THELIGHTOFANDAMANS: Buffer Zone Case: SC Appoints Two-Member Commission

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Buffer Zone Case: SC Appoints Two-Member Commission

THE LIGHT OF ANDAMANS | VOL: 35 | ISSUE: 26 | 03 FEBRUARY 2012

Buffer Zone Case:

SC Appoints Two-Member Commission

To Submit Report Within Six Weeks

In the Buffer Zone Case between Barefoot and ANI Admn, the Supreme Court has appointed two advocates as Court Commissioners nominated by both parties. Adv. T S Doabia on behalf of ANI Admn and Adv. Sanjay Upadhyay for Barefoot Inns and Leisures Pvt Ltd., will visit the Islands along with Ajay Saxena, Director, Tribal Welfare, AN Admn.

The Court Commissioners shall visit the Islands and submit a report to the Apex Court within next six weeks.

Earlier, the Court heard the counsels for the parties and perused affidavit dated 02.02.2012 of Shri Kuldip Singh Thakur, Deputy Resident Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Administration.

The expenses of the Court Commissioners for their visit to the Islands and stay shall be borne by the Andaman and Nicobar Administration, which shall also extend other facilities to the Court Commissioners. The fees of the Court Commissioners shall be determined after submission of the report by them.

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About The Light of Andamans

The Light of Andamans’ was born out of the zeal and determination to fight against the suffocating Kafkaesque atmosphere on the society that existed even after 30 years of Independence under bureaucratic rule. It was a hangover of the ‘Raj’that extended much too long in the Islands.

The Light of Andamans’ was started in 1975. The paper had always been a crusader, taking up the causes that no other newspaper would touch. In doing so, it very often stepped on the toes of the authorities and had to face persecution in the form of denial of advertisements and numerous court cases against it. For a small stint, the publication came to a halt in 2003.

Gezira Publications Private Limited took over the paper in the year 2005 and transferred the title in a bid to revive the second oldest newsmagazine from extinction and also to carry forward the mission.

The Newsmagazine, under the new management, has undergone a sea change both in form and content. It turned into a full-fledged tabloid with 10 pages with plenty of photographs making both pleasing to the eyes and soothing for the mind. “It has acquired a position where it influences the policies in vital matters concerning the development of the islands, protection of aboriginal tribes and addressing the problems of the disadvantaged groups. The newsmagazine is known and appreciated for its bold, free, fair and balanced reporting.”

Late Govinda Raju and his team worked very hard to rebuild the reputation, goodwill and a healthy new image of the newsmagazine brick by brick. After the demise of Mr Raju in 2010, the magazine is now being edited by Zubair Ahmed and published by Basudev Dass. The newsmagazine continues its mission of highlighting policy issues pertaining to the Islands.