Around Town: HC seeks govt reply on medical facilities in Tihar Jail

South Mayor inspects parking lots

NEW DELHI: South corporation Mayor Savita Gupta and Municipal Commissioner Manish Gupta inspected parking sites at Defence Colony and Lajpat Nagar. During the inspection,the absence of fixed parameters for collecting parking fees was observed. “There was no board or banner informing people about presence of a parking lot. The number of cars in parking lots exceeded their capacity,” said the mayor. She asked the municipal commissioner to look into the matter and resolve parking woes in the area. Engineer-in-Chief Ravi Das was also present during the inspection.

Have right to confront witness: Sajjan to court

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar,who is facing trial in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case,on Wednesday told a Delhi court that he has the right to confront a key witness with evidence on record after the CBI took the stand that it was “not relying on contradicting statements” of the witness. The argument was over an affidavit and statement of a key witness and complainant Jagdish Kaur,recorded by various commissions set up to inquire into the riots. District Judge J R Aryan was told by the Congress leader’s counsel I U Khan that the accused has a right to cross-examine the witnesses with regard to evidence available on record.