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condition of some of these is bad," said Shauketkhan Pathan, secretary, Kaumi Relief Committee. Election is the last thing on the minds of the riot victims still living in relief camps, partly because they have no expectation from it. In the last polls, many from the minority community had voted for the BJP, which had promised a riot-free state. With the Congress taking up the cause of relief camp inhabitants who, without an address, might not be able to vote, those in charge of the camps — and speaking on behalf of the community — said they would ensure that the BJP is defeated. The Congress has already brought the issue to the notice of Governor S.S. Bhandari. Tomorrow, it will narrate the situation to the Election Commission, which will decide when the elections are to be held. (Telegraph, 26-0-7-2002) 26 th July Opposition asks Advani for an answer to 14 Gujarat queries. (7) New Delhi, July 25: The Opposition MPs joined forces on Thursday and disrupted the Lok Sabha proceedings for nearly 10 minutes after the Question Hour to express their dissatisfaction with deputy prime minister L.K. Advani's reply on Tuesday about the Gujarat issue. As soon as the Question Hour finished, Congress chief whip Priya Ran) an Das Munshi insisted that Mr Advani had to reply to 14 questions posed by the Opposition either on Thursday itself, or Friday or on Monday. He stood up and told the Chair, "We will not keep quiet." Taking a cue from him, the other Opposition MPs also started protesting that Mr Advani had not responded to many of their queries in the House on Tuesday night, while replying to a discussion on relief and rehabilitation in riot-hit Gujarat. (Asian Age, 26-07-2002) 27 th July Unaided minority institutions can reserve all seats. (7) NEW DELHI, JULY 26. The Attorney-General, Soli So-rabjee, today submitted before the 11-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court that 'unaided' minority educational institutions (MEIs) could reserve for admission upto 100 per cent of the seats for their communities. Concluding his arguments before the Bench headed by the Chief Justice, B.N. Kirpal, Mr. So-rabjee said the right of administration and management under Article 30 of the Constitution also comprised the right to admit students of a particular community for which the institution had been established. Referring to the arguments of some of the petitioners that MEIs could provide admission to students belonging to their community even up-to 100 per cent, the Attorney General said such a proposition could be accepted if the process of admission was fait and transparent and not taint- ed by nepotism or other extraneous considerations. To a question from the Bench whether an 'aided' MEI could give weightage to its community the AG said it would be permissible and not hit by Article 29 (2), if such a preference was rational and not disproportionate.He maintained that what was rational, whether it was disproportionate or not, would depend on the facts and circumstances prevailing in a particular MEI. Mr. Sorabjee clarified that his view on the right of MEIs was not different from that of the Union Government and the submissions made by the ' Solicitor General, Harish Salve, earlier. He said he had never argued that the right under Article 30 was absolute as certain regulations could be imposed by the State.(Hindu, 27-7-2002) 27th July Nudged by court, Soli speaks his mind: rebuts Govt. on minority rights. (7) NEW DELHI, JULY 26 : PRODDED repeatedly by the judges, Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee today shed his self-proclaimed neutrality and expressed an opinion contrary to the Government's on whether an aided minority institution could reserve 50 per cent of the seats for students of its community. While the Government had contended that such an institution should be debarred from reserving any seats on religious or linguistic grounds, Sorabjee took the position that the 50% per cent ceiling the court had set in the St Stephen's case should be removed and tne extent of reservation should depend on "the facts and ' circumstances of the case." This happened after the 11-judge Supreme Court bench hearing the case over minority rights told Sorabjee, "We will take our own decision. But you tell us what your stand is, not just what the rival viewpoints are." (Indian Express, 27-7-2002) 29 th July Curfew clamped in Gujarat town (7)
AHMEDABAD, JULY 28. An indefinite curfew has been clamped in Prantij town in Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat following a communal clash today. About 10 shops were set afire by mobs that also indulged in heavy brick-batting. At least three persons were injured in the violence. Police could not say what sparked the disturbances but said curfew was imposed as a precautionary measure. They had to burst tear gas to bring the situation under control. In Ahmedabad the police arrested 18 persons following an explosion in a water pipeline in a house in Dani Limda locality while it was being repaired. (Hindu 29.7.02) 30 th July Minority institutions: Joshi tells Salve to rebut Soli in court (7) NEW DELHI, JULY 29: THE Centre has asked Solicitor-General Harish Salve to rebut the submissions of Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee in the minority institutions' case in the Supreme Court. In a letter to Salve, Union Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi has endorsed the views expressed by him before the 11-judge bench of the Supreme Court in the matter. Pointing out that the Union Cabinet had approved his submissions, Joshi has requested Salve "to take appropriate steps to clarify to the Court that the stand of the Union is as had been presented by you (Salve), and also to rebut the submissions of the Attorney-General to the extent (that) they are inconsistent with the stand of the Union." Last week, Sorabjee had expressed an opinion contrary to the Centre's on whether an aided minority institution could reserve 50 per cent of its seats for students belonging to its community. (Indian Express 30.7.02) 30 th July EC to test Modi’s claim on Gujarat ground (7) NEW DELHI, JULY 29: THE Election Commission has deputed a nine-member team to the riot-hit areas of Gujarat to assess whether the law and order situation is conducive and the state machinery ready for early elections. According to EC sources, the team headed by deputy election commissioners A.N. Jha and S. Mendiratta will start functioning on July 31 from Ahmedabad with a tentative deadline of six days. They are expected to file a report on return to the Capital based on which a final decision on the polls will be taken. The team will break up into three groups which will visit as many riot-hit areas as possible. One of their concerns is to account for the number of voters who have lost their lives during the riots and revise the electoral list accordingly. (Indian Express 30.7.02) 30th July NGO donates houses for riot victims (7) Ahmedabad: FOR MANY moving into a new house would mean a day of celebrations. But when 17 widows in their early twenties entered their new homes built by an NGO at Qutab-A-Alam Nagar near Ahmedabad, there was no music or feast. The colony, Vidhva Basti, has been built For 17 widows, all in their early 20s, who lost their husbands in the communal riots that engulfed Gujarat after the Godhra massacre. Hailing from Naroda-Patiya, the locality that suffered most in the communal violence, the widows have been allotted houses on a priority basis by the NGO. Entering her new house, with her four children Aishya Bibi said:"We got this house after spending four months in camps, but my husband would not be with us". Aishya's husband was killed in police firing. (Pioneer 30.7.02) 31 st July Centre against grace marks for minorities (7) New Delhi: The Union government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that granting grace marks to students of a minority community in a state-aided minority educational institution (MEI) could amount to violation of the Constitution. Replying to Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee's submissions before a Bench headed by Chief Justice B N Kirpal, solicitor-general Harish N Salve said: "Givipg preference to minority students by granting extra marks may not be permissible under Article 29(2)." Article 29 (2) stipulates: "No citizen shall be denied admission to 'any' educational institution maintained by the state or receiving state funds on grounds of religion, race, caste, language or any of them." However, Sorabjee had earlier said that it would be permissible and not hit by Article 29(2) provided the preference given was rational and not disproportionate. "What is rational, whether it is disproportionate or not, depends on the facts and circumstances prevailing in a particular minority educational institution." (Times of India 31.7.02)
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journalist with The Times of India
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Shaik Mahboob Ali and M.A. Majid, p
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3 rd March Mosque in Bihar saved by
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Gujarat Jesuit Province and the Beh
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incident. "Mr Advani simply kept re
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6 th April Muslim schoolkids target
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minority community should be recogn
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history textbooks, you maintained a
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others (who practise different fait
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16 th April Modi. Mandir can’t di
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17 th April Four killed in Modi’s
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(class 10) and HSC (class 12) exams
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a civil society, .individuals conce
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don't pass muster with the common p
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THE first reverberations of the BSP
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