Plea seeking to stall transfer dismissed
The Hindu
Court rejects plea saying that petitioner’s wife is leading a normal healthy life
The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea by an Indo-Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) constable seeking to stall his transfer to Ladakh on the ground that his wife was suffering from depression and was a threat to their infant son. A Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Asha Menon took note of the report of a medical board, which showed that the constable’s wife “is leading a normal healthy life”. “Consequently, keeping in view the clear and categorical opinion of the medical board constituted by this court and that too with the consent of the petitioner, this court is of the opinion that the wife of the petitioner is neither depressed nor suffering from any mental health issue,” the court said.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.