QMumbai: Petitioners Challenge 16% Quota for Marathas & More
From petitioners challenging the 16% quote for Marathas to clashes arising within Mumbai Cong Unit- all top stories.
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1. Petitioners Challenge 16% Quota for Marathas
The petitioners on Thursday, 7 February, challenged in Bombay High Court the constitutional validity of the state's decision to grant 16 percent reservation for Marathas and questioned the rationale to carve out a "special" category for the community.
The second day of hearings in the case before a division bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre saw the legal validity of the reservations being questioned.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. Clashes Within Mumbai Congress Unit
With inflighting threatening to cripple its Lok Sabha election campaign in Mumbai, the central leadership of the Congress stepped in to douse the crisis on Wednesday, 6 February.
Opening up a front against Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam, former Union minister Milind Deora, the party’s likely candidate from South Mumbai, had on Tuesday, 5 February, made his displeasure clear over the functioning of the Mumbai Congress unit.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. No FIR Yet Against Disqualified BMC Corporators: RTI Query
Though 21 corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have been disqualified since 2007, almost all of them for submitting fake caste certificates, no case has been registered against any of them so far, the answer to an RTI query has revealed.
City-based activist Anil Galgali had filed a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with the civic body, seeking details of the action taken against the disqualified corporators. Officer of BMC's legal department, S D Fulsunge, in his reply given recently, said no case has been filed against any corporator ever since their disqualification. He also said the legal department forwards the election petitions to the small causes court.
(Source: The Times of India)
4. 230 Flights Cancelled in Mumbai Airport as Runways Shut for Repairs
As many as 230 flights were cancelled on Thursday, 7 February, from the airport here due to closure of two runways for maintenance and repair work, according to a source.
Travel portal Ixigo said average airfares have increased 23 per cent on key routes to and from Mumbai for the next few days. Both runways of the airport are being closed from 11 am to 5 pm for three days every week between 7 February and 30 March.
(Source: PTI)
5. 4-Year-Old Sleeping on Mumbai Footpath Raped, Murdered
In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl sleeping on a pavement with her family was kidnapped, raped and strangled to death on Thursday, 7 February. Her body was dumped barely 100 metres from where she was picked up on Lady Jamshedji road in Mahim. The Mahim police have registered an offence of kidnapping and murder, and under sections of the Protection Of Children From Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012.
(Source: The Times of India)
6. Not Revamping 966ha of Port Land: Mumbai Port Trust Chief
Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) chairman Sanjay Bhatia on Thursday, 7 February, said the authority was not looking at opening up all 966.3 hectares (ha) of the port land between Wadala and Colaba for redevelopment, as the port would require most of its land for the existing commercial activities and cruise tourism, which is the new focus.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
7. Teen Kills Mom Over Property in Nalasopara
A Nalasopara teenager was arrested on Wednesday, 6 February, along with his father and cousin for allegedly murdering and disposing of the body of his mother last month, after a financial dispute.
The body of Kusum Prajapati (38), found near the railway station on 21 January, was identified based on a chit with a phone number with her. Police called the number, which belonged to a man in Koparkhairne, Navi Mumbai, and he said she stayed at Jatashankar chawl, Santosh Bhuvan, Nalasopara (E). Kusum, who worked at an Andheri firm as an office help, had telephoned him for a job.
(Source: The Times of India)
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