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Phone: +91-40-23074040 / 50, cell No. 99481 23459, e-mail: garg@gdpl.org, website: www.gdpl.info CBI PROBE SC refuses to quash FIR against DKS S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T 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 Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Shivakumar, argued that the sanction was later withdrawn.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. SC junks plea to review order on Adani S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi 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 comprising A woman in her thirties was reportedly raped by two unidentified men late on Friday after returning from lodging a complaint at the Alwal police station. The incident came to light on Monday . According to the complaint filed by the woman, she had taken an auto-rickshaw to the Alwal police station to file a complaint of domestic violence. She reportedly used the same auto-rickshaw to return home. The survivor alleged that the auto-rickshaw driver deviated from the usual route and picked up two unidentified men along The review plea argued that there was new material to prove that the Adani Group violated law by not maintaining minimum public shareholding of 25% within certain periods of time 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 it to hand over its probe to an alter native agency as sought by petitioners in a batch of pleas, which relied on the findings of the Hindenburg Research report. “There was no material to show Sebi was lackadaisical in taking steps or had a regulatory failure, warranting a probe by a SIT or CBI,” it said. According to the petition, there was fresh material to show the Adani Group violated Rule 19A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules. The rule says listed firms need to maintain minimum public shareholding of 25% within a specified period. This was not considered in the January 3 judgement and needs a thorough probe, the review plea said. The plea 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. Babus offering crores to avoid cases for graft during BRS rule: Yaskhi B K A R T H E E K @ Hyderabad TPCC campaign committee chairman Madhu Yaskhi Goud on Monday claimed that several top bureaucrats who had worked in key positions in the previous administration were now approaching Congress leaders offering tens of crores to not file cases against them in connection with corruption that allegedly took place during the BRS regime. “When officials can afford to offer crores to cases, I wonder how much money did former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his ministers make in the last 10 years,” he said. When TNIE asked whether he brought this to the notice of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Madhu Yaskhi clarified that the officials didn’t approach him but his colleagues in the party “I could have brought . this to the notice of the chief minister if they contacted me and demanded action against them,” Madhu Yaskhi said. A contender for the TPCC chief post, he told media persons during an informal chit-chat at the Gandhi Bhavan that he has served the Congress sincerely even when the party was not in power and hoped that he is picked for the post. The former MP dismissed reports that the high command discussed posts in the Telangana Congress, but said that a brief discussion on Cabinet expansion did take place. 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 WAIVER GUIDELINES `2 lakh Woman gangraped in moving car after PS visit E N S @ Hyderabad FRESH MATERIAL the way The complainant said . that these men threatened her, forced her into a car, and raped her while the vehicle was moving. At approximately 2.30 am on Saturday, she managed to escape and reached Bollaram main road, the complainant said. From there, she dialled 100 to contact the police and lodge a complaint. A zero FIR was registered at Bollaram police station, and the case was subsequently transferred to Alwal police station. The Alwal police have taken the auto-rickshaw driver into custody and launched an investigation. EXPRESS READ CJI agrees to take call on hearing Money Bill case HC stays transfer of temple priests across TG New Delhi: 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 in the Lok Sabha, allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha | P8 Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court, in an interim order on Monday, stayed the transfer of temple archakas (priests) across the state. The court was hearing a writ plea filed by Koti Sriman Narayana Charyulu and another petitioner | P2 per farmer family is the loan waiver limit set by the Telangana govt  Only short-term loans from scheduled banks, RRBs, DCBs will be waived  Loan sanction period is from Dec, 12, 2018 to Dec 12, 2023 Eligibility  Food security cards issued by Civil Supplies department  Aadhaar data matching with pattadar passbooks and PDS database Disbursement  Amounts to be transferred directly into loan accounts of eligible farmers  For PACS, they will be credited to respective DCCBs or bank branches first  For loans in excess of `2 lakh, priority will be given to loans taken by women followed by proportional waiver for remaining loans taken by male members 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 Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque in western MP’s Dhar town. “The detailed report compris- AMPLE PROOF: PETITIONER Evidence has been found to establish there was a grand Hindu temple and not a mosque, the petitioner said ing 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 CONTINUED ON P8 stand Non-applicable loans  Self-Help Groups  Joint Liability Groups  Rythu Mithra Groups  Life Insurance Companies  Rescheduled, restructured loans, loans by companies/ firms except PACS Grievance redressal  Farmers can register complaints via IT portal or mandallevel help centres  Officials will have 30 days to redress grievances | P2 Divine Ebuka Suzee Ezeonyili Franklin Uchenna 5 peddlers in net, cops offer `2 lakh for info on others S W E T H A V I M A L A M @ Hyderabad IN a joint operation by the Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) and the Cyberabad police on Monday five persons, , including two foreign nationals, were apprehended for possession of 199 grams of cocaine. The operation targeted a drug syndicate believed to be operating on an international scale. The main suspect, Divine Ebuka Suzee, identified as the kingpin, and drugs supplier Ezeonyili Franklin Uchenna, are at large. The police announced a reward of `2 lakh for information leading to their arrest. Thirteen suspected consumers have also been identified, including Aman Preet Singh, reportedly the brother of a top Tollywood actress. Rajendranagar DCP Ch Srinivasa Rao stated, “We conducted a urine test and five of them tested positive for cocaine. They have been taken into custody and appropriate legal action will follow.” The operation was part of TGANB’s ongoing crackdown on drug trafficking. Acting on credible information, police raided an apartment in Hydershakote on Monday, leading to CONTINUED ON P5 the arrests. To provide information on the absconding suspects, one can call Ph No. 8712671111 or email tsnabho-hyd@ tspolice.gov.in. OFFICIAL MATTERS Smitha Sabharwal, the secretary to former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, and former chief secretary Somesh Kumar at the BRK Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday. They were among a host of senior officials who deposed before the Justice PC Ghose Commission probing allegations of irregularities in the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme