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SC no to SIT probe into attack on JNU’s Kanhaiya Kumar

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New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a 2016 petition seeking a SIT probe into an assault on then JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar when he was produced at a court here.

Kanahiya Kumar was assaulted by lawyers at the Patiala House court on February 15 and 17 that year while he was in police custody.

Observing that “we can’t flog a dead horse to life”, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R. Banumathi dismissed the plea by lawyer Kamini Jaiswal, who also sought initiation of contempt proceedings against two lawyers involved in the attack.

“We don’t think we will flog a dead horse to life,” Justice Gogoi said, brushing aside plea by counsel Prashant Bhushan that “if this kind of incidents go unpunished… and it involves contempt of court.”

“Forget it… constituting a SIT (Special Investigation Team)… we don’t think we will. We don’t think there is contempt,” Justice Gogoi said.

Stressing that it was not inclined to continue with the matter, the court said: “Our order does not prevent the petitioner taking further steps permitted in law.”

In February 2016, Kanahiya Kumar was beaten when he was produced in the court in connection with a sedition case. He was accused of sedition after anti-national slogans were raised in a meeting held in the university campus. Kanhaiya Kumar was not present at the meeting.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.

Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.

CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS

The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.

COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.

The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.

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