New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider listing a <keyword id="19957723" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pil" source="keywords">PIL</keyword> seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's <keyword id="20074422" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sandeshkhali" source="keywords">Sandeshkhali</keyword> village. A day after the filing, the PIL was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. "Have you sent an email (seeking urgent hearing)? " the CJI asked. When PIL petitioner and lawyer Alakh Alok <keyword id="19920909" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="srivastava" source="keywords">Srivastava</keyword> answered in the affirmative, the CJI said, "I will deal with this in the afternoon". The plea filed by Srivastava in his personal capacity, also seeks compensation for victims of the Sandeshkhali violence and action against officials of the West Bengal Police for alleged dereliction of duty. Srivastava, a practising Supreme Court lawyer, has been filing PILs in the top court to raise socio-political issues. The plea also seeks transfer of the probe and subsequent trial outside West Bengal. Besides, it seeks an inquiry by a three-judge committee as done in the Manipur violence case. Sandeshkhali, a village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been witnessing protests over allegations of sexual abuse of women by a local TMC leader. Several women in the region have accused the local Trinamool Congress strongman <keyword id="20150607" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shajahan-sheikh" source="keywords">Shajahan Sheikh</keyword> and his supporters of land-grab and sexually assaulting them under coercion. <keyword id="20528487" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shajahan" source="keywords">Shajahan</keyword> has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated to him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a corruption case.

Court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence case: SC agrees to consider listing PIL

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a <keyword id="19957723" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pil" source="keywords">PIL</keyword> seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's <keyword id="20074422" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sandeshkhali" source="keywords">Sandeshkhali</keyword> village. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and <keyword id="20645375" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="augustine-george-masih" source="keywords">Augustine George Masih</keyword> said the Calcutta High Court is already seized of the matter and taken cognisance. "Let there be no dual forums," the bench said while granting liberty to the PIL petitioner to approach the high court. As the bench was disinclined to entertain the matter, petitioner-lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava withdrew the PIL. The matter was dismissed as withdrawn. Sandeshkhali, a village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been witnessing violent protests over allegations of sexual abuse of women by a local TMC leader and his supporters. Several women have accused local Trinamool Congress strongman <keyword id="20150607" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shajahan-sheikh" source="keywords">Shajahan Sheikh</keyword> and his supporters of land grab and sexual assault. <keyword id="20048236" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sheikh" source="keywords">Sheikh</keyword> is absconding ever since a mob, allegedly linked to him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a corruption case.

SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence case

Dubai, Jul 4 () A 53-year-old Indian worker in the UAE has missed a special repatriation flight after he dozed off at the Dubai International Airport, a media report said. P Shajahan, who worked as a storekeeper in Abu Dhabi, was supposed to fly to Thiruvananthapuram on the Emirates jumbo jet chartered by the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) Dubai, Gulf News reported. It was the first-ever jumbo jet chartered for repatriation. Shajahan, who had paid 1,100 dirham (USD 300) for the ticket, said that he did not sleep on the previous night as he kept on waiting for the confirmation of his ticket for the jumbo jet flying 427 stranded Indians to Kerala, it said. He reached the airport early in the morning and after finishing the check-in procedures and rapid test, he reached the waiting area of the boarding gate at Terminal 3 around 2 PM local time, the report said. "I sat away from most of the others. But I fell asleep after 4.30 PM," he said. S Nizamudeen Kollam, who coordinated the charter flight, said that the airline officials could not trace Shajahan when the flight was to take off. "He woke up and called us after the flight left. It is sad that he missed the flight, which was the first-ever jumbo jet chartered for repatriation. We are now trying to send him on another Emirates flight that we are chartering on Saturday," Kollam said. Since Shajahan did not have any money, Jasimkhan Kallambalam, organising secretary of KMCC Thiruvananthapuram, went to the airport to meet him on Friday. "Since his visa was cancelled, he could not come out of the airport. He had only eaten the snacks in the kit KMCC had given. We managed to give him some cash for buying food through KMCC volunteer Alamsha Latheef," Kallambalam said. In March, another Indian expat had fallen asleep in the same terminal and missed the last flight home before flights were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was stranded here for over 50 days before getting repatriated. CPS

You Searched For "shajahan" and got 3 results

Court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence case: SC agrees to consider listing PIL

PTI

SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence case

PTI

COVID-19: Indian dozes off at Dubai airport, misses repatriation flight

PTI