AIADMK functionary hacked to death in Thirunindravur

Unidentified man hacked a 49-year-old AIADMK functionary to death in Thirunindravur on Monday night.

The deceased man was identified as Poochandran, a resident of Meattu Colony in Thirunindravur. Poochandran was returning home on his bike when he was intercepted by a man at the four road junction in Gomathipuram at Thirunindravur. Police said an assailant hacked Poochandran from behind and he suffered two deep cut injuries on his neck.Witnesses said the incident happened at 9.30pm and he was taken to a private hospital and later to the government general hospital. Poochandran died without responding to the treatment at 11.30pm. Police personnel are looking into the possible angles for the motive of his murder. Poochandran was holding the presidium president of the Thirunindravur AIADMK unit. His wife Maragathavalli is the village panchayat councilor of the ward number 4 in the Thirunindravur.

Preliminary inquiries revealed that Poochandran was involved in real estate business and also he was running a few Tasmac wine shop bars, apart from illegal intimacy with a woman. An investigation officer said, we are looking into all possible angles to narrow down on the assailants. 

Thirunindravur police have registered a case under the IPC Section 302 (murder) and further probing is on.

Three held in Koyambedu with possession of heroin

Chennai city police laid a honey-laced trap and nabbed three people at Koyambedu when they came to sell 'heroin' for Rs7 lakh.

The police personnel posed as traders and negotiated with the trio - Sethuraman, 27, Kanagasabai, 28 and Prabhakaran, 43 - to buy the consignment. After striking a deal with them, police personnel asked the sellers to deliver the consignment at the busy Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) to avoid being caught by the police personnel.

The trio hailing from Cuddalore came to meet the traders and they brought the heroin concealed in a leather bag covered up with clothes. They refused to hand over the consignment and demanded the police to show the currency notes. One of the accused accompanied the police team and they showed seven bundles of currency notes in the denomination of Rs1,000 kept in another leather bag.

Believing this, the trio showed the consignment and the police team waited for the opportunity nabbed the trio and seized the valuables weighing one kilograms. Police examined the consignment. It costs Rs1 crore in the international market, police said,

As the Chennai police didn't have laboratory to check the contraband, police personnel have informed the forensic officials and also the narcotics control bureau (NCB) officials to check the quality of the drug. Police have detained the trio and inquired them to know the origin of the consignment.

Software engineer kidnapped in Chennai

 A 23-year-old software engineer disappeared from her office. The woman R Lavanya, a resident of Mela Ayanambakkam near Thiruverkadu, went to her office in Ambattur on Sunday night and she left her office at 9am on Monday and then she never turned up home.

However, Lavanya's father Raja received a call at 12.45pm on Monday and the call was originated from Lavanya's mobile. A male voice spoke to Raja and he claimed Lavanya was in his custody and she was safe. 

After discussing with her family members, Raja lodged a formal complaint at Thiruverkadu police station on Monday evening to trace his missing daughter. 

Police personnel immediately swung into action and started probing for the missing woman. After verifying her call records, it was last traced near Chinmaya Nagar in Koyambedu and then it was switched off.

Preliminary inquiries revealed that Lavanya often traveled in a cab from her house in Thiruverkadu to her office in Ambattur. She developed friendship with the cab driver Manikandan, as per the witnesses of her friends who worked with her.

Police personnel verified the whereabouts of the cab driver Manikandan. His mobile was also turned off at the same time from the same place near Koyambedu. Police suspect that the woman may have eloped with the cab driver. However police personnel are also probing into the angle if she was kidnapped by the cab driver without her consent.

Thiruverkadu police have registered a case and launched a hunt for the missing software engineer and the suspected cab driver.

Top cop assists road accident victim on the city road in Chennai

The goodsamaritan top cop helped a road accident victim and took her to the government general hospital in Chennai on Tuesday.

The police officer - additional director-general of police C Sylendra Babu - was on his way to his office in the DGP's office when he saw the woman struggling on the road near Santhome at 9.30am.

While the police personnel and the passers-by were turned as mere spectators, the police officer got down from his vehicle and all of a sudden, he lifted the woman lying on the road on his arms and kept her upright inside the police vehicle. 

Sylendra Babu instructed his driver to head on to the government general hospital. There also he didn't wait for the stretcher, he lifted the victim on his arms and took her to the emergency ward.

People and the onlookers appreciated the commendable job of a top cop on the city road.

Ode to large scale Industries in Tamil Nadu

Is Chennai safe for the industries...
On November 1, Nokia announce its plan to shut down its unit in Chennai and now Foxconn has announced.
The uncertainty in the political scenario has forced the private companies to wind up their business. Are the businessmen are loosing hope to invest in Chennai and in Tamil Nadu...It has to be noted seriously by the political masters.
Chennai has turned into a business hub for the several car manufacturers. They opted Chennai because of the access to the Chennai port, which helped them a lot in exporting their goods.The situation has gone other way around.

Nokia to shut down Chennai plant on November 1

Telecom gear maker Nokia today said that it will shut down its Chennai plant from November 1 as Microsoft has terminated mobile purchase agreement from the the factory and it is left with no business.

"Microsoft has informed Nokia that it will be terminating the manufacturing services defined in the agreement with effect from 1 November 2014. In absence of further orders from Microsoft, Nokia will suspend handset production at the Sriperumbudur facility from 1st November," Nokia said in a statement.
In September 2013, Nokia announced it would sell its devices and services (D&S) business, including assets in India, to Microsoft for $7.2 billion by March 2014.
In March, the Tamil Nadu government served a Rs 2,400 crore notice on Nokia, saying the firm had also sold products from the Chennai plant in the domestic market instead of shipping them overseas.
In a separate tax case, the Supreme Court had ordered Nokia India on March 14 to give a Rs 3,500 crore guarantee before it transfers the plant to Microsoft.
As a consequence, Nokia entered into a transitional services agreement with Microsoft to address their immediate production needs and keep the factory operational.

Foxconn to suspend operations at Chennai plant
Electronics parts maker Foxconn will suspend operations at its facility near here from December 24, a development than will affect 1,700 workers and comes after its major customer Nokia shutting production at local facility in November.

However, employees of the contract manufacturer of mobile phone parts have threatened to go on strike against the management's decision to suspend operations.
Foxconn said, "We can confirm that our India operation, FIH India Pvt Ltd, will be suspending all operations at our manufacturing facility in Chennai effective December 24, 2014."
Noting that about 1,700 employees would be affected by this move, the company said it was working with the government and the "relevant" labour unions to ensure that "this action is carried out in a manner that follows all relevant laws and regulations and is fair."
The company said it is suspending operations at the plant following a change in manufacturing requirements of clients in India. However, workers threatened to go on strike to protest the management's decision.
"A meeting in the presence of Assistant Labour Commissioner was held today. There were people from the management and representatives of the Union. The issue was discussed and we have clearly explained our stand that the employees should not be removed from service," an official of CITU-backed workers' union told PTI.
The development at Foxconn India factory comes after the suspension of production at Nokia's facility at Sriperumbudur which was excluded out of the USD 7.2 billion deal the Finnish handset maker had inked with Microsoft.
Following the exclusion of the Nokia plant, several employees were up against management decision as some of them were there right from day the plant was inaugurated in 2006.
Nokia was one of the major customers for Foxconn. Besides serving Nokia, Foxconn has been involved in shipping some of the products to China and Vietnam.
Foxconn has invested around Rs 850 crore at two facilities present in the campus of Nokia Special Economic Zone and SIPCOT Industrial Park at Sriperumbudur.
"This action also related to a restructuring being carried out of our India operations that is designed to ensure that we are able to meet both the current and future needs of our customers in that important market," Foxconn said.
According to Union officials, about 70 per cent of products manufactured at the plant was served to Nokia unit which suspended production from November 1.
Asked about their next course of action, Union sources said there would be second round of tripartite talks on December 18.

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Where is God?

Where is God?

Several people search for an answer only after they land in crisis. It is human psychology. A man closely follow the principles of God in his life after he lays at his feet. He happens to meet God – ‘Coffee with God’ style during one occasion.

He requests God to recollect his past memories. God waves his wand and suddenly both are on a sandy beach – certainly not Marina Beach. God asks his disciple to turn back. He saw two pair of foot path marks on the beach sand. The man and God walk besides the foot path marks.

God narrates his disciple about his past activities when he was 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5…Suddenly one pair of foot path marks disappeared from the sandy shore. The man turns at the God and yells at him. Why did you leave me alone when I was young? God patiently turns at his disciple, the foot path marks are mine. “As you were young, I was taking you on my shoulder and disappeared.”

The story was told by the veteran writer Sivasankari at a function in Tiruchi in 1998 and it inspired me a lot. 

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Coimbatore Twin Murder Case: Supreme Court Stayed Death Sentence Awarded To Manoharan

Coimbatore Twin Murder Case: Supreme Court Stayed Death Sentence Awarded To Manoharan

Chennai: Supreme Court of India on Monday stayed the death penalty of the lone surviving accused R Manoharan in the sensational Muskan Jain and Hrithik Jain murder case that rocked the state on October 29, 2010.

Muskan Jain and Hritik Jain

While one of the accused Mohana Krishnan, 27, was killed in police encounter on November 9, 2010, police personnel arrested his aide R Manoharan, 26, and filed charge sheet against him in the Mahila Court in Coimbatore, were the trial was conducted. The judge M P Subramanian pronounced double death sentence to the accused Manoharan.

After the Madras high court confirmed the death sentence for Manoharan this year, Manoharan approached the Supreme Court to issue stay in death sentence. His counsels’ senior advocate A Raghunathan and P Vinaykumar appeared for him in the Supreme Court and the case came up for hearing on Monday before the first bench of the Supreme Court of India.

The first bench of the Supreme Court of India on Monday has stayed the death sentence of Manoharan awarded by the lower court and confirmed by the Madras high court. The SC also issued notice to the state government of Tamil Nadu to file reply in the case.

R Manoharan

Pronouncing the verdict, Mahila court judge M P Subramanian also awarded three life sentences to Manoharan for various crimes including conspiracy, rape, abduction and kidnapping for ransom. He was also sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment for concealment of evidence.

The judge said the accused was found guilty under the charges of conspiracy, abduction, rape, murder and concealment of evidence. The court examined 47 witnesses and verified 69 documentary evidences before pronouncing the sentence. The judge said capital punishment was unavoidable and that it would send a strong warning to those who commit crimes against women and children. The culprit deserves no mercy and he must be hanged till death, the court observed.

According to the police, Muskan Jain, 10 and her brother Hrithik Jain, 7, children of a textile merchant in Range Gowder Street, were abducted by a call taxi driver Mohan alias Raja alias Mohanakrishnan on October 29, 2010. The girl was raped and the boy tortured before they were drowned at the PAP canal near Pollachi on the same day. The murder came to light only on October 31 and police arrested both Mohanakrishnan and his accomplice, Manoharan of Angalakurichi near Pollachi from their house.

Mohanakrishnan, 27, was shot by the police on November 9, 2010 while he was being taken to the scene of crime. Police claimed he was shot when he tried to escape from the police vehicle after assaulting those who escorted him. Manoharan claimed that he was innocent and broke down in court. His aged parents, Ramasamy and Selvi, who were present in the packed court room, also broke down after hearing the sentence.

Jayalalithaa in jail: Kollywood yester year actor attempts suicide at Chennai police commissioner's office

Chennai: Kollywood actress Maya, a Congress cadre, attempted suicide in front of the Chennai city police commissioner office in Vepery in Chennai anguishing the detention of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday.

Maya came to the commissioner's office with kerosene in a plastic can at 12.30pm. She entered into the gate number -2 , where visitors will be allowed to enter, and tried to douse kerosene on her. She screamed at the police personnel who tried to prevent her and she was bundled outside the commissioner's office.
Maya has acted in a Tamil movie 'Amarakaviyam' as a supporting actress in which former chief minister MGR acted in the lead role. She has also acted in Rajnikant movie 'Garjanai'. Interestingly she is a party member in Congress.

"I have decided to end my life and my daughter's for the sake of Jayalalithaa," Maya said.
On information, police personnel from the Vepery police station took Maya to the police station for inquiry.

Haider - Hindi Movie Review

Film: Haider

Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj

Marks: 6 out of 10

One line story: 

Director of this movie Vishal Bhardwaj tries to expose the ground situation in Kashmir issue. Haider searches for his missing father and comes to know there is a link between the missing father with his mother and uncle. The movie ends with blood, blasting, firing and so on.

Plot: 

Haider (Shahid Kapoor) is a son of a doctor, who is arrested by the Indian Army for assisting militants in Jammu &  Kashmir. He studies poetry in a college in Aligarh, Pakistan. He returns to his home town and searches for his missing father. In the course of his search, he comes to know that his mother (Tabu) and uncle - father's brother conspire against his dad. Meanwhile, he falls in love with a journalist (Shraddha Kapoor). He decides to take revenge on his uncle, but his mother formally married his uncle. In the climax, how Haider kills his uncle in sad ‘poetry’ note.

Bharadwaj had already taken up the core story from the Shakespeare’s plays and applied in his earlier movies Maqbool and Omkara and succeeded. Normally most of the romance scenes are being taken in the snow land in Kashmir, but in this movie revolves around the character ‘Haider’ – who expects love and peace, as he spent his valuable youth period in hostel in an ‘alien’ country.

‘Curfewed night’ novelist Bhasharat Peer is also a co-screenplay writer of this movie and he has acted a few scenes as a ‘drunkard’ in the movie.

Flaws:

1.       Haider, who has been portrayed as a very emotional character, fails to react even after knowing the brutal death of his father, instead he engaged himself into mono-acting to distract his thoughts. Why he prefers to take up this – there is lack of clarity in it.

2.       Haider comes to know about his father’s death through a doctor, who also stays with his father in the army prison. The doctor is also a double agent, as per the story. The doctor may be lying to Haider about his father’s death, as there is no substantiate evidence shown in the movie.

3.       Doctor survives, while Haider’s father dies in the army ‘encounter’ at close range can be modified in the screenplay.

4.       There is no strong reason to project Haider’s father as a supporter of the militants and that is conspired by Haider’s mother (Tabu) for adultery. The arrest of Haider’s father by the Indian army and subsequently they are bombing their house creates the more expectation among the audience. But it vanishes later.

Positives:

1.       Though there are least flaws in the movie, several touching scenes keep the audience teary-eyed in many scenes.

2.       Haider goes beyond Bollywood's Pakistan bashing for Kashmir's troubles and speaks about the alleged atrocities of the Indian Army on Kashmiris.

3.       Even the smallest of characters, faces that appear just for a shot, impress you as much as the actors with full-fledged roles.

4.       In one scene, Haider meets an old woman at a government office where they have both come searching for their missing family members. The woman shows the picture of a young man and Haider shows his father's picture. It’s very touching.

5.       Several pluses dump all the minor minuses in the movie and the makes the audience to feel heavy-hearted coming out of the cinema hall.

TN Former CM Jayalalithaa Will Stay in Jail For Now, Bail Plea Rejected

Chennai, Oct-07: J Jayalalithaa will stay in jail for now. The Karnataka High Court judge Chandrasekaraiah has rejected the former Tamil Nadu chief minister's bail plea, saying the Supreme Court has sent out a clear indication that corruption cases should be dealt tightly to withhold the nation’s democracy.

The author of the blog has confirmed it and published a detailed article “DA Case-Jayalalithaa bail plea & suspension of 4-year conviction: "Analysers and legal experts say there will be negative results tomorrow" on Monday night with the experts and analysers opinion for the rejection her bail plea.

Recap of the yesterday’s post:

There is a short spell of silence prevails across the state as the magnanimous leader of the AIADMK party J Jayalalithaa is expecting her bail plea hearing in the Karnataka high court on Tuesday. Apart from this, suspension of her four-year sentence in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case will also come up for hearing tomorrow.

What will be fate of these two cases? Though the millions of AIADMK cadres, functionaries and supporters have placed the ‘final decree’ to the court of the Almighty, sources are predicting that “There will be negative results tomorrow.”
There are two possibilities, according to the analysers. One – the cases may be posted to a next date. Two – the bail plea may be dismissed, which force the Jayalalithaa advocates to knock the doors of the Apex Court. A lawyer from Madras High Court said, “The court will not grant bail to Jayalalithaa and others – N Sasikala, J Elavarasi and V N Sudhakaran arrested in the Rs66 crore disproportionate assets case – without issuing any interim stay in the conviction slapped on them.”

Karnataka state leaders have already conveyed their views to move the sensitive case either to Tamil Nadu or to the Supreme Court, as they have ‘done their job’ by convicting Jayalalithaa and three others in the DA case.
Even if the case is dismissed in Karnataka High Court, Jayalalithaa counsels cannot approach the Supreme Court immediately. It may take at least a week more to draft to file before the court. There are more chances of postponing the hearing by shifting the case to a double bench or triple bench hearing to receive least blame even if they give interim stay in the sensitive DA Case slapped on the four in 1996 when the DMK was in power in the state.
AIADMK workers are awaiting with bated breath as a Karnataka High Court is all set to hear the bail plea of party chief Jayalalithaa tomorrow even as protests continued in Tamil Nadu against her conviction in the disproportionate assets case.

AIADMK workers and Jayalalithaa supporters, including state ministers, MPs and MLAs continued their protests and fasts in various parts of the state for the release of Jayalalithaa, who is presently in Parappana Agrahara prison at Bangalore, after a Special Court there sentenced her to four years imprisonment in the case on September 27.

DA Case-Jayalalithaa bail plea & suspension of 4-year conviction: "Analysers and legal experts say there will be negative results tomorrow"

There is a short spell of silence prevails across the state as the magnanimous leader of the AIADMK party J Jayalalithaa is expecting her bail plea hearing in the Karnataka high court on Tuesday. Apart from this, suspension of her four-year sentence in an 18-year-old disproportionate assets case will also come up for hearing tomorrow.

What will be fate of these two cases? Though the millions of AIADMK cadres, functionaries and supporters have placed the ‘final decree’ to the court of the Almighty, sources expertised in legal analysis are certainly predicting that “There will be negative results tomorrow for Jayalalithaa.”
There are two possibilities, according to the analysers. One – the cases may be posted to a next date. Two – the bail plea may be dismissed, which force the counsels of Jayalalithaa to knock the doors of the Apex Court.
A lawyer from Madras High Court said, “The court will not grant bail to Jayalalithaa and others – N Sasikala, J Elavarasi and V N Sudhakaran arrested in the Rs66 crore disproportionate assets case – without issuing any interim stay in the conviction slapped on them.”

Karnataka state leaders have already conveyed their views to move the sensitive case either to Tamil Nadu or to the Supreme Court, as they have ‘done their job’ by convicting Jayalalithaa and three others in the DA case.
Even if the case is dismissed in Karnataka High Court, Jayalalithaa counsels cannot approach the Supreme Court immediately. It may take at least a week more to draft to file before the court. There are more chances of postponing the hearing by shifting the case to a double bench or triple bench hearing to receive least blame even if they give interim stay in the sensitive DA Case slapped on the four in 1996 when the DMK was in power in the state.
AIADMK workers are awaiting with bated breath as a Karnataka High Court is all set to hear the bail plea of party chief Jayalalithaa tomorrow even as protests continued in Tamil Nadu against her conviction in the disproportionate assets case.

AIADMK workers and Jayalalithaa supporters, including state ministers, MPs and MLAs continued their protests and fasts in various parts of the state for the release of Jayalalithaa, who is presently in Parappana Agrahara prison at Bangalore, after a Special Court there sentenced her to four years imprisonment in the case on September 27.

Yaan Tamil Movie Review

Film: Yaan (Tamil)
Starring: Jiiva, Thulasi Nair, Nasser, Jayaprakash, Thambi Ramaiah and others
Director: Ravi K Chandran
Marks: 1 out of 10

One Line story: Yaan means quick-minded and very expressive, But these are lacking in the movie. Remake: This movie is almost a remake of a Hollywood movie "Midnight Express" an 1978 American/British film directed by Alan Parker. This subject may be accepted by the then audience and not really now!!!

Plot: An MBA graduate Jiiva (Chandru) falls in love with a girl Thulasi Nair (Sreela). Her father Nasser asks him where he works? Then he decides to search for a job and lands in trouble. He goes to Balikistan for a job through a travel agent. Police arrests Jiiva for carrying drugs to their country. The court gives the verdict to behead him in full view of public. Thulasi rushes to the country to rescue her boyfriend. His beheading is postponed (for silly reason??!!). Jiiva manages to flee from the prison (narrow escape??!!) and escapes from the underworld don, as he identifies him living in disguise. Finally, the film comes to an end whether the hero and heroine cross the border of Balikistan or not. (Sema twist??!!)

Flaws:
1. The movie makes the audience unrest due to the series of songs (purposefully inserted)
2. The slow motion fights irritates many audience in the cinema hall
3. The over exposure of Thulasi Nair's thighs recollect Ramba (unnecessary)
4. After Jiiva identifies the underworld Don in disguise in an unexpected (??!!) meeting outside the court hall is okay. There is a lag in the chasing scene, which can be further sharply chopped to make it more nail-biting.
5. In several scenes, the audience starts chatting within each other and hurls weird comments at the actor and actress clearly shows the length and unnecessary song sequences especially a dream song close to the climax. However the cinematography is appreciated much.
6. Jiiva's easy escape from the prison has raised several doubts among the spectators.
7. Screenplay has struck and slipped in several scenes after Jiiva is caught by the Balikistan police.
8. Every common people are now aware to deal with the travel agents and steps to be noted while going abroad.
9. Worse the anxiety of the audience is the climax, in which they see a barbed fence and a board with BORDER written on it.

Positives:
1. It has given a lot of rooms to imitate in several movies. (Please note down Chinna Kalaivaanar team and Santhanam team)
2. Definitely the first scene, the encounter of an underworld don in full view of public. The cinematographer should be patted for his work.

DA Case verdict against Jayalalithaa: Eight days on, unrest continues in Tamil Nadu

Tension prevailed across the state continuously for the past eight days due to the unrest of the AIADMK party cadres.

More than two dozens of people including a class 10 student Nagalakshmi in Madurai, a college student Joshna in Lalgudi near Tiruchi were ended their life by committing suicide, while few others died due to cardiac arrest after hearing the apprehension of the Tamil Nadu former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

The special court judge John Michael D’Cunha declared four years imprisonment and Rs100 crore as fine amount to Jayalalithaa, her aide N Sasikala, J Elavarasi and V N Sudhakaran in the Rs66 crore disproportionate assets case slapped on them in 1996.

Two state owned buses were torched soon after the judgment. One bus was torched at Kancheepuram and the other at Virudhu Nagar. 

Interestingly, four major corporation including Vellore have passed out a resolution against the verdict issued on the AIADMK party supremo J Jayalalithaa.

Everyone in the state thought that the agitations will come to an end after the new government led by O Panneerselvam was formed last week in the state.

However the protests continued aggressively all over the states. Soon after the clash and damage of state owned buses by the PMK cadres near Mahabalipuram in the Chithirai festival programme organized by the Vanniyar Sangam, the then chief minister J Jayalalithaa warned daringly the PMK party in the assembly floor. Moreover she also added that the loss incurred should be bore by the PMK party cadres.

However the situation is going worse and worser in the state. More than 1,000 protests, apart from 200 fasting and peaceful agitations across the state in several towns, cities and villages since September 27. The cinema halls were closed their shutters one day and its the turn for all the private school management and they have declared one day closure on coming Tuesday and the agitations goes on and on for the early release of Jayalalithaa from the prison, who is now detained in Parappana Agrahara prison in Bangalore.

On Sunday, AIADMK councillors in Chennai Corporation led by mayor Saidai S Duraisamy staged a fasting in a bid to protest against the imprisonment of the party's general secretary. They all wore a black dress and sat near MGR mausoleum near Marina to mark their protest. The AIADMK has 171 members in the 200 member council.

A group of people organized a funeral ceremony for a man who was ‘alive’ and he was taken on the chariot on the streets and roads in Washermenpet. The ‘dead corpse’ was wearing a mask of former chief minister M Karunanidhi with a yellow towel around the man’s neck. Irked over this, the DMK party functionaries have planned to bring it to the notice of the court to make it an issue.

Though several protestors and agitators conducting the protests, fasts and agitations with or without taking the permission from the police personnel concerned, the police personnel are literally confused whether to take action against them or not, as their ‘bosses’ didn’t give any proper instructions to their subordinates in this issue.

Meanwhile, state minister S Valarmathi has carried 'Poochatti' (burning wood in a vessel) at the Ilankaliamman Temple in the city for the early return of the former chief minister J Jayalalithaa from the Bangalore prison.

EV Ramasamy gets 3 years imprisonment and Rs2,000 as fine in 1938

I saw a magazine ‘Dravida Naadu’ issued from the then state headquarters Kancheepuram, dated 29-09-1946. I have translated the news, which is in Tamil into English.

It says about ‘Inba Dravidame En Latchiyam’ (My aim is to achieve happy Dravida Naadu)

I am requesting you My Lord to put an end to the inquiry drama by pronouncing the maximum punishment, which will be convincing for us and for all the backward class people. I am ready to pay all my good deeds to achieve my goal.

It is not the voice of the youth. It is the voice of an elderly man. That is why? thousands of youngsters have gathered and raised their voices.

One day at 3.30pm. The magistrate sticks on his seat and forgets even to take food. Thousands of Tamil families are eagerly waiting inside and outside the court hall to hear the judgment. One side – Achariyar and the other side – Periyar E V Ramasamy. “Hindi infiltration stares at me and Virgin Tamil looks passionately opposite to it. They (Congress) are on the power to pronounce the verdict, but I am surviving the life to save Tamil.

Congress party is in power and they have planned to send the party leader (EVR) to prison. Periyar speaks in the language of freedom fighters, “I will pay the maximum for the rights of a common man. “Take the law, give punishment, complete the drama. What is the age?

The magistrate is going to deliver the judgment. What will be the punishment for the leader (EVR). Lion (EVR) is in the cage. Tamil people are expecting the judgment. Achariyar in the power seat, magistrate speaks.

“Two years,” magistrate said.

Two years imprisonment for my leader (EVR)? For opposing Hindi? People think whether the rulers (Congress) have their hearts made of iron. Tamil people are shocked. To save the sweetness of Tamil, the judgment is extreme. Magistrate further reads the judgment, which make the people to stand still.

“Two years imprisonment and Rs2,000 fine amount. If he fails to pay the fine amount, one more year imprisonment,” magistrate said.

The court has pronounced three years imprisonment to EVR at 3.25 pm on December 6, 1938 not for hurling bomb. For preserving the Tamil and raising voice against the infiltration of Hindi in south India.

EV Ramasamy looks as if a bold warrior and sees the thousands of Tamil people gathered in the court premises. He sees the teary-eyed people around him. He adjusts his long towel wrapped around him. He looks patiently and speaks at the crowd with a smile at his face.

“I am an accused now.” People see him the Tamil leader as an accused convicted by the court. This is not the first time, it is eighth. People shed the tears for the ‘convicted accused’. Elderly people cry like babies. 

What happened to former CM of TN J Jayalalithaa inside the court hall in Bangalore?

What happened to former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa inside the court? Whether she was manhandled by the police personnel from Karnataka?

A court staff, who was also present in the court hall when the verdict was pronounced on September 27, on condition of anonymity said: “If the media and the photographers were allowed inside the court hall, there may be clash between two sects of people across two states.”

September 27, 2014: A small room was modified into a court hall. The special court judge John Michael D’Cunha pronounced his milestone judgment. J Jayalalithaa, escorted by the ‘Z’ plus security personnel, entered into court hall and then the further proceedings were blacked out from the thousands of media people. They were restricted by placing barricades 500 metres away from the court premises on all sides.

Security beefed up outside the special court in Bangalore

The staff who witnessed the verdict said, Jayalalithaa was teary-eyed and she spoke in fluent English to the judge. "Her face turned red and she appeared as if she would start shedding tears any moment, but she fought her emotions and didn't allow the tears to roll down her cheeks."

She said “the entire case spanning 18-years was politically motivated. There is no black spot in my administration or the way I run the party. This is politically motivated." Brushing aside her plea, the Judge Cunha declared her and three others named in the first information report (FIR) as accused and convicted them with four years imprisonment.

Jayalalithaa sat in a chair and didn’t see her aide N Sasikala, J Elavarasi and V N Sudhakaran who were standing little away from her. Jayalalithaa asked for some water, however she got the water bottle after an hour along with some biscuits. The police personnel gave Jayalalithaa packed food for her lunch. She refused to accept the lunch she took the remaining biscuits as her lunch.

Worsen the situation, when police personnel held Jayalalithaa’s hand firmly and refused to allow her to the caravan, instead the police personnel showed a wash room, close to the court hall. The ‘Black Cats’ came for her rescue and they dared the police personnel at gun point, who pushed away Jayalalithaa.

Jayalalithaa didn’t turn towards anyone and she was chanting slogans till she was taken to the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after a team of three prison doctors examined Jayalalithaa’s health condition before admitting her.

Parappana Agrahara Central Prison

Jayalalithaa has been given convict number 7402. Her friend Sasikala is convict 7403, Sudhakaran 7404 and Ilavarasi 7405. Sources say that at the prison, both the in-house doctors and her personal doctors checked Jayalalithaa. 

Verdict in DA Case-J Jayalalithaa: Commenting court judgment is contempt of court

Who will tie bell to the cat? Everyone knows the kids story. 

Almost five days now and on…Still there are series of protests, agitations, statements and attempts to end lives continues in the state for the conviction slapped on the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa.

The court judgment cannot be questioned by any person as per the constitution of law. It is against law and it invokes contempt of court proceedings.

Criminal contempt " 

- publication (whether by words spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representations, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which-

(i)                  scandalizes or tends to scandalize, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court; or

(ii)                prejudices, or interferes or tends to interfere with, the due course of any judicial proceeding; or 

(iii)               interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner;

If any lawyer files a PIL before the special court in Karnataka or in any other courts, then it may turn into a major havoc for the protestors' and the rulers in the state. Will the agitators know that these protests against the judge and his verdict will turn against those who are now in prison?

Sympathy

As a resident of Tamil Nadu, I am also having sympathy - like many other millions of people in the state- towards the former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. As she has fan followers and, ardent and disciplined millions of supporters in AIADMK, the party can organize a venue to conduct a peace fasting. It’s to show their strength and unity.

Judge John Michael D'Cunha

Abusing the judge John Michael D’Cunha for awarding imprisonment in public is a contempt of court. I am wondering whether the learned people and professionals including the lawyers of the Madras high court are aware of the fact?

The special court in Bangalore has convicted J Jayalalithaa with four year imprisonment with Rs25 crore fine amount in the Rs66 crore disproportionate assets case slapped on her and her close aide N Sasikala, J Elavarasi and V N Sudhakaran. Though the judgment comes after 18 years, Jayalalithaa loses her MLA post as well as the chief minister post due to the amendment in the Representation of People Act last year.

What is the Representation of People Act says:

For more details click the following link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/From-now-lawmakers-who-get-two-years-in-jail-will-lose-seats/articleshow/22379224.cms

So far, as many as 22 people have ended their valuable lives for the sake of Jayalalithaa for the love towards her. The deceased includes a college student in Lalgudi near Tiruchi and a Class 10 student in Madurai. A grade-I police constable D Velmurugan from Theni district, who received award from the hands of Jayalalithaa in 2003 and was holding Guinness record in 14 categories including swimming, back walking, attempted immolation in uniform. Some of the school teachers have also joined the protests in some place. A team of lawyers in Madras high court also staged protests.

People ending their lives to show their love towards Jayalalithaa is purely personal, but how the police personnel allow the protests, fasting, agitations in all corners of the city and rural areas affecting the common people.

Social activist and Congress party functionary and Madras high court lawyer T K R Sudha says: “I am wondering the people are crying foul for the corruption. Whether the people are accepting the politicians indulging in corruption. The same people are also sympathizing for a person who is being remanded on corruption charges. What is the logic of the general public?”

The court judgment cannot be discussed openly on any occasion. The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 clearly says it.

The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971:

Objective: To define & limit powers of certain courts in punishing contempt of courts & to uphold the majesty and dignity of law courts and their image in the minds of the public is no way whittled down.

Contempt of court " - civil contempt or criminal contempt.

Civil contempt "- willful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or willful breach of an undertaking given to a court;

Criminal contempt " - publication (whether by words spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representations, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which-

(iv)              scandalizes or tends to scandalize, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court; or

(v)                prejudices, or interferes or tends to interfere with, the due course of any judicial proceeding; or 

(vi)              interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner;

Advocate Sudha says: “If every common man takes law in their hand and starts arguing in each and every judgment will turn the decree of the judiciary system as a whole. The state government should never allow these and should take appropriate action to curtail these incidents.”

(The views are purely personal and not to hurt any sentiments of any sect of people)

Jeeva Tamil Movie Review

Jeeva:

One line story: 

The success story of an ardent cricketer who spends, breathes and lives for cricket in spite of several odd.

Actor Vishnu Vishal and Sri Divya

Success formula:

It is yet another success story for the director Suseenthiran. Sri Divya has played the same bubbly character like the one in ‘Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam’. It’s a hit number for Vishal Vishnu as he steps into his glory. Another good thing is after several new directors start ruling the ‘Kollywood’, its time to change for the producers too. Actors Vishal and Arya has produced the movie and it’s a success for them.

Plot:

Vishnu, who is also a real time cricketer, lives as Jeeva in this movie. He fails in his academics, as he concentrates in cricket. He falls in love to a girl lives next door, who calls him as 'Anna' (brother) initially and later she also falls in love. When their love comes to know to her parents, they warns her and she stays away. This helps Jeeva to focus in cricket and he joins in the under-18 cricket. He then meets her lover at a college, by the time he takes into Ranji Team cricket. His friend commits suicide after the duo knocks out of the team. Then Jeeva shines in CPL (#IPL) and then plays for the Indian cricket team.

Flaws:

1. The girl Jenny brings liquor to Jeeva with side dish for a day is acceptable. The girl repeats the same daily when Jeeva accompanies with his friends on the terrace of their house. If he is alone, it is acceptable.

2. In the first scene, Jeeva introduces his father, an EB employee, and suddenly he returns home and calls actor Charlie as father makes us feel as if the director has made a mistake. However we rectifies this in the later scenes. 

3. There is a gap to be filled in the death of Jeeva’s friend. Suddenly commits suicide blaming the cricket board for not including his name and his friend’s in the Ranji team citing his family situation. There is no earlier mention about his family background.

Commendable for:

1. Jeeva’s father gives up his drinking habit after hearing about his son works in a mobile idli shop to meet his expenses

2. The chemistry between Vishnu Vishal (Jeeva) and Sri Divya (Jenny) in the movie is good

3. The lively character of the cricket control board chairperson resembling the original

4. India is the only country where several good ‘sportsmen’ are losing the battle without even contesting in any of the matches.

Fact:

It is the fact, though Vishnu Vishal shines in Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) and a real good cricketer, he fails to get an entry pass into any one of the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams as a real batsman. There are some real facts and statistics that there are limited people from outside a community gets opportunity to play for the Indian cricket team.

Marks:

Rating 6/10

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa can appeal the verdict

In the disproportionate asset case slapped on Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, her close aide Sasikala, her sister Ilavarasi and Sudhakaran. In the final verdict in the case, John Michael T Kunha

declared all the four are accused in the case and awarded four years imprisonment along with Rs25 crore fine for each one of them at the special court in Bangalore on Saturday.


As the verdict is out now, there are several questions about the legal ramifications in the case. The Hindu journalist Mr.K.Venkataraman has answers for replied for all the queries.

Q: Can she appeal? Or is this it?

Ans: She has the right to appeal. This is only a Special Court.

Q: What's the maximum possible sentence?

Ans: The Act provides a minimum of one year's prison term and a maximum of seven years.

Q: Who becomes next CM now?

Ans: It's anybody's guess. There are many names doing the rounds. Finance Minister O.Panneerselvam, who on a similar occasion earlier became Chief Minister, and Visalakshi Nedunchezhian top the list.

Q: Will she will be taken into custody immediately?

Ans: If the sentence is up to three years, the Court has the power to suspend its own sentence for some time to enable the accused to appeal. It is the court's discretion. For terms above three years, the court doesn't have this power and the accused will have to go to a higher court on appeal and seek suspension of the prison term. In such circumstances, the accused will have to be taken into custody and lodged in prison.

Q: PR act bars convicted person to be MLA/MP. Which section bars them to be CM/PM/Minister? Will there is a situation where Jayalalithaa is not an MLA but still CM?

Ans: The Representation of the People Act, 1951 does not bar or enable someone to become CM/PM/Minister. It is provided for in the Constitution. Normally, a non-member can be CM for a maximum of six months. However, in 2001, when under a subsisting conviction, she was appointed CM without being a member, the Supreme Court quashed her appointment. The present position is that a non-member can be a Minister only if he or she is eligible to contest and not disqualified for contest.

Q: What happens to her assets?

Ans: There are provisions in law to identify and dispose of such assets through auction, but that is a long way away as it involves a separate process. The appeals will also have to be disposed of.

Q: What will now happen to the TN's assembly?

Ans: The Assembly will not be disturbed.

Q: Can she contest in the next election?

Ans: If the disqualification continues -- that is if the conviction is not overturned or stayed by a higher court -- she cannot contest the next election

Q: Once the sentence period is over can she become CM instantly?

Ans: The law is that the disqualification continues for six years from the date of release.

Q: Why should current set of Ministers resign if the verdict is against her?

Ans: The Cabinet is a single unit and it is wholly appointed on the CM's advice. There is no Cabinet without the CM. The next CM will have to advice the Governor on appointing Ministers

Q: What cases remain open against Jayalalithaa? Can this case be reopened by anyone who wants to appeal against the verdict

Ans: A couple of income taxes and one pertaining a foreign remittance are the only other cases pending against her. The IT case is going on in Chennai, and the foreign remittance (CBI) case is bogged down in technicalities in the Supreme Court. Cases in which she has already been acquitted at the level of the SUpreme Court cannot be reopened

Q: Which state she will be put in jail?

Ans: As of now, it will be in Karnataka. But she has the right to seek a transfer to TN, as the only reason the case was shifted to Bangalore was to ensure a fair trial, which has been achieved.

Q: What will be the legal steps if punishment upto 3 years and more than 3 years?

Ans: Up to three years, the Court has the power to suspend its own sentence and give the accused time to file an appeal. Until then, they need not go to jail. Above three years, the court doesn't have this power and has to commit the convicts to prison.

Who will pay the court expenses?

Ans: The government foots the bill.

Q : Will DMK will gain political mileage through this?

Ans: Yes. The DMK will gain political mileage, more so in the 2016 Assembly elections

Q: Can a State CM declare emergency and continue rule?

Ans: There is no such provision in the Constitution for a state-level Emergency

FAQ

Q: Why did this case take 18 years from first complaint to final verdict?

Ans: The trial was near completion in 2000. However, after the change of regime in 2001, the AIADMK government recalled all the witnesses to change their testimony. The SUpreme Court termed it an attempt to derail the case and transferred it to Karnataka, where it had to be started afresh. Several petitions, translations of documents, large number of legal issues raised, changes in judges and prosecutors, large number of witnesses -- these were among the reasons for the delay

Q: Did this case initially come under Karnataka's jurisdiction?

Ans: No, it was transferred to Karnataka under the Supreme Court's orders. The court felt a fair trial was not possible in Tamil Nadu under AIADMK rule

Q: Can the subjective opinion of a judge change the course of justice?

Ans: Yes, that is why the law provides for appellate remedy.