BAHAWALNAGAR: The district administration has allegedly caused a loss of Rs890m to the national exchequer, benefitting the wheat hoarders and letting them go scot-free as it has returned the whole money from the sale of hoarded wheat to the hoarders instead of depositing half of the amount to the government exchequer as per the Punjab Prevention of Hoarding Act 2020, Dawn has learnt.
Sources in the revenue department while sharing Clause 3 of the Act, titled Offence of Hoarding, said according to this clause anyone found guilty of the offence could get imprisonment up to three years whereas the fine would be equivalent to 50pc of the value of the hoarded articles. However, the district administration neither ensured imprisonment for the hoarders nor imposed fine, allegedly acting hand in glove with the wheat hoarders and traders.
Retailers say that they were having intermittent and limited wheat flour supplies for the last four weeks before Ramazan but the supplies totally dried up at the advent of the month of fasting. File
LAHORE: Sugar and wheat flour have gone missing from the shelves of the most of retail shops in the provincial metropolis as the government is focusing on maintaining supplies to its Sasta Ramazan bazaars.
Retailers say that they were having intermittent and limited wheat flour supplies for the last four weeks before Ramazan but the supplies totally dried up at the advent of the month of fasting.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four states, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging.
A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy noted in its order that though a notice was issued on the plea on February 10 this year, only Bihar has so far filed its response in the matter. Although notice has been issued on February 10, 2021, a reply has been filed by the respondent - state of Bihar - only and other respondents have not yet filed their reply. Let reply be filed within three weeks, the bench said in its order passed on Friday.
SC asks Centre, four states to respond on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising begging
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Synopsis Although notice has been issued on February 10, 2021, a reply has been filed by the respondent - state of Bihar - only and other respondents have not yet filed their reply. Let reply be filed within three weeks, the bench said in its order passed on Friday.
The apex court has posted the matter for hearing after three weeks.
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four states, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy noted in its order that though a notice was issued on the plea on February 10 this year, only Bihar has so far filed its response in the matter.
SC asks Centre, four States to respond to plea to decriminalise begging
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Begger s nuisance during the peak hour traffic at the General Patters Road-Anna Salai junction traffic signal in Chennai on August 29, 2003. Photo: N. Sridharan.
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Circumstances force people to beg, says petitioner
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four States to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging.
A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy noted in its order on Friday that though a notice was issued to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar on the plea on February 10 this year, only Bihar had so far filed its response.