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Indian Union Muslim League organising secretary E.T. Mohammed Basheer, MP, has urged the State government to move the Supreme Court against an order of the Kerala High Court quashing the State government awarding 80% of the minority scholarships to Muslims.
Reacting to the verdict, Mr. Basheer said the State government had already adopted a stand on the issue and that it had also filed an affidavit in the High Court approving the subclassification of the minorities by providing scholarship at 80% to Muslims and 20% to Latin Catholics and converted Christians.
“So it will not be a problem. However, the court has not gone through the background of the Paloli Mohammed Kutty Commission report that was constituted to implement the recommendations of the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee set up to look into the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community,” he said.
The NCP will continue agitating against the new reforms until the Centre withdrew Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel from his post, the party’s State president, P.C. Chacko, said here on Friday. H
Some Oxygen For Siddique Kappan, Please?
An extraordinary story unfolds, mostly away from public eyes: a journalist is condemned to seemingly endless prison for merely trying to report news. Even a Supreme Court order goes abegging.
Mrudula Bhavani 12 May 2021, Last Updated at 10:35 am outlookindia.com 2021-05-12T10:35:20+05:30
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If democracy is the name of our body politic, freedom is its oxygen. Its most precious resource, without which only the dirge remains to be sung. At a time when the case of Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal and her now-deceased scientist-father Mahavir Narwal is all over the headlines, there’s another unfolding story of equally dire colours that has been less than visible. This is the case of Delhi-based Malayali journalist Siddique Kappan.
By Hastily Shifting Siddique Kappan From AIIMS to Mathura Jail, UP Defies Supreme Court
Kappanâs wife, Raihanath Kappan, in her contempt of court notice issued to Uttar Pradesh government, has alleged non-compliance with the Supreme Courtâs order by concealing his medical condition.
Journalist Siddique Kappan. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The contempt of court notice, issued by Siddique Kappanâs lawyer Wills Mathews on May 9 at 1:45 am to five authorities in Uttar Pradesh government, is titled âMost Urgent: Life in Danger/Immediate Action Requiredâ, but does not fail to be civil in the manner in which it addresses the state before explaining its grounds. The five authorities in Uttar Pradesh, however, will have a hard time explaining to the Supreme Court why they failed to show similar courtesies to the court and Kappanâs wife, Raihanath Kappan, when it came to complying with the courtâs orders.