Ukhrul lawyers' body decries Govt apathy
Source: The Sangai Express / Addie Chiphang

Ukhrul , June 23 2011: Lamenting over acute shortage of infrastructure and staff in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of the district, the Ukhrul District Lawyers' Association (UDLA) has strongly resented the continued apathy of the State Government inspite of numerous representatives and reminders submitted in this regard.

Talking to The Sangai Express, Advocate GA Shimray of the Association pointed out that the only Ambassador car bearing registration no.MN-IK/1250 issued for the court of CJM, Ukhrul has been without a driver for the last 12 years.

Asserting that the Government of Manipur is very much aware of the standing order of the Supreme Court that all the judicial officers must be provided vehicle by the Government, the Advocate alleged that all other CJMs in Manipur have been provided vehicles with drivers with exception to CJM, Ukhrul.

He further said that all the junior judicial officers posted in Imphal have been entitled to vehicles with drivers.

But the CJM posted at Ukhrul, which is 84 kms away from the State capital has been denied the same facility without any justification.

This is nothing but a simple case of discrimination, Advocate Shimray contended, while cautioning that such prejudice against the judicial officers posted in the hills may have serious repercussion if early remedial measures is not taken up.

SSA Ukhrul: Under the SSA project, thousands of text books and school uniform have been distributed to students of over 280 schools of the district during a function at Higher Secondary School Ukhrul here today.

Assistant Commissioner, Rita was the chief guest of the function.

The distribution will be continued at ZEO office till all the students of the district received the SSA uniforms and books which are expected to be more than 40,000 students as compared to the previous year.

Kasar resigns: After 15 years of active membership, Kol Kasar has announced his decision of resigning from District Congress Committee (DCC) .

In a statement, Kol Kasar said that he has already submitted the resignation letter to the higher authority of the party.

Kasar has cited difference of opinions over party politics of injustice and partiality in taking up developmental works as the reason for his resignation.

Training ends: The two-day Fish Farming training programme which began on June 22 concluded on positive note here today.

Held in the multi-purpose hall of the Mini Secretariat, the training programme was attended by around 60 fish farmers coming from different parts of Ukhrul district.

During the closing function, each of the participants were provided 25 Kgs of special Agri-lime and Rs 100 as DA.

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