- Court strict on allegations of stopping development works
Chronicle Reporter, Jabalpur
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to BJP MLA Shivnarayan Gyan Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party Bandhavgarh and sought a reply. Actually, the allegation in the case is that the MLA has unnecessarily obstructed the work of the Janpad Panchayat. A single bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal has scheduled the next hearing of the case on January 24.
This case has been filed by Priyanka Singh Baghel, President of Janpad Panchayat Karkeli. In which it is alleged that in the context of the budget released in the year 2022-23, a plan for development works was made by the Janpad Panchayat. After this, after taking all the permissions, the Janpad Panchayat issued a work order and also called for construction material. It is alleged that due to the interference of the local MLA, all the said development works were stopped. In the case, the MP Government, Umaria Collector, CEO of Umaria District Panchayat, CEO of Janpad Panchayat Karkeli, MLA Shivnarayan Gyan Singh and Janpad Vice President Poonam Sahu have been made parties. After the hearing, the court issued notice to the non-applicants and directed them to submit their reply.
Regular bench will hear case of wild elephants
Jabalpur. On Wednesday, the High Court division bench of Justice S K Dharmadhikari and Justice A K Singh heard the petition related to wild elephants. After the hearing, the division bench issued orders to present the petition before the regular bench. The next hearing on the petition has been scheduled for January 22. In the petition filed by Raipur resident Nitin Singhvi, it has been said that according to the guidelines of the Central Environment Department, the step of catching wild elephants should be the last resort, but in Madhya Pradesh it is being adopted as the first option. Herds of wild elephants from Chhattisgarh enter the forests of Madhya Pradesh. Due to which the crops of farmers are destroyed and incidents of vandalism in houses are increasing. In some cases, people have also died in attacks by wild elephants. Wild elephants can be caught only on the orders of the Principal Chief Conservator Forest (PCCF) Wildlife.
Wild elephants are included in the schedule one of protected wild animals, and after being caught, they are sent to the Tiger Reserve and trained. During training, elephants have to face torture. While hearing the petition, the High Court had directed the government to present the complete details of the elephants caught in the last 30 years. In the report presented by the government, it was told that since the year 2017, 10 wild elephants have been caught, out of which two elephants are to be released. A collar eye has been called from abroad to release one elephant. During the previous hearing, the petitioner raised the issue of death of elephants in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and the bench was told that there is not a single expert in the state to control elephants. In this regard, the High Court had directed the petitioner to present suggestions. During the last hearing, a list of experts controlling elephants was presented in the High Court by the petitioner. The government informed that a committee of 6 other expert members has been formed to consider the issues raised in the petition. As per the suggestion of the petitioner, time should be provided to discuss getting help from experts from other states. After hearing the petition on Wednesday, the division bench issued the above order. Advocate Anshuman Singh argued on behalf of the petitioner.
