BHUBANESWAR l tuesday l july 16, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l JEYPORE EDITION Trump set to be officially named GOP candidate for U.S. President The Republican National Convention to officially nominate Donald Trump as the party’s presidential candidate got underway in Milwaukee on Monday Comprehensive security cover in place Trump, who narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Saturday, arrived in Milwaukee for the four-day event during which he will announce his running mate. Allaying concerns about the former president’s security, the Secret Service’s coordinator for the event said, the force is fully prepared and a comprehensive security cover is in place ■ 50,000 Classified documents case dismissed ■ Trump told The New York Post that he had prepared an “extremely tough” speech against Biden for the event, but decided to tone it down to avoid fuelling political divisions in light of the shooting | P9 Meanwhile, a Florida judge appointed by Trump dismissed a criminal case against him on charges of mishandling top-secret documents People expected to attend the republican national convention CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Ratna Bhandar lock & key mismatch needs probe: Min E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar A day after the Bhitara Bhandar of Shree Jagannath temple in Puri was opened by breaking three locks, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Monday said controversy surrounding the missing keys and existence of duplicate keys which do not match the locks need a fresh probe. Speaking to mediapersons in Puri, Harichandan said, “Why are the spare keys of the inner Ratna Bhandar termed as ‘duplicate’ should also be investigated. The keys handed over to the expert committee for opening the locks did not match. Even on a casual look, one could witness the mismatch between the locks and the keys.” The minister’s statement came at a time when there is a demand for the BJP government to make Justice (Retd) Raghubir Dash committee report on the missing keys public. Following public outcry over the issue, the previous BJD government had in 2018 set up a commission of inquiry under retired Orissa High Court judge Raghubir Dash to investigate the missing keys. On April 4, 2018, the govern- ment had attempted to reopen the Ratna Bhandar for a physical examination but the effort was unsuccessful due to missing keys. In Opposition during that time, the BJP had vociferously demanded the BJD gover nment to make the judicial commission report public so that the real culprits behind the missing keys could be taken to task. During the election campaign, Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi too, had not spared the Naveen Patnaik government on the emotive issue. Suspecting involvement of the BJD in the missing keys case, Modi had promised that the BJP government upon coming to power would make the report public. Responding to queries, Harichandan who is in Puri along with two of his cabinet colleagues on the directive The keys handed over to the expert committee for opening the locks did not match. Even on a casual look, one could witness the mismatch between the locks and the keys – Prithiviraj Harichandan, Law Minister SC junks review plea against its order on Adani ‘Rumours around Ratna Bhandar must be put to rest’ Justice Biswanath Rath, who chairs the committee on Shree Jagannath temple’s Ratna Bhandar inventorisation and conservation, speaks to Diana Sahu about unlocking the treasury’s Bhitara Bhandar after 4 decades | P7 Chandrachud-led bench rules there is no error apparent in its January 3 judgment S u c h i t r a K a lyan M o h ant y @ New Delhi cbi PROBE SC refuses to quash FIR against DKS 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 SUCHI T R A K A LYA N MOH 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. of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to monitor the return car festival and Niladri Bije, said a suitable date for reopening of the inner Ratna Bhandar would be taken after the completion of Rath Yatra. “We will let you know about the reopening of the Ratna Bhandar, inventorisation of valuables stored in it and shifting of the same to the temporary Ratna Bhandar, in due course of time,” the minister added. He thanked the 36 Nijogs (sevayats), temple administration, district administration and all concerned for the smooth conduct of Rath Yatra so far. express read Grievance hearing at RDC level, says CM Spurned lover kills woman, her friend Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday said he is contemplating to take the CM’s grievance cell to revenue division level to lessen the burden of people coming to the state capital. “My ministerial colleagues and I will listen to public grievances at the divisional level for the convenience of people,” he said | P3 Rourkela: A woman and her male friend, both in their mid-20s, were allegedly stabbed to death by a 30-year-old man in what appears to be a case of passion crime in Kansbahal village under Kutra police limits in Sundargarh district on Sunday night. The accused Raju Nag was employed as a driver at the residence of the deceased woman Lipsa Kerketta | P4 Govt lifts Kutey’s suspension, appoints him and Kant as OSDs in Home dept E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar The state government on Monday revoked the suspension of IPS officer DS Kutey and posted him as officer on special duty (OSD) in the Home department. The 1997 batch IPS officer, who was serving as the special secretary in the chief minister’s office (CMO) in the previous BJD government, was suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on May 28 for unduly interfering in ‘conduct of election process’. During the suspension period, Kutey’s headquarters was fixed at the office of resident commissioner, Odisha in New Delhi. The action on Kutey by ECI had come three days before the last phase of elections in Odisha, DS Kutey Ravi Kant which was held on June 1. The letter of the ECI to then chief electoral officer NB Dhal on May 28 had stated that the action was taken to “curb undue influence on the election machinery and (for) maintaining the level playing field and fairness in the electoral process”. Along with Kutey the ECI had , also asked another IPS officer Ashis Singh, the then IG, chief minister’s security to appear be, fore a medical board constituted by director of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar not later than May 30. Singh was on a month’s leave on health grounds from May 4. The state government had also appointed Singh as OSD in the Home department on July 11. Besides, the state government has also also transferred and posted resident commissioner of Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi, Ravi Kant, as OSD in the Home department. Special secretary in the Industries department Vishal Gagan has been given additional charge as the resident commissioner until further orders, a notification issued by the Home department said. With the latest appointments, around five IPS officers have been shifted to the Home department as OSDs in the new government. 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 of comprising 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 Fresh material it to hand over its probe to an alternative agency as sought by petitioners in The review plea a batch of pleas, which relied on the argued that there findings of the Hindenburg Research was new material to report. “There was no material to show prove that the Adani Sebi was lackadaisical in taking steps Group violated law or had a regulatory failure, warranting by not maintaining minimum public a probe by a SIT or CBI,” it said. According to the petitioner, there is shareholding of 25% fresh material to show the Adani Group within certain violated Rule 19A of the Securities periods of time Contracts (Regulation) Rules, which says listed companies need to maintain minimum public shareholding of 25% within specified periods. This factor, which was not considered in the January 3 judgement, needs a thorough probe, the review plea said. The plea had 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. In its January judgment, the SC noted that Sebi completed investigation in 22 out of the 24 matters. It also noted that the regulator was conducting a “comprehensive investigation” into the allegations and its conduct “inspires confidence”. CJI agrees to take his call on hearing money bill case soon Express News SErvice @ 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, allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha. A money bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. Once Lok Sabha clears it with a simple majority Rajya Sabha , cannot amend or reject it. It can make recommendations, which may or may not be accepted by the Lower House. The NDA does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha. It currently has 101 seats in the 245-member House where 123 seats are needed for majority . Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, told the bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that since the matter is already in the list of scheduled Constitution bench hearings, it should be created on a priority basis. To this, the CJI said, “I will take the call when I form the Constitution benches.” A seven-judge Constitution bench has already been formed to hear the matter, but it has not yet commenced hearings. The judges had assured the petitioners that the court would start its hearings soon. In the 2018 Aadhaar judgment, the top court upheld the validity of the passage of the law as a money bill. However, Justice Chandrachud, had penned a dissenting verdict that said designating the Aadhaar legislation as a money bill was a “fraud on the Constitution”. Later in the day the Congress , welcomed the court’s decision. ASI files Bhojshala report; vindicated, says Hindu side A n u r aa 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 comprising 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 stand. “The ASI’s report makes our case strong. We’ll proceed to the Supreme Court for vacation of the stay order dated April 1, 2024, seeking an early hearing,” Jain told this newspaper. Jain’s father Harishankar Jain had filed the writ petition in the matter in 2022. He said, “The ASI’s report has now established that there was a Hindu temple and Vedas, Shastras and Sanskrit education was imparted at the gurukul (university) there. More than 94 broken sculptures/idols of Hindu gods have been recovered from there during the ASI survey .” Despite repeated attempts, Mohd Abdul Samad, the head of the Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society, who represents the Muslim side in the matter, could not be contacted. A section of the structure suveyed by ASI | Express ample proof: petitioner Enormous evidence has been found to establish that there was a grand Hindu temple and a gurukul and not a mosque, petitioner Harishankar Jain said