Gundewar threatens to issue warrantFebruary 16: Justice S D Gundewar today threatened to issue a non-bailable warrant against suspended State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) sub-inspector M Y Kadam if he failed to remain present before the commission in the future.Kadam abstained from the court proceedings today. He sent a one-line telegram to the Commission from Pune stating that he would not remain present in court due to illness.The judge in his order remarked that it is not known as to how Kadam left Mumbai without the permission of the court adding that it is highly objectionable.Kadam was ordered not to leave Mumbai till the recording of his evidence is complete, the order read.On previous occasions the SRPF jawan had absented himself from hearings on the dates allotted to him after complaining of chest pain. He had produced relevant medical certificates. Kadam who last deposed before the court on February 11, 1998 has been examined only in the morning sessions because of hisill-health.Meanwhile, a morcha by Dalit activists from Ramabai Nagar, Ghatkopar, to the High Court protesting Kadam's continued from the hearings was cancelled. Policemen from the city police as well as the SRPF were deployed at the high court today.Pill for TB, jaundicePharmacologists at the KEM hospital have formulated a standardised modern pill from the stem of a plant tinospora cordifolia which can be used in the treatment of tuberculosis, cancer chemotherapy and obstructive jaundice as an ``immunomodulator''.The plant, traditionally known as amrita, has a protective immunostimulant property, said Dr S Dahanukar, head of Department of Pharmacology, at a conference `Ayurveda Update 1998'. KEM scientists formulated amrita as a standardised tablet, delivering the same amount of phytoconstituents each time. The chemicals from the water extract of dried stems were safe in animal and human studies, Dahanukar said.
