HC modifies punishment imposed on Special Sub-Inspector
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has modified the punishment awarded to a Special Sub Inspector of Police. The disciplinary action was taken against him after it was said that he took part i
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has modified the punishment awarded to a Special Sub Inspector of Police. The disciplinary action was taken against him after it was said that he took part in a political meeting. It was hearing a petition filed by M. Manoharan. The petitioner was a Special Sub Inspector of Police in Tirunelveli. When he was the Head Constable at the Pettai police station, disciplinary action was taken against him in 2010. The wife of the petitioner was running a charitable institution. A function was organised with the help of a political party to donate sarees and dhotis to the people of Thenpathu village. While the petitioner said that he only assisted his wife in the event and was not aware of the fact that it was organised by the political party, the State said that even after coming to know that the political party had organised the event he had delivered a speech.Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.