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Revaluation result delay keeps engg aspirants on edge

DGE's delay, students nightmare

Those students traumatic day. No officer would rather study bio- said, “We understand announced, if the along with a request letter to
who have applied for re- there was even willing to technology in a reputed that the students have student receives the change their rank, the revised
totalling and re- speak to me and they told science college than an problems about getting revised marksheet mark will be uploaded
evaluation in their class me that I am not alone. engineering course. But, their mark-sheets. We before counselling immediately and the rank
XII exams are spending Imagine the harassment my biology marks are assure them that even if begins, and submits a changed.”
nerve wracking moments so many children and much below than what I the rank lists are photocopy of the same
as they are waiting for their parents are going expected. I applied for re-
their marks before Tamil through,” said , a parent evaluation as I can’t
Nadu Engineering at DPI on Thursday. afford to apply for xerox
Admissions (TNEA) Most Arts and copies of answer sheets
announce the rank list. Science colleges in the and re-totalling. Does the
A f e m a l e city closing their e x a m i n a t i o n s
student was moved with admission or in their last department even realise
tears at Directorate of stages of admission. how they are meddling
School Education when “I wanted to do with my future,”
she approached them bio-engineering. If I am questions a frustrated
with their Xerox copies of not going to get the candidate.
her Physics answer course in a good TNEA Director
sheet, which showed her engineering college, I Dr Rhymend Uthariraj
total as 99+50 = 139. She
wanted her marks to be
rectified as her correct To Advertise
score of 199 will take her
cut-off to 198.75, an easy
Reaches Call
difference of over 2,000
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father that all those who
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evaluation need not
come to the officer as
their rectified marks will
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 Page 2 Alpha Times June 21, 2009
Love Triumphs
Padmapadacharya is one of the excellent
disciples of Shri AdiSankaracharya. One day Padmapada
decided to do penance for the darshan of Lord Nrisimha.
He went to forest for doing the tapas. In the forest he met a
Stars this week
kirataka (hunter) and he revered padmapada as his
VOL: 2 ISSUE 53 June 21, 2009 master. Every day he used to come and greet his master
with sincere love and For the week June 21-June 27, 2009
That sinking feeling affection. Gradually, the life of
the hunter became a total
BJP leaders who have lived in their own world surrender to the feet of the
like Messrs L. K. Advani and Rajnath Singh are at sea now, master. In his mind Guru and
struggling to tackle the crisis caused by the party’s defeat in God became one and the Stars advise against hunting for greener
the Lok Sabha elections. They are nowhere near success in same. pastures. Don’t build castles in the air. Shun ambitious
the venture because they are not owning their responsibility One day he noticed that the plans.
for the defeat, least of all accounting for it. Finger-pointing is master is doing tapas. He
becoming more and more vehement and has fully replaced
serious introspection and the fixing of responsibility for the enquired the master and
poll debacle. Cut up ostensibly over this failure, Yashwant came to know that the master
Sinha has resigned as vice-president and also from the is doing tapas for the lion
party’s national executive council. The functioning of the faced God (lord Nrisimha). An opposing ally may become a supporter
party was being criticised by others like Jaswant Singh and So, he decided to fetch that soon. So be confident and continue.
Arun Shourie also, but Mr Sinha, who had raised a banner God for his master. He did not
of revolt against Mr Advani in 2005 also when the latter understand how difficult it is
praised Pakistan founder M A Jinnah for his “secularism”, to see the God. All he knows
has dropped a full-fledged “letter bomb”. In his four-page is by having the darshan of
resignation letter, he has accused the party of putting “a God his Guru's desire will be
premium on failure”, apparently referring to the nomination fulfilled. So, with all sincerity he began his search. As the With a dominant and fast Mercury, there is a
of Arun Jaitley, who was the chief election strategist, as time progresses, searching for the God became the only strong need to pacify a friend or a relative gone astray.
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, and Sushma purpose of his life. He relentlessly and tirelessly continued
Swaraj as Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. his search. The flame of divine love completely cleaned
At the same time, the barbs are also aimed at Mr Advani him of all the impurities.
himself, who had declined to take up the position of Leader
of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, but later allowed himself to At last, Lord Narayana showed his grace on him
be persuaded to continue. and appeared as Lion faced God. He immediately took Hospitality and entertainment on agenda this
The BJP, which was trained in discipline, is him to Padmapada. Padmapada with uncontrollable joy week, hence energy will be spent on goodwill mission.
seeing an unseemly free for all melee with dirty linen being fell on the feet of Lord Nrisimha. Lord Nrisimha explained Monday best for generous acts.
washed publicly. In fact, there is every chance that many to Padmapada that the innocent, pure, unselfish and
more may follow Sinha in bidding adieu to the “party with a single minded devotional love of the hunter without a trace
difference” which is today a parody of its pretensions, with of ego won him over. As mentioned in Sai
no one willing or in a position to nurse it back to health, Satcharita,"Once you surrender at Guru's feet with single
certainly not Messrs Advani and Rajnath Singh and their minded devotion, not only the Guru, but God himself will
cronies. Although party president Rajnath Singh has be moved. Such is the marvel of Guru worship, which the A Geminian Sun sighted by Pluto, may make
imposed a “gag” order on party leaders and functionaries guru- devotees should experience themselves." you spend lavishly may soar. Unchecked demands of
asking them to “refrain” from airing their views in public and The main purpose of worship of God is to enable near ones may fluster you.
in the media that will negatively impact the party’s image, he everyone to feel the joy and bliss of divine love and to
himself does not know what kind of disciplinary action he
can take against leaders who have chosen to focus on a become one in that love. As this goal appears too steep for
flawed leadership which led the party to its present state. many in the world, lot of steps have been prescribed to
Mr Advani himself has often from inside Parliament and reach the Goal. Sri Sai advised Sraddha and Saburi as the
outside cried hoarse in favour of the principle of fundamental keys to open the treasure chest of divine love A fast Mercury makes it a good period for
accountability. But when it comes to himself he forgets or knowledge. Sraddha gives the self-confidence and artists, sportsmen, poets and lovers. Keep pace with
about it. He perhaps still does not realise that he has Saburi allows staying at peace with day-to-day events.
reached the end of his political career and his continuing as Some times during the times of crisis in life it becomes time and don’t let life bog you down.
leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party, and hence as Leader very difficult to hold on to these two keys. (Shraddha and
of the Opposition, stands in the way of resolving the crisis of Saburi). At those times, it is always good for us to
a political party lying demoralised by defeat. His inability to remember the assurance of Sri Sai."The Sky is overcast.
face this basic truth can make it worse for the BJP. But, it is sure going to rain and bring forth the harvest."
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 June 21, 2009 Alpha Times Page 3

Future Generali launches Free eye check up for

Future Anand TANSECA members
Future Generali Solutions, across Life Ta m i l n a d u association, one should
India Life Insurance and General Insurance senior citizens’ have completed 58 years
Company, the Insurance available at all outlets of association who has of age with the payment
joint venture between the Future group allied with vasan eye of Rs.500 for their
Future Group of India and Speaking at the care hospital, offering lifetime identity card.”
Generali Group of Italy launch, V. Saravanaa, free coupons for eye Mr.P.S.Parasur
launched Future Anand, Business Head – check up of their aman. said that the
a combination of life and Karnataka & Tamil Nadu, members. Over 50 association is also
endowment assurance in Future Generali India Life members have availed of publishing a journal Daily Trip to
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choice of the savings “In a market like Chennai, can be have also at the their members on 15th of
savvy South Indian where insurance Perambur, Vadapalani, every month. Mr.D.Raja-
insurance buyer. The awareness levels are Chrompet branches of sekaran, General
plan provides the benefit high, the primary the hospital in addition to Secretary, says “this
of two covers in a single customer focus is Anna nagar. association is working for
policy, while still paying oriented toward saving T h i s 22 years and we are
much less than two for the future. Future association is the only doing our best for the
policies. Anand helps you plan for stand-in administration benefit of the senior
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wealth creation plan for end of a certain period, citizens allover
future financial security, whether it be for your
Future Anand allows child’s higher education,
tamilnadu. There are
around 1500 members in TTDC to launch ‘Thirumana
customers to choose a silver/golden wedding this association and 40%
short payment term and
get back the sum assured
anniversary celebrations,
retirement planning,
of members are from Thiruthala Suttrula’ from July 3
Anna nagar .They are
along with guaranteed family holiday, home performing many The Tamil Nadu will leave Chennai on night halt at Madurai. On
additions and bonuses as purchase, child’s activities for their Tourism Development Fridays and arrive here Sunday, they will be taken to
maturity benefit, while marriage, or similar. We livelihood. Corporation (TTDC) is all on Mondays at 7 am. Thiruvedagam.
staying insured up to the have a robust network of To join in this set to launch a new On the first day, the The cost per person
age of 99 years, with 125 22 branches and 48 conducted tour coach will stop at temples is Rs.1,800 (for single
percent life cover after Future Group malls / ‘Thirumana Thiruthala in Mudichur, Thiruvi- occupancy) and Rs.1,400
the premium paying term. outlets spread across the Suttrula’ from July 3. danthai, Thiruman- (per person for double
care of security in the The tour is ancheri, Thirukarukavur, occupancy). It includes
The minimum premium four southern states
long term, with the added aimed at helping tourists Nachiyar Koil and accommodation, transport
paying term is 8 years through which Future
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and maximum is twenty Anand will be available.”
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years. Future Anand can Conveying his
believe it answers the overcome hurdles in their konam. for the tour can be done at
be availed by persons best wishes for the
need of the hour.” way of their marriages, if On the second TTDC Office Complex on
aged 12-62 years, at a Chennai launch of Future
Future Generali any. day, the tourists will be Wallajah Road and TTDC
minimum sum assured of Anand, Jayant Khosla,
is currently active According to a taken to Thirucherai and sales unit opposite Central
Rs. One lac per policy. CEO, Future Generali
through 93 branches TTDC release, the coach Madurai temples with Station.
Future Anand is India Life Insurance
across 84 cities and over
the latest offering from Company said, “Future
25000 licensed advisors.
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Title of patron and gold card

for those who help renovate temples
In an effort to special dharsan at all the Karunanidhi has
renovate old temples with temples managed by the instructed officials to
help from benefactors, department without any create a corpus fund for
t h e Ta m i l N a d u fee for 20 years. temple renovation and
government is all set to As many as encourage devotees
launch a new scheme to 38,000 temples, most of thus, a government
create a corpus fund by them cultural treasures, release said.
offering a title' and gold have been managed by If any devotee
cards' to devotees who the government across wished to be enrolled into
donate Rs five lakh for the state. Many temples the scheme by
the fund. including some contributing Rs 5 lakh
According to the of the ancient ones had they may approach the
new scheme, the been in dilapitated Commissioner, Hindu
government will confer condition. The Religious and Charitable
the title Thirukkovil government could not Endowments at 119,
Puravalar' (temple carry out renovation Gandhi Road, Chennai
patron) for those who works due to inadequate 34 and over telephone at
contribute Rs five lakh. funds. Chief minister M 28334811-13.
The patrons will be
presented a gold card
carrying their Send your
photographs by the news and events to
Hindu religious and
endowment department.
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 Page 4
With a view to
provide global level
healthcare to people,
MIOT Hospitals would be
constructing a new 450-
bedded hospital at a cost
of Rupees 200 crore with
Siblings get new lease of life
For four-year-
old Saravanan and three-
year-old Nandini, who
were born with defects in
the heart, it was a virtual
rebirth.
Hailing from a
poor family, with their
parents eking out a living
through agriculture, their
future appeared bleak as
the two were suffering
from Ventricular septal
defects.
Hope came in
the form of SRM Medical
College Hospital and
Health Sciences and both
of them could now
breathe easy and play
their favourite sport.
After being
referred to the Hospital, a
team of doctors in the
Department of Cardio
T h o r a c i c S u r g e r y,
headed by Dr V
Harshavardhan and Dr
Nanda Kishore Kapadia
performed the complex
open heart surgeries on
MIOT to construct new hospital
equity investment from a
US-based group.
Ta l k i n g t o
mediapersons after
laying the foundation
stone for ''MIOT
Hospitals International'',
them to rectify the defects
in the heart.
Ta l k i n g t o
reporters here today after
introducing the patients,
SRM University Vice-
C h a n c e l l o r P
Sathyanaraynan, Pro
Chancellor P Ravi, Dr
Harshavardhan and Dr
Kapadia said diagnosis
revealed that both of
them were suffering from
ventrical septal defect,
following which there was
mix up of blood in the
heart.
They were
suffering from breathing
problems due to lack of
oxygen in the blood. It
was even more
complicted for
Saravanan as he used to
faint without any reaction
after crying for a while.
''After studying
the heart beats, ECG was
done to analyse each
chamber in the heart to
find whether there was
Alpha Times
its Founder and
Managing Director P V A
Mohandas said
once the new
hospital became
fully operational in
three years time,
MIOT would be the
first hospital to be
equipped with 1000
beds in the country.
''The present
capacity of the
hospital is about
500 to 550 beds.
Once the new
facility is completed,
we will become the
first hospital in India
to have 1000 beds
in a single
complex,'' he said.
''It has been a
dream and desire of
the MIOT Management to
set up a world class
centre of excellence in
the city. The dream has
become a reality today
sufficient blood to the
heart. We found there
was a hole resulting in
mixing of bad and good
blood in the heart,'' Dr
Kapadia said.
Since the defects could
not be treated through a
minimally invasive
surgery, Open Heart
surgeries were
performed to correct the
defect.
''The heart was
opened and connected
to heart lung machine.
The hole was
closed using a prosthetic
material and both of them
have become normal,''
Dr kapadia said.
Both of them
were born with a small
hole during birth. As they
grow, the hole ususally
gets closed on its own in
four to five years. Since
the holes did not close,
open heart surgery was
the only solution, he
added.
June 21, 2009
with the laying of the which was worth Rs
foundation stone for the 450 crore ''The
International Hospital,'' Rs 150 crore from the
Prof Mohandas added. US-based partner will be
The New York- invested in the new
based Indian Equity facility and the remaining
partner Sid Khanna had funds will be raised
bought one-third equity through internal accruals
from the present hospital, and debts,'' he said.
Anna Nagar girl tops
M.R. Shobana
SASTRA merit list
R V Layamv- which is calculated
rudhaa, a student of the based on the aggregate
SBOA Senior Secondary marks secured in the
School in Anna Nagar Plus Two examinations.
has topped the SASTRA The remaining 30%
University B.Tech merit seats will be allotted by
list prepared on the government of India's
basis of the Plus Two and Central Counselling
All India Engineering Board based on the
Entrance Examination AIEEE scores," S
(AIEEE) scores of Vaidhyasubramaniam,
students who had dean (planning and
applied for admission to development), SASTRA
the Thanjavur-based University said in a
deemed university. The release.
rank list is available
online at www.sastra.edu
Over 10,000
applications were
. submitted by students
The university from various boards of
has dispatched call education in the southern
letters to the first 4,500 States, Maharashtra,
candidates and Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi,
counselling for the Kolkata, UP, Rajasthan,
admissions will be held Goa and Assam. The
between June 18 and 21 Plus marks were been
in Thanjavur. normalised to bring all
"Admission to students to the same
70% of seats in various level of comparison and
B. Tech. programmes is the rank list is released
based on the rank based on the normalized
secured by a student scores secured by the
candidates.
 June 21, 2009
Post your complaint
against auto drivers
Next time you
are harassed by an auto
driver, make sure that
you note down the auto
number. You can then
walk to the nearby bank
or bus stand to collect a
complaint card, fill in the
auto number, date, place
and time. Then fix a
postage stamp and send
it to the additional
commissioner of traffic.
The traffic police
promises to take action
from next week.
“We have been getting a
lot of complaints against
auto drivers in the city.
So we have planned to
introduce these
complain post cards,
which can be posted to
us. We are going to take
stringent action against
erring drivers,” Shakeel
A k t a r, a d d i t i o n a l
commissioner, traffic,
said. “We will make these
cards available at public
places like shopping
malls, railway stations,
bus stands and banks,”
Aktar said.
The traffic police will
record the name and
registration numbers of
these autorickshaws and
also the number of
offences committed by
the drivers.
Past efforts of
the traffic police and
transport department to
impose fixed fares have
failed. Auto drivers
generally refuse to use
meters and a majority of
them overcharge.
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Maths
contest
The Association
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of India has announced
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Contest for students.
The medium of
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Last date for registration
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A workshop for aspiring story tellers
Kathalaya
launched its Academy of
Storytelling in the city by
conducting a two-day
certificate course titled
‘The First Steps of
Storytelling’. The
workshop was organised
on Saturday and Sunday,
covering the basics of
storytelling
Sixteen eager
participants-parents,
grandparents and people
from diverse professional
backgrounds such as
media, insurance,
education, speech
therapy, IT, art and dance
attended the course
Big B returns home from
Macau, thank God
Renowned
Bollywood superstar
Amitabh Bachchan
cherished every moment
of vibrant and thrilling life
in IIFA function at Macau
in three days though he
feels homesick and
expressed happiness on
coming back to his
mansion.
Mr Bachchan,
who spent three
wonderful days in
Macau, flew back to
M u m b a i t o d a y, f e l t
delighted on his home
return.
''Home at last,
home at last, Lord of
Mercies, home at last !!!,''
wrote Big B in his blog
posted yesterday.
Showering
accolades on Venitian
staff and mesmerised by
their state-of-the-art
amenities and cordial
hospitality, Mr Bachchan
said the farewell from the
The course was
aimed at exploring
storytelling as a powerful
educational and
communication tool.
Geeta Ramanujam,
Executive Director and
Founder of Kathalaya,
led the participants
through the process of
discovering the
storyteller hidden within
everyone. She stressed
the importance of voice
modulation, body
language and gestures to
improve the narrative
q u a l i t y o f a s t o r y.
Participants were also
introduced to story telling
Ve n i t i a n s t a f f a n d
members lining up on
either side of their huge
passages to the exit
applauding, and a group
of performers singing
Italian was astounding.
‘'Each and every
member of the fraternity
was looked after with
utmost personal care.
Simply amazing'' claimed
the actor.
Flaunting
details of number of
Indian Industry members
who joined the IIFA
function, he said the IIFA
facilitated the movement
of about 600 people from
the industry in Mumbai to
Macau.
''Over and
above this an entire
management contingent
of 80-100 Wizcraft
personnel to manage and
organise the various
events.
T r a v e l ,
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styles such as puppetry
and Chitra-kathas
Kathalaya, the organi-
sation that aims at
establishing the art of
storytelling as an effec-
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efforts being made on
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receiving the
carpet welcome, enter- paper by
tainment for the guests
on arrival endless',' Big 12.00 noon
gets candid.
Taking a dig at Please Call
one of his fan fors calling
it just another award
event and dubbing it as
rubbish, Mr Bachchan
lambasted that they were
ignorant ill-informed
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attention seekers. ''Have enlighten his fans, he said
they any idea of what the IIFA Business Forum
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Feature Are you lonesome?
Why I am so Less attention made by people like you
lonely? This is the If a child in a and I. They also make
question which arises family is less intelligent Mistakes, they also have
very often in our minds. than his/her siblings, s/he troubles but it does not
The feeling of being is more sensitive in mean they are hiding
neglected, fear and lack
of confidence are the
noticing the attitude of the
parents and s/he makes
themselves from the
world, so try to face them
Eco-no-my
root causes for making comparison with other like you face yourself. With the world any policy, Greeks still a commodity in the barter
one become isolated. siblings. Then this child Hard work: going through a major made things, used system without loss in its
The feeling of loneliness not only becomes Saying “I cannot do it” is global recession, all we things, bought things, value. For example if a man
can cast very deep reserved and less wrong. One can do and hear these days are all and sold things in a very wanted to purchase cloth
impressions on one’s attentive towards studies achieve whatever s/he the people asking us to systematic manner — equal to half the value of his
mind. It certainly but also withdraws from wants, but this requires save money and to help and that is what a real cow and other commodities
stimulates depression. society itself. hard and non-stop work. the economy of the economy is. for the rest half value of cow;
There are many Inferiority complex You might face failure at country by contributing The most he could not divide his cow.
reasons why we feel Some people first but remember this whatever little we can to fascinating part of So he had to find a person
lonely. Let’s have a look have a strong belief that will be your key to it. ancient economy was who had everything he
at some of them. money is everything. And success. Therefore, be We hear and undoubtedly the barter needed.
Lack of communi- when they see people optimistic and work hard! read the word ‘economy’ system, in which goods So for all those who
cation around them holding Take up hobbies: An so many times a day, were exchanged for are suffering because of the
When a person expensive gadgets, empty mind is the devil’s
have you ever wondered goods. In the barter recession and mock the
is unable to tell people wearing designer or workshop as the famous
where it came from? system, exchange could modern economy to no end,
about his or her thoughts branded clothes, they quote goes but have you
Well, the word economy take place between two this is quite a lesson. We
and problems, for feel miserable. When analysed the importance
is derived from the Greek persons only if each should be thankful that we
whatever reasons, s/he they feel they cannot of this line? Always keep
starts feeling lonely and afford such things, it yourself busy in some word oikonomia which is possessed the goods have an economy and that
starts to consider isolates them from the recreational activities, taken from oikos, which the other wanted. the state looks after all the
themselves as the kind rest of the world as their never waste your time in meaning the home or For example, if a weaver financial matters, instead of
no one wants to share inferiority complex does gossiping and just fireplace. needed shoes and he us going around looking for
their joys and sorrows not allow them to get be playing or sulking W h a t ’ s had cloth to offer in someone who would take our
with. In such cases around other people. around. Hobbies like interesting is that the exchange he did not only watch and give us a pack of
people hides themselves Overcoming loneliness reading, gardening, ancient Greeks did not have to find a cobbler crisps.
in an invisible shell and Confidence: writing, computer have the same idea of an who made shoes, but So take out those
avoid interaction with Yo u m u s t b u i l d u p courses, etc., can make economy that we have also find such a cobbler coins from your pocket and
others. As the years go confidence in yourself you real busy and you t o d a y. T h e w o r d who needed cloth and give them a pat. If it wasn’t for
by, this shell becomes because you are not less will also discover your economy may be Greek, was prepared to give them, you’d be exchanging
thicker and one does not than anyone; you must hidden potentials. but to the Greeks it meant shoes in exchange for it. your favourite bat to buy a
allow anyone to enter have qualities that others Hope thes e something like the rules This is what made the Spiderman shirt.
and bring with them don’t have, so try to things help to bring you of a household, as they system so complicated
some fresh air and discover them. Do not be on top of the world. Best did not think about the as well as intriguing. - S. Raghunathan
sunlight of good afraid of the world around of luck! economy as a whole. M o r e o v e r, i t
thoughts. you. Remember it is Even without was also difficult to divide

Consumer Rights Take photos of your valuables before

In one of the first
cases of theft of
valuables kept in a bank
locker, the national
consumer disputes
redressal commission
dismissed the contention
of the bank that it was not
liable to compensate the
client for the loss of
jewellery kept in the
locker, and awarded Rs
1,26,017 along with 18
per cent interest (Punjab
National Bank, Bombay,
vs KV Shetty, FA No 7 of
1991).
Then, about two
years ago, in the case of
Union Bank of India vs
Kanak Choudhary (RP
No 889 of 2000), the
national commission
awarded compensation
for the loss suffered by
the customer on account
of termites destroying
currency notes and
valuable papers kept in
t h e l o c k e r. I n t h e
backdrop of these and
several such cases, the
decision of the national
commission in the case of
Amitabha Dasgupta vs
United Bank of India
comes as a big
disappointment.
The client in this
depositing them in the bank locker
case was the joint hirer,
along with his mother, of
a locker at the
Deshapriya park branch
(Kolkata) of the United
Bank of India, from the
year 1979. On
November 12, 1994, on
the ground that the
locker charges for 1994
had not been paid, the
bank broke open the
locker and removed the
contents. Strangely, it
did not even think it fit to
send a notice to the
hirers of the locker, nor
have independent
witnesses to note down
the contents of the
locker. By all counts, this
was illegal.
That was not all. Even
after this action, the bank
did not inform the clients.
They, in fact, came to
know of this six months
hence when they went to
operate the locker.
Before the court, the
bank admitted that it had
broken open the locker
on grounds of non-
payment of fee without
due notice and intimation
to the consumers. It also
admitted that the locker
was broken open
inadvertently (the clients
had paid the fee for the
year), for which the bank
had tendered an
unconditional apology,
and offered the clients
another locker.
It also admitted that it did
not recover the jewellery
in the locker in the
presence of independent
witnesses. Given these
factors, the district forum
accepted the complaint
that the jewellery being
returned by the bank was
not that of the
consumers, and directed
the bank to either return
all the valuables in the
locker listed by them or
pay in lieu of it Rs 3 lakh
and a compensation of
Rs 50,000. This was,
however, contested by
the bank. The West
Bengal state consumer
disputes redressal
commission, in
response, held that there
was no evidence on
record to show either the
contents of the locker or
their valuation.
However, the
court could give
compensation for the
deficient service
rendered by the bank,
and towards this, it
awarded Rs 30,000. This
view was upheld by the
national commission. In lieu
of the hiring charges that it
collects, the bank is
supposed to safeguard the
contents of the locker.
By refusing to adjudicate on
the issue, the courts failed to
deliver justice, and also set a
bad precedent. This order
also throws up an important
issue: in cases such as this,
how is one to prove the
contents of a locker or their
value? Since nobody keeps
valuables in a locker in the
presence of a witness, it is
very difficult to prove what
was in the locker. And if the
jewellery is inherited and not
bought, then one may not
even have bills to prove their
purchase value.
In a number of
cases of locker thefts, banks
have compensated the
consumers for the loss of the
contents. I do not know how
they did the valuation, but it
might be a good idea for
clients to make a detailed list
of the contents of the locker,
get their pictures and also
have them valued, if possible.
- Pushpa G
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