Supreme Court extends Ma'adany's bail by four weeks

August 23, 2014

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Supreme Court has further extended the bail period of Kerala's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Ma'adany for four weeks, rejecting the Karnataka government's contention that he was trying to “intimidate” witnesses by organising a public meeting in Bangalore.

A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and A K Sikri allowed Ma'adany's plea noting that he has so far not violated any of the conditions set by the court on the time of ordering his release for treatment of his ailments on July 11.

The 49-year-old Ma'adany faced charges in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case.

The court, while initially granting him bail for one month, had allowed the police to keep a vigil on his visitors. It had extended the period for two more weeks on August 11.

Senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, appearing for the Karnataka government, argued that Ma'adany's followers had organised a meeting to threaten the witnesses. The court, however, was not convinced as it said organizing meeting was not something unexpected of a political figure's supporters.

The counsel also submitted that the petitioner did not get himself admitted to a multi super-speciality hospital despite his claim, and was instead getting treatment at an Ayurveda centre. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing the petitioner, submitted that he was being treated at a holistic centre.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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