Publish Date: | Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:48 PM (IST)
Bilaspur(Naiduniya Representative).Chhattisgarh High Court News: The anticipatory bail application of the wife accused of committing a scam of crores in the name of depositing the amount in the Raipur post office has been rejected by the High Court. The court agreed with the contention of the objector that the appellant wife was also an equal shareholder in the offense of the husband.
Resident of Raipur Bhupendra Pandey and his wife Akanksha were agents of the post office Raipur. These people contacted their acquaintances and others a few years back and informed them about the fixed deposit scheme of the Department of Posts. In this, by luring maximum profits, he deposited crores of rupees from many people. Everyone invested a lot of money in the greed of money. Many people put their deposits after retirement. The agent couple also kept giving them receipts.
In 2020, Bhupendra committed suicide in Bilaspur by being hit by a train. After some time people got worried then contacted the post office. It was found here that no money has been deposited. In this way, a breakup of crores of rupees was done. In 2021, the victims lodged a report at the Saraswati Nagar police station in Raipur. Akanksha filed a petition in the High Court to get it repealed. This was rejected by Justice PP Sahu. Since then the accused, who is absconding, applied anticipatory bail in the High Court.
The matter was heard in a single bench of Justice Gautam Bhaduri. Objecting to this, Pawan Kesharwani, the counsel for the objector, said that the petitioner was also fully involved in the scam along with her husband. Being co-accused, he should not be granted bail. Accepting this fact, the High Court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail.
High Court ordered to give compassionate appointment to married dependent daughter
The High Court has directed to take a decision within 30 days on the application submitted regarding the compassionate appointment of the married dependent daughter of the deceased employee of SECL. The Court has held the petitioner to be entitled to receive a fine of Rs 10,000 from SECL.
Petitioner Shobha Parida’s husband was working in SECL Baikunthpur. He died on 14 April 2021. After the death of the husband, the wife applied for compassionate appointment to son Krishna Chandra. The application was rejected due to his exceeding the age. After this, he submitted an application for the appointment of Narmada, the dependent daughter of the deceased, in the place of the deceased. On this, the SECL management demanded an inquiry report regarding the dependent of the married daughter.
Ashrita filed a petition in the High Court for not giving the appointment even after presenting the SDM’s investigation report. The hearing was held in the court of Justice Sanjay K Agarwal. The court has directed the SECL management to accept the application of the petitioner Narmada Parida and take a decision within 30 days.
The Court held that the petitioner is entitled to receive a cost of Rs 10,000 from the SECL Management. The Court held that the petitioner is a married daughter as per Clause 9.3.3 of the National Coal Wage Agreement. Due to his being a direct dependent, there is no need for investigation in relation to his dependent, the said order has been given.
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