एक साथ चुनाव पर रिपोर्ट को अंतिम रूप देने के लिए कोई समयसीमा नहीं : विधि आयोग के अध्यक्ष

नई दिल्ली: विधि आयोग के अध्यक्ष न्यायमूर्ति (सेवानिवृत्त) ऋतु राज अवस्थी ने बुधवार को कहा कि एक साथ चुनाव के मुद्दे पर काम अब भी जारी है और इस संबंध में रिपोर्ट को अंतिम रूप देने के लिए कोई समयसीमा नहीं दी गई है. उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि यौन अपराधों से बच्चों का संरक्षण (पॉक्सो) अधिनियम और ऑनलाइन प्राथमिकी सबंधी रिपोर्ट को अंतिम रूप देकर कानून मंत्रालय को भेज दिया गया है.

कर्नाटक उच्च न्यायालय के मुख्य न्यायाधीश रहे न्यायमूर्ति (सेवानिवृत्त) अवस्थी ने यहां संवाददाताओं से कहा, “एक साथ चुनावों पर अब भी कुछ काम चल रहा है. हमने रिपोर्ट को अंतिम रूप नहीं दिया है. इसे अंतिम रूप देने के लिए कोई समयसीमा नहीं है.” प्रक्रिया के अनुसार, विधि आयोग की सभी रिपोर्ट केंद्रीय कानून मंत्रालय को सौंपी जाती है, जो उन्हें संबंधित मंत्रालयों को भेज देता है.

एक साथ चुनाव का मुद्दा वर्षों से विधि आयोग के पास लंबित है. पिछले विधि आयोग ने लोकसभा और विधानसभा चुनाव एक साथ कराने के लिए तीन विकल्प सुझाए थे, लेकिन कहा था कि कई बिंदुओं पर विचार किया जाना बाकी है.

उसने अपनी मसौदा रिपोर्ट के साथ जारी एक सार्वजनिक अपील में कहा था कि लोकसभा और विधानसभा चुनाव एक साथ कराने में कई बाधाओं को दूर किया गया है लेकिन कुछ बिंदुओं पर “अब भी विचार बाकी है”. उसने सभी हितधारकों से यह सुझाव देने के लिए कहा था कि क्या एक साथ चुनाव कराने से किसी भी तरह से लोकतंत्र, संविधान की मूल संरचना या देश की संघीय राजनीति के साथ छेड़छाड़ होगी.

इसमें कहा गया था कि जब संसद या विधानसभा में किसी भी एक दल को बहुमत नहीं है और ऐसी स्थिति से निपटने के लिए विभिन्न समितियों और आयोगों ने सुझाव दिए हैं. इन समितियों ने प्रस्ताव दिया है कि प्रधानमंत्री या मुख्यमंत्री की नियुक्ति या चयन उसी तरीके से किया जा सकता है जिस तरह से सदन के अध्यक्ष का चुनाव किया जाता है.

अब मौजूदा विधि आयोग ने इस विषय पर आगे काम करना शुरू कर दिया है. पॉक्सो अधिनियम पर विधि आयोग की रिपोर्ट सहमति की उम्र के मुद्दे से संबंधित है. हर तीन साल में गठित होने वाला विधि आयोग जटिल कानूनी मुद्दों पर सरकार को सलाह देता है.

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"देश को जागरूक करो, एक आंदोलन शुरू करो": यूट्यूबर्स से बोले PM मोदी

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने यूट्यूब पर दिखाई जाने वाले कंटेंट के निर्माताओं से अपने काम के जरिये स्वच्छता, डिजिटल भुगतान और ‘वोकल फॉर लोकल' अभियान पर जागरूकता फैलाने का बुधवार को आग्रह किया. उन्होंने कहा, ‘‘देश को जागरूक करो, एक आंदोलन शुरू करो.''पीएम कहा कि वह 15 वर्ष से एक यूट्यूब चैनल के माध्यम से देश और दुनिया से जुड़े हुए हैं.

पीएम मोदी ने लगभग पांच हजार विषय सामग्री निर्माताओं को संबोधित करते हुए कहा कि उनकी विषय सामग्री लोगों को प्रभावित करती है और उनके पास इसे और अधिक प्रभावी बनाने का मौका है.

उन्होंने कहा, ‘‘हम सब मिलकर करोड़ों लोगों को महत्वपूर्ण बातें आसानी से सीखा और समझा सकते हैं. दोस्तों, वैसे तो मेरे चैनल पर हजारों वीडियो हैं, लेकिन मेरे लिए सबसे ज्यादा संतुष्टि तब हुई जब मैंने यूट्यूब के माध्यम से हमारे देश के लाखों छात्रों से परीक्षा तनाव, अपेक्षा प्रबंधन, उत्पादकता जैसे विषयों पर बात की.''

कुछ विषयों पर प्रकाश डालते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि ‘स्वच्छ भारत अभियान' पिछले नौ वर्ष में एक बड़ा अभियान बन गया है, जिसमें हर कोई योगदान दे रहा है.

उन्होंने कहा कि मशहूर हस्तियों ने इसका समर्थन किया और देश के सभी हिस्सों में लोगों ने इसे एक मिशन में बदल दिया और ‘यूट्यूबर्स' ने स्वच्छता को और अधिक प्रभावी बना दिया. उन्होंने कहा, ‘‘लेकिन हमें रुकना नहीं है. जब तक स्वच्छता भारत की पहचान नहीं बन जाती, हम नहीं रुकेंगे. इसलिए, स्वच्छता आप सभी की प्राथमिकता होनी चाहिए.''

प्रधानमंत्री ने कहा, ‘‘दूसरा विषय है- डिजिटल पेमेंट. यूपीआई की सफलता के कारण आज दुनिया के डिजिटल भुगतान में भारत की हिस्सेदारी 46 प्रतिशत है. आप देश के ज्यादा से ज्यादा लोगों को डिजिटल भुगतान करने के लिए प्रेरित करें, उन्हें अपनी वीडियो के माध्यम से सरल भाषा में डिजिटल भुगतान करना सिखाएं.''

मोदी ने कहा कि एक अन्य विषय ‘वोकल फॉर लोकल' है. उन्होंने कहा, भारत में बहुत सारे उत्पाद स्थानीय स्तर पर बनाए जाते हैं और स्थानीय कारीगरों के पास अद्भुत कौशल है. उन्होंने विषय सामग्री निर्माताओं से कहा कि वे अपने काम के जरिए भी इन्हें बढ़ावा दे सकते हैं. उन्होंने कहा कि ये विषय जन आंदोलन से जुड़े हैं और देश के लोगों की ताकत ही उनकी सफलता का आधार है.

 

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No Salary For Mukesh Ambani's Children, Will Only Be Paid For...

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's three children as directors of Reliance Industries Ltd will be paid only a fee for attending board and committee meetings, the company said in a resolution seeking shareholder nod for their appointment on its board.

While Ambani, 66, drew nil salary from the company since the 2020-21 fiscal year, other executive directors including his cousins Nikhil and Hital are paid a salary, perquisites, allowances and commission.

His three children - twins Akash and Isha (both 31) and Anant (28 years) - will get only a sitting fee and a commission on the profit earned by the firm.

The terms of the appointment of the three are the same as the ones on which Ambani's wife Nita was appointed to the company board in 2014. She earned a sitting fee of Rs 6 lakh and a commission of Rs 2 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal year (April 2022 to March 2023), according to the company's latest annual report.

Ambani, 66, had at the company's annual shareholders meeting last month announced that his three children Akash, Isha and Anant would be inducted into Reliance's board of directors (BoD).

He also stated that he would continue to be the chairman and CEO of the company for five more years, with a focus on grooming and empowering its 'next-gen' leaders.

Reliance has now sent out a postal ballot to shareholders seeking a nod for their appointment as board of directors of the company.

"They shall be paid remuneration by way of fee for attending meetings of the Board or Committees thereof or for any other meetings as may be decided by the Board, reimbursement of expenses for participating in the Board and other meetings and profit-related commission," the notice said.

Reliance has five broad verticals - the oil-to-chemical (O2C) business that houses the world's largest single-location refining complex and petrochemical plants, telecom and digital business, retail (both physical and online), new energy, and recently launched financial services.

Ambani first talked of a succession plan at the oil-to-telecom conglomerate in 2022, where he announced that each of his three children would head various divisions of the company (Akash to head telecom, Isha to head retail, and Anant to head new energy).

He did not divulge the succession plan for Reliance's mainstay oil-to-chemicals or O2C business division.

Reliance shareholders at the annual general meeting (AGM) last month gave a nod to Ambani getting another five-year term till 2029 as the head of India's most valuable company. And just like the past three years, he has opted to draw nil salary during this period.

As part of the succession planning, Nita resigned as a director of Reliance but she has been made a permanent invitee to all board meetings - a status which none on the board enjoy - Mukesh Ambani and other directors need shareholders' nod for any extension beyond their current approved terms but she will continue on the board in perpetuity.

Isha, a graduate of Yale University with a double major in Psychology and South Asia Studies and an MBA from Stanford University, "is driving the expansion of Reliance Retail into new categories, geographies and formats," the shareholder notice said.

"She has been instrumental in the expansion of Reliance Retail's own brand portfolio including the acquisition of some exciting Indian brands and launch of the 'Independence' brand," it added.

Isha directly holds 0.12 per cent equity shares of the company.

Ambani owns 41.46 per cent of Reliance shares.

Akash, an economics graduate of Brown University, US, heads India's biggest telecom company Jio. "At Jio, he spearheads the creation of products and services that leverage new-age technologies like 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and the Internet of Things," it said.

Anant, also a graduate of Brown University, "is driving the expansion of energy and materials businesses of Reliance and its global operations in renewable and green energy." "Under his leadership, Reliance aims to become a Net Carbon Zero company by 2035 by building world-scale capabilities in the production of clean fuels and materials of the future, developing next-generation carbon capture and storage technologies, creating holistic and circular materials businesses, and maximising crude to chemicals conversion," the notice said.

Akash and Isha have been on the board of directors of both Jio and Reliance Retail since October 2014. Besides being on the boards of firms helming new energy businesses, Anant is also on boards of retail and Jio. Isha has been appointed director on the board of Jio Financial Services.

Mukesh Ambani has been on the board of Reliance since 1977 and was elevated as chairman of the company after the death of his father and group patriarch Dhiburhai Ambani in July 2002.

He had capped his annual remuneration at Rs 15 crore from financial year 2008-09 (April 2008 to March 2009) to FY20 - 11 years; and since FY21, he opted to forego his salary, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until the company and all its businesses were fully back to their earnings potential.

Accordingly, he has not been paid any salary and profit-based commission for three years in a row beginning FY21.

At his request, the company Board has recommended that no salary or profit-based commission be paid to him for the new term from April 19, 2024, till April 18, 2029.

The remuneration of his cousins Nikhil and Hital Meswani rose to Rs 25 crore each, including Rs 17.28 crore commission (unchanged from the previous fiscal year), according to the annual report for 2022-23.

Executive Directors P M S Prasad and Pawan Kumar Kapil saw their remuneration rise.

While Prasad drew Rs 13.50 crore in 2022-23 including performance-linked incentives for 2021-22 which was paid in 2022-23. In 2021-22, he drew Rs 11.89 crore.

Kapil got Rs 4.40 crore, up from Rs 4.22 crore in 2021-22. He completed his 5-year term on May 15, 2023, and has since ceased to be a director of the company.

Ambani's wife Nita, a non-executive director on the company's board, earned Rs 6 lakh as a sitting fee (up from Rs 5 lakh in 2021-22) and another Rs 2 crore commission for 2022-23 (unchanged from the previous fiscal). She had in 2020-21 got Rs 8 lakh sitting fee and another Rs 1.65 crore commission.

Besides Nita Ambani, other non-executive directors include Dipak C Jain, Raghunath A Mashelkar, Adil Zainulbhai, Raminder Singh Gujral, Shumeet Banerji, former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya, former CVC K V Chowdary and Saudi sovereign wealth fund nominee Yasir Othman H Al Rumayyan. All independent directors got a Rs 2 crore commission and sitting fee.

K V Kamath who was appointed on the Reliance board in January 2023 was paid a sitting fee of Rs 3 lakh and a commission of Rs 39 lakh.

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"Beacon Of Talent": PM On Waheeda Rehman Winning Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded actor Waheeda Rehman as a beacon of talent, dedication and grace who "embodies the best of our cinematic heritage", expressing delight at the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed on her.

"Delighted that Waheeda Rehman Ji has been honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award. Her journey in Indian cinema has left an indelible mark. A beacon of talent, dedication and grace, she embodies the best of our cinematic heritage. Congratulations to her," he said on X.

Delighted that Waheeda Rehman Ji has been honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award. Her journey in Indian cinema has left an indelible mark. A beacon of talent, dedication and grace, she embodies the best of our cinematic heritage. Congratulations to her. https://t.co/uuqfXqIW7l

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 26, 2023

Waheeda Rehman, who made her debut 68 years ago and went on to act in cult classics such as 'Pyaasa' and 'Guide', was on Tuesday named recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the government's highest recognition in the field of cinema.

"I'm doubly happy because it is Dev Anand's birthday. I think 'taufa unko milna tha, mujhe mil gaya'," Rehman told PTI on the birth centenary of her frequent collaborator.

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Odisha Family Told Baby Boy Born, Doctor Hands Them Girl, Probe Ordered

A man in Odisha's Kendrapara district on Tuesday alleged that his newborn son was swapped with a girl child in a government hospital, prompting the authorities to order an investigation into the complaint.

The man and his family refused to accept the girl child and demanded a DNA test to ascertain her biological parents.

The hospital authorities said that the attendant concerned probably had given the information wrong to the family by mistake.

Pranakrushna Parija from Rajkanika area alleged that his family was informed by the hospital staff that his wife gave birth to a male child at about 10.30 pm on Monday night, but a girl child was handed over to her.

Parija also claimed that several others including security guards posted at the hospital had also heard it when a labour room staff informed the family about his wife delivering a male child.

However, he also said that a doctor later clarified that the attendant had given that information by mistake.

Admitting that the allegation was serious, Director of Capital Hospital Dr Laxmidhar Sahoo said preliminary investigation revealed that the complainant's wife had delivered a girl child.

It could be a slip of the tongue on the part of the attendant, who said it was a boy while informing the family members waiting outside the labour room, he said.

The director, however, said that he has formed a committee, led by the Medical Superintendent, to conduct a probe.

"Efforts are made to convince the couple. If the complainant is not convinced, the matter will be referred to the police and if necessary, steps will be taken to conduct a DNA test to ascertain the biological parents of the child," the director said.

Pranakrushna Parija also lodged a complaint to the police in this connection.

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PM Likely To Attend Ram Temple Consecration Ceremony In January Next Year

As preparations are in full swing for Ram Lalla's Pran Pratishta (consecration) ceremony in Ayodhya, Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das Ji Maharaj on Tuesday asserted that 'Pran Pratishtha' will take place on January 22, 2024, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take part.

"From January 15 to 24, there will be an 'Anushthan' and the 'Pran Pratishtha' will also take place during it. The time of the arrival of the PM is decided. He will come on January 22. 'Pran Pratishtha' will also take place on January 22. All are invited and welcome to come. The trust will welcome and respect each and everyone," Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das Ji Maharaj said.

When asked about reports of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi visiting Ayodhya, Satyendra Das Ji Maharaj said that the grand temple of Lord Ram is ready and the Lord Ram will be installed after the 'Pran Pratishtha'.

"This information is sent all over the world that more and more people should come and attend it. Whether it is the opposition or the ruling party, whoever comes, each and everyone would be welcomed and respected... Whoever comes with the view of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, would be welcomed and respected," he added.

Meanwhile, he further said that Ram Mandir is divine and grand and is being built beautifully.

"It (Ram Mandir) is divine and grand and is being built beautifully. Especially, the 'Garbh Grih' on the ground floor is ready, and carving is underway. Installation of windows and gates is pending,' he said.

"The floor is ready. They are trying to build it in a way that no other temple is as beautiful as this one... People would be able to see how it was in the 'Treta Yug'... It will be on three floors and there will be a dome on the top... The preparations are being well done," he added.

On August 5, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Ram Temple and since then the construction work of the temple is going on. Union Minister Home Minister Amit Shah had announced that the Ram Temple will be opened for devotees by January 1, next year.

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Gangster Arun Gawli Allowed To Leave Nagpur Jail For 28-Days

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted a 28-day furlough to gangster Arun Gawli, who is serving a life sentence in the Central jail in Nagpur.

Furlough is a set period of time when a prisoner is allowed to leave a prison.

A division bench of Justice Nitin Sambre and Valmiki Menezes directed the release of Gawli on furlough for 28 days after the gangster approached the HC through his counsel Mir Nagman Ali upon the rejection of his application for relief by DIG Prisons (Nagpur).

Gawli is undergoing life imprisonment in the central jail here in the 2007 murder case of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.

Ali told the bench that the DIG (Prisons) had rejected Gawli's application on the ground that since many offences were registered against the gangster-turned-politician, his release may create a law and order situation.

He said it was cited that when Gawali was released on earlier occasions, an offence was registered against his wife. Another ground cited was that Gawli's release would affect future elections in the Mumbai civic body.

The division bench of Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Valmiki Menezes was told that whenever Gawli was released on either parole or furlough in the past, there was no law and order issue and on every occasion he had surrendered on the due date, Mr Ali said.

It was further submitted before the division bench that the prayer for furlough cannot be rejected merely based on an adverse police report. 

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