Karnataka varsity to set up Gangubai Hanagal chair
Business Standard
Dharwad August 13, 2005:The Karnataka University in Dharwad will set up a Gangubai Hanagal Chair this year. Karnataka governor and chancellor of the university T N Chaturvedi has approved the statute for instituting the Smt Gangubai Hanagal Chair in Karnataka University.
Vice chancellor M Khaja Peer announcing this in Dharwad said that the chair is aimed at promoting classical music, to organise concerts of eminent musicians of the different gharanas, to enable students to study the different gharanas, to boost various forms of music and to set up a music library of classical, modern and folk music.
The state government has sanctioned Rs 15 lakh for the purpose. The interest earned from the amount will be utilised to arrange at least one music concert to understand the change and continuity of our heritage in music followed by concerts by eminent artists.
The V-C also said that the chair proposed to bring out a bulletin and focus its research on the contributions made by Smt Gangubai Hanagal in the field of Hindustani music. The V-C will be the chairman of the advisory committee. He will nominate scholars from the field of music to the advisory committee as members.
Khaja Peer said that the chair is a symbolic expression of the university’s commitment to the eminent exponents of music in north Karnataka, especially of Dharwad.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
State to soon introduce plea bargaining in criminal cases
State to soon introduce plea bargaining in criminal cases
The Hindu
HUBLI: The State Government plans to introduce the concept of "plea bargaining" for the first time in the country. The required amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code have been passed by the legislature. Plea bargaining may be notified for introduction in about a month's time, according to official sources.
Plea bargaining is an arrangement between prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectations of leniency in sentencing and is widely practised in the U.S. Despite the recommendation to introduce plea bargaining made by the Law Commission in its 154th report, the concept has remained alien in the country.
Law amended
The legislature has amended the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and incorporated Chapter XXI providing for plea bargaining in the trial of less heinous offences under List II and List III of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution. Section 167 of the Criminal Procedure Code has been amended to provide for the production of an accused before a magistrate by means of a video link. Section 436 A has been inserted to provide for the release, on a personal bond with or without surety, of an accused person who has been detained for a period exceeding one half of the maximum period of imprisonment specified for that offence other than offences for which the death penalty is specified as one of the punishments.
Under the new arrangement the prosecutor and defence counsel can enter into an agreement to resolve one or more criminal charges pending against an accused without a trial. It gives scope for the prosecution not to press the charge against the accused, make the accused plead guilty to a lesser charge or plead guilty to a particular charge in exchange for dismissal of other charges. There is also the possibility of compensation being paid to the victim of a crime.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said he is confidant that this step will considerably reduce the number of pending cases in courts.
Mr Patil said the importance of the concept can be gauged from the fact that while in India the rate of conviction in criminal cases is abysmally low, it is almost 100 per cent in Japan and around 94 per cent in the U.S State of California thanks to plea bargaining.
Limited use
According to Chidanand Patel, Principal of the University College of Law, Dharwad, the law as it prevails in the country at the moment provides for compounding of cases and dropping of charges against an approver. This is only a limited use of the concept of plea bargaining and the amendment Bill paves the way for a broader application of the concept.
The Hindu
HUBLI: The State Government plans to introduce the concept of "plea bargaining" for the first time in the country. The required amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code have been passed by the legislature. Plea bargaining may be notified for introduction in about a month's time, according to official sources.
Plea bargaining is an arrangement between prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectations of leniency in sentencing and is widely practised in the U.S. Despite the recommendation to introduce plea bargaining made by the Law Commission in its 154th report, the concept has remained alien in the country.
Law amended
The legislature has amended the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and incorporated Chapter XXI providing for plea bargaining in the trial of less heinous offences under List II and List III of the 7th Schedule of the Constitution. Section 167 of the Criminal Procedure Code has been amended to provide for the production of an accused before a magistrate by means of a video link. Section 436 A has been inserted to provide for the release, on a personal bond with or without surety, of an accused person who has been detained for a period exceeding one half of the maximum period of imprisonment specified for that offence other than offences for which the death penalty is specified as one of the punishments.
Under the new arrangement the prosecutor and defence counsel can enter into an agreement to resolve one or more criminal charges pending against an accused without a trial. It gives scope for the prosecution not to press the charge against the accused, make the accused plead guilty to a lesser charge or plead guilty to a particular charge in exchange for dismissal of other charges. There is also the possibility of compensation being paid to the victim of a crime.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said he is confidant that this step will considerably reduce the number of pending cases in courts.
Mr Patil said the importance of the concept can be gauged from the fact that while in India the rate of conviction in criminal cases is abysmally low, it is almost 100 per cent in Japan and around 94 per cent in the U.S State of California thanks to plea bargaining.
Limited use
According to Chidanand Patel, Principal of the University College of Law, Dharwad, the law as it prevails in the country at the moment provides for compounding of cases and dropping of charges against an approver. This is only a limited use of the concept of plea bargaining and the amendment Bill paves the way for a broader application of the concept.
Expert body needed to document intellectual property, says judge
Expert body needed to document intellectual property, says judge
The Hindu
DHARWAD: Judge of the Karnataka High Court N. Kumar on Saturday said an expert body should be set up to document intellectual property in the country which is yet to be exploited.
Delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of the two-day State-level seminar on "Perspectives in intellectual property rights" organised by JSS Sakri Law College at SDM Dental College here, Mr. Kumar said: "We have intellectual property in abundance which has to be tapped. For this, the Government and corporate houses should invest in research and development of products that have potential for global commerce."
Steps have to be taken to register such products under the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.
TRIPS
Mr. Kumar spoke at length about the TRIPS agreement. The agreement establishes international standards for intellectual property protection. TRIPS provides an important linkage between intellectual property rights protection and trade portions. A key feature of TRIPS is the obligation it places on WTO members to effectively enforce intellectual property rights, he said.
"TRIPS mandates a uniform term of 20 years from the date of filing of the patent application, irrespective of whether the invention is a product or a process. But the extension of the period of patent protection is going to be disadvantageous to the Indian industry considering the fact that the majority of the patents taken in India are by foreigners, that too in sectors where we have the potential to grow," Mr. Kumar said.
D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala and chairman of Janata Shikshana Samiti, Dharwad, who presided over the function, hoped that the deliberations will help students.
Veena Madhav Tonapi, principal of the college; N. Vajrakumar, secretary of the samiti; Subhas Joshi, vice-chairman, JSS; and others were present.
K. Satish Babu, seminar coordinator, proposed a vote of thanks.
The Hindu
DHARWAD: Judge of the Karnataka High Court N. Kumar on Saturday said an expert body should be set up to document intellectual property in the country which is yet to be exploited.
Delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of the two-day State-level seminar on "Perspectives in intellectual property rights" organised by JSS Sakri Law College at SDM Dental College here, Mr. Kumar said: "We have intellectual property in abundance which has to be tapped. For this, the Government and corporate houses should invest in research and development of products that have potential for global commerce."
Steps have to be taken to register such products under the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.
TRIPS
Mr. Kumar spoke at length about the TRIPS agreement. The agreement establishes international standards for intellectual property protection. TRIPS provides an important linkage between intellectual property rights protection and trade portions. A key feature of TRIPS is the obligation it places on WTO members to effectively enforce intellectual property rights, he said.
"TRIPS mandates a uniform term of 20 years from the date of filing of the patent application, irrespective of whether the invention is a product or a process. But the extension of the period of patent protection is going to be disadvantageous to the Indian industry considering the fact that the majority of the patents taken in India are by foreigners, that too in sectors where we have the potential to grow," Mr. Kumar said.
D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala and chairman of Janata Shikshana Samiti, Dharwad, who presided over the function, hoped that the deliberations will help students.
Veena Madhav Tonapi, principal of the college; N. Vajrakumar, secretary of the samiti; Subhas Joshi, vice-chairman, JSS; and others were present.
K. Satish Babu, seminar coordinator, proposed a vote of thanks.
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