Akbar Ali

Advocate, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@NIKHILLJHA There's a typo, claim amount 1.13 L and the settled amount 1.09 L

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@Vasudha156 Given huge fan following there and Kerala being a neighbour, its unlikely Vijay will skip it. INC was the first party to extend support to Vijay post elections.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@imranhindu Likely names for Madurai?

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@VinodhArulappan Parliamentary approval is not a prerequisite for President's Rule. Art 356 only stipulates that the PR has to be approved by Parliament within 2 months of proclamation. So, at the first instance parliamentary approval is not necessary.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@siddusayss President's rule has been imposed 4 times in TN. The latest was in the year 1991.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@imranhindu Why is this exemption not made applicable to the staff of the Madurai Bench? There's no scientific evidence to show that Xray inspection affects food.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@spvaid To be fair judges don't idle in vacations. They've judgments to write and perform a host of administrative works piled on them. Vacation courts exist to take up urgent cases. Talking of colonial-era practices, when will the police discard the orderly system?

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@TheLeaflet_in The senior counsel is Sricharan Rangarajan

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@thinak_ That's highly unreasonable. Being a TN cadre IPS officer, he ought to know Tamil. If he doesn't possess working knowledge of Tamil, he must be dismissed from service.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@IndianTechGuide @grok Compare the per capita income of UP with the top 5 Indian states in terms of GDP per capita.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@NIKHILLJHA This doesn't seem to be an official notification from IRDAI.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@johnstanly @grok Is Turkey in the western hemisphere?

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@imranhindu @THChennai The law must take into account people who are naive also. Not everyone could be expected to critically reason. By that logic anyone could get away with any rumour, however dangerous it may be.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@sone_do_mujhe How could Monga J claim to be a first gen lawyer when his father had been a judicial officer?

[Shankar Prakash A @shankarprakasha]

Bad roads aren't just an inconvenience—they're a public health crisis.

🚨 In #Madurai, the 2.93 km stretch between #Jainhindpuram and #Keerathurai (which I have observed) has remained a mud road for ≈3 years, according to a resident who has lived in this locality for 2 decades!

Here's why this should concern us all. 🧵 (1/16)

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@kpram2k1 @UpdatesChennai When the central government which runs the railways was inclined to go forward, what was TN govt's issue with revenue . Sometimes accessibility has to be given preference over profitability.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@advsanjoy Is Mr Wilson for digging? 🤔

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

The TN govt has to display its seriousness in this issue by immediately declaring the full 20.93 sq km of the licence area as a Biodiversity Heritage Site.

[Ministry of Mines @MinesMinIndia]

Response to the tweet of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on auction of Nayakkarpatti Tungsten block in Tamil Nadu

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 has been amended by the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023 with effect from 17.08.2023. The Amendment Act, inter alia, inserted section 11D in the Act which empowers the Central Government to exclusively auction mining leases and composite licenses in respect of ‘critical and strategic minerals’ specified in Part D of the First Schedule of the Act.

The Ministry of Mines has successfully conducted auction of 24 blocks of critical and strategic minerals in four tranche still date. The Nayakkarpatti Tungsten Block covering an area of over 20.16 sq. km. was proposed for the auction in the month of February, 2024. Inputs were taken from the Government of Tamil Nadu before the block was put up for auction.

The State Government informed that land schedule details were unavailable. It was also informed that a quarry lease for granite over 47.37 hectares in Aritapatti Village, Melur Taluk, had been granted to TAMIN, a State PSU, on 19th September 2008 for a period of 30 years. Subsequently, TAMIN submitted a surrender proposal for the lease. Additionally, the State Government sent a notification from the Environment, Climate Change, and Forest Department notifying specific survey 379/1, 379/2 of Aritapatti village, and survey no. 137 in Meenakshipuram villages of Madurai District as a Biodiversity Heritage Site. As per the information available, out of the total area of 20.16 sq. km., only 1.93 sq. km within Aritapatti and Meenakshipuram villages has been notified as a Biodiversity Heritage Site.

The block was successfully auctioned with Hindustan Zinc Ltd. being declared as the preferred bidder on 07.11.2024. Since February, 2024 when the block was first put to auction till the declaration of result of auction on 07.11.2024, there was no communication from any quarter including State Government regarding any opposition to the auction. Nor did the State Government request the Central Government to drop the block from auction.

Nayakkarpatti Tungsten block is spread over in an area of 20.16 sq. km. This block has been auctioned as a composite licence block, which means that the block has been partially explored and the successful bidder will have to carry out exploration in the block before mining lease is granted. The mining lease is ultimately granted only for a part of the composite licence block of 20.16 sq. km. where there is sufficient evidence of existence of mineral contents.

For carrying out exploration in any forest area, the guidelines laid down by MoEF&CC are followed. Areas such as Biodiversity site is not included for exploration activities. Further, before a mining lease is granted, necessary forest clearance and environmental clearance are required to be obtained as per norms and any area which is not agreed to by the MoEF&CC is not included in the mining lease area.

The economic development including development of mineral sector has to go hand in hand with the preservation of India’s archaeological, cultural and natural heritage. The norms fixed by MoEF&CC and other agencies in the country are strictly followed to ensure this objective and will also be followed in case of the Nayakkarpatti Tungsten block also.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

Hey @ICICIBank_Care, though my fastag TN64AB7033 has a balance of Rs 2975, it isn't passing through tollgate. I've called your customer care number but it's yet to connect to an executive though 23 minutes have elepased. I had to pay double the amount because of your glitch.

[Akbar Ali @twitAkbaR]

@sone_do_mujhe Not only geographically. When Mr Somasekhar Sundaresan was elevated to the Bombay HC, due regard was had to the fact that he's knowledgeable in securities law. In this case other more meritorious lawyers, specialised in other branches, would have been overlooked.