Supreme Court order to UP government, refund the money collected from CAA protesters

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh to refund crores of rupees recovered from protesters for causing damage to government properties during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in 2019. Do.

The English newspaper The Times of India has taken this news prominently.

The Supreme Court has termed the amount recovered by the government officials as unjust. The court says that this is against the two decisions of the top court in the years 2009 and 2018. In the earlier orders, it was said that any such recovery can be initiated only by judicial tribunals under the supervision of the High Court of the concerned state.

Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant also made it clear that the Uttar Pradesh government can initiate the process of recovery afresh through a judicial tribunal created under the new law UP Recovery of Damage to Property and Private Property Act, 2020.

After the Supreme Court expressed displeasure, the Uttar Pradesh government told the bench that two orders were issued on February 14 and 15, under which the action against 274 protesters has been withdrawn.

After the Supreme Court expressed displeasure, the Uttar Pradesh government told the bench that two orders were issued on February 14 and 15, under which the action against 274 protesters has been withdrawn.

Advocate Nilofar Khan, appearing for the petitioner challenging the action of the state government, told the court that the state government has also taken action against rickshaw pullers, poor people who live by running small shops.

He told that the properties of these people were confiscated and many people were forced to sell their properties to compensate for the loss during the protest. He appealed to the court to order the state government to return the money "recovered" from the protesters.

However, the state government opposed this argument and told the apex court that the model code of conduct is in place in the state due to the assembly elections and the court should maintain the status quo by not giving any decision like a refund of the recovery amount.

However, the state government opposed this argument and told the apex court that the model code of conduct is in place in the state due to the assembly elections and the court should maintain the status quo by not giving any decision like a refund of the recovery amount.

However, the top court disagreed with the state government, saying that if the government had withdrawn the show cause notices issued against the protesters as well as action against them, the state was now bound to refund the amount recovered from them.

The court also made it clear to the state government that the code of conduct does not prevent any government from implementing the law or complying with the order of the court.

Mamta Banerjee re-appointed nephew Abhishek as party general secretary

Amidst the news of a tussle between Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee has once again made her nephew Abhishek Banerjee the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress. But he handed over many such posts to senior leaders, which makes it clear that now Abhishek Banerjee will not have the powers that he used to have and now he has lost the number two position in the party.

According to the English newspaper The Telegraph, on Friday, Mamta Banerjee took this decision during the inaugural meeting of the party executive committee, which lasted in a closed room for 25 minutes. Earlier, Mamta Banerjee had abolished all the national posts of Trinamool Congress except her last week.

Mamta Banerjee has assigned important posts to many senior leaders in the national executive. The newspaper says that these leaders do not like Abhishek Banerjee much. In such a situation, it is clear that Mamta Banerjee is no longer in the mood to allow her nephew Abhishek Banerjee to take big decisions inside the party.

Abhishek Banerjee is considered the second leader in the party after Mamta Banerjee and is also considered the successor of Mamta Banerjee in the party. Even during the West Bengal elections, a big role was seen in his party.

Quoting a source, the newspaper writes that during the meeting, Mamata Banerjee "emphasized unity" and also said "old is gold". It is clear from this that Mamata Banerjee is now relying on old leaders to deal with the challenges being faced by the youth.

According to the source, the most important of the announcements made by Mamata Banerjee was about increasing the stature of senior leader and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim. Hakim has now been made the coordinator between the executive committee and Mamata Banerjee. Apart from this, senior leader Arup Biswas has been made the Treasurer of Trinamool Congress.