‘Specify time to fill up PMLA tribunal’s posts’
The Hindu
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to specify the timeline within which it proposes to fill up the posts of chairperson and members of the Appellate Tribunal of Prevention of Money Laund
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to specify the timeline within which it proposes to fill up the posts of chairperson and members of the Appellate Tribunal of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (ATPMLA) in the Capital and make it functional.
Justice Rekha Palli, after perusing a status report filed by the Centre, said it is unfortunate that no time frame has been indicated for making the tribunal functional at the earliest.
“In the interest of justice, respondents [Centre] are granted two weeks’ time to file the status report clearly stating the time frame within which it proposes to make the tribunal functional,” the court said.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”