‘SC order on right to sleep welcomed’

Even as a Supreme Court bench has termed right to sleep a fundamental right while ruling that the police action on a sleeping crowd at Baba Ramdev’s rally at Ramlila Maidan amounted to violation of their crucial right,Justice Balbirsingh Chauhan,on Saturday,restated the same during his lecture on ‘Human rights given in constitutional rights’ in the city. Chauhan was speaking at Justice Y V Chandrachud lecture series organised by the Pune Bar Association (PBA). “Retorting to lathi charge on people who are sleeping and accusing them of creating law and order problem is misuse of law and is not expected by the police,” he said. Bombay High Court Justice Abhay Thipse said all constitutional rights are human rights,but it is not vice-versa. “The courts must keep the natural right of an individual in mind while giving any judgment,” he said.

Order by hand

An additional sessions judge had to write a late-evening order by hand as the court steno had left after the office time was over and no other steno was available. The judge had passed an urgent order,copies of which were to be given to the police and defence. The stenographer who was attached to that courtroom had apparently left at 6.30 pm.

Jyotikumari rape

Principal district and sessions judge Anant Badar is likely to deliver the judgment in Wipro employee Jyotikumari Choudhary gangrape and murder case,on March 13. The judgment was to be delivered on February 24 but was deferred. This is the fourth time that the judgment has been deferred. While Ujjwal Nikam is the special public prosecutor,defence lawyer for the accused is Atul Patil.

(Compiled by Aaditi Jathar Lakade)