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AAP MLAs’ disqualification: Don’t announce bypolls till Monday, HC tells EC (Lead)
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the Election Commission from announcing bypolls till Monday to 20 Delhi Assembly seats in the wake of the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit as Parliamentary Secretaries.
“Don’t take precipitative steps that will aggravate the situation,” Justice Vibhu Bakhru said, adding the court will hear the grievances of these since-disqualified 20 AAP MLAs in detail on January 29.
The court, however, refused to stay the impugned notification on the disqualification and listed the matter for hearing on Monday (January 29).
It also asked the Election Commission, Centre, Delhi government and complainant-lawyer Prashant Patel to file their responses to the AAP MLAs’ challenge to the notification.
The court rejected the Election Commission’s submission that the case must be heard by a Division Bench instead of a single Judge to save time.
Eight AAP MLAs on Tuesday moved the High Court to challenge the disqualifying notification.
The counsel for the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs told the court that the notification is a “gross violation of natural justice because the Election Commission decided the matter in undue haste and without affording and giving any opportunity of fair hearing to the petitioners”.
They pleaded that the action was contrary to Article 14 of the Constitution of India, ultra vires, void ab initio, and an attack on the basic fabric of democracy.
The ruling party’s disqualified legislators said that the EC action is bad in the eyes of law and completely affected by the vice of arbitrariness and its failure to adhere to the enshrined principle of rule of natural justice.
“The failure to give an opportunity of hearing has gravely prejudiced the petitioners and their civil rights have been seriously affected,” the plea said.
Sunil Arora, appointed the Election Commissioner after Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi’s retirement, never had any occasion to deal with the matter or to understand the facts of the case, the petitioners told the court.
The complainant, Prashant Patel, failed to produce any prima facie material on record to show that any profit was derived or pecuniary advantage taken by them, they contended.
Their counsel said there was nothing on record to show that any of the ingredients was made out against the AAP MLAs for holding an office of profit.
Following an Election Commission recommendation to President Ram Nath Kovind, the Law and Justice Ministry on Saturday issued a notification that the President had okayed the disqualification of the 20 MLAs.
The disqualified MLAs are Alka Lamba, Adarsh Shastri, Sanjeev Jha, Rajesh Gupta, Kailash Gahlot, Vijendra Garg, Praveen Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Madan Lal Khufiya, Shiv Charan Goyal, Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar, Som Dutt, Avtar Singh, Sukhvir Singh Dala, Manoj Kumar, Nitin Tyagi, and Jarnail Singh.
Eight of them have requested the court to quash the EC’s opinion dated January 19 and an official gazette notification dated January 20 published on January 21.
The petitioners’ counsel said that the Ministry of Law and Justice issued the notification on the opinion rendered by the Election Commission, which is “unconstitutional”.
–IANS
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Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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