEBI probe. SEBI should take its investigations to their logical conclusion as per law. Supreme Court ❝ conflict of interest against the expert committee appointed by it to look into the matter, saying these were “unsubstantiated” ALL ADANI COMPANIES’ SHARES REBOUND INSIDE this court does have the power to transfer an investigation being carried out by the autho- rised agency to an SIT or CBI. Such a power is exercised in extraordinary circumstances KEJRIWAL AGAIN SKIPS ED SUMMONS, CALLS CASE ‘MOTIVATED’ BACK PAGE when the competent authority portrays a glaring, wilful and deliberate inaction in carrying out the investigation. The threshold for the transfer of investigation has not been demonstrated to exist.” Noting that SEBI had completed 22 of the 24 investigations into the allegations levelled against the Adani Group and taking into account the assurance given by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on behalf of SEBI, the top court directed SEBI to complete the two pending investigations expeditiously, continued on page 9 edit: hindenburg row Kundu back as HP DGP, top court stays order to shift him Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 3 A day after the Himachal Pradesh Government transferred him as the Principal Secretary of the Ayush Department, senior IPS officer Sanjay Kundu landed back as the state’s DGP after the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court’s order to shift him from the top post. A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud granted liberty to Kundu to move the Himachal Pradesh High Court on January 4 to seek recall of its December 26 order to the state government to shift him from the post of DGP in view of the allegations of interference in DGP Sanjay Kundu WASN’T HEARD BY HC The protection granted to the petitioner by this order is passed on the ground that he was not heard by the High Court. CJI-led Bench ❝ an ongoing criminal probe. “Till the recall application is disposed of, the direction for the transfer of the petitioner out of the post of Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, shall remain stayed,” the Bench said, urging the HC to dispose of his application in two weeks. Kundu’s further continuation in the post of DGP would depend on the HC’s order on recall plea. The top court order came after senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi submitted on behalf of Kundu that the HC passed the impugned order without hearing him. Rohatgi had on Tuesday said the action against Kundu was “extraordinary” as the HC did not hear him out before directing the state government to shift him. Following the HC order, the Himachal Pradesh Government had on Tuesday transferred Kundu to the Ayush Department as continued on page 9 Sakshi alleges threat from Bhushan aides Himachal CPSes can’t function as ministers, says HC Wrestler says she’s okay with present WFI minus Sanjay Singh New Delhi, January 3 On a day when junior wrestlers took to the streets blaming prominent wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat for having lost an entire year without competition, Sakshi claimed that she was receiving threats from former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s supporters. Sakshi raised these concerns at a press conference around the time when junior men and women wrestlers protested at Jantar Mantar and raised slogans against them. continued on page 9 JR WRESTLERS PROTEST AGAINST SAKSHI, VINESH, PUNIA INSIDE Vijay Arora BARS THEM FROM TAKING CABINET-RANK BENEFITS Shimla, January 3 The Himachal Pradesh High Court today restrained the chief parliamentary secretaries (CPSes) from functioning as ministers in the government and also restrained them from availing of benefits on a par with Cabinet ministers. PETITION FILED BY BJP LEGISLATORS ■ BJP leader Satpal Singh Satti and 11 other party MLAs had filed a plea against the appointment of six CPSes by the Himachal govt ■ It was contended that they were de facto ministers without being called so and enjoyed all powers and facilities of ministers While passing the interim order in an open court, the high court clarified that “we c m y b do not feel it appropriate to refrain them from functioning as the CPS but with a rid- er that they would not function as ministers and will not avail of the benefits available to the Cabinet ministers”. The interim order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Sandeep Sharma on a petition challenging the appointment continued on page 9 IN BRIEF SC seeks Sectt’s reply on Mahua’s expulsion NEW DELHI: The SC has asked the LS Secretariat to respond to TMC leader Mahua Moitra’s plea challenging her expulsion, but refused to let her take part in House proceedings. TNS Don’t reveal Gyanvapi report for 4 weeks: ASI The ASI has urged a Varanasi court not to make its Gyanvapi mosque complex survey report public for at least four more weeks. PTI VARANASI: At Kuno, 3 cubs born to Namibian cheetah NEW DELHI: After a series of set- backs to ‘Project Cheetah’, Namibian cheetah Aasha gave birth to three cubs at the Kuno park in MP’s Sheopur. TNS EPFO gives 5 more mths to employers to upload details New Delhi: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has granted fivemonth time to employers to upload wage details regarding pension on higher wages. The EPFO had earlier introduced an online facility for applications for validation of option and joint options for pension on higher wages. — TNS Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune.