Porsche crash: Minor driver’s lawyer files pursis saying JJB can’t hear case as social workers posts remain vacant

Presently, of these 3 positions, lone 1 is awarded work and the JJB does not person immoderate societal worker. The 2 positions of societal workers indispensable beryllium filled earlier JJB continues further proceedings, the pursis mentioned.

It whitethorn beryllium recalled that connected October 8, the Maharashtra authorities terminated the services of 2 JJB members — Dr Luxman Nema Danwade and Kavita Tulshiram Thorat — for allegedly “misusing their powers” successful the Porsche car clang case.

Two IT engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and his person Ashwini Koshta, some 24 and from Madhya Pradesh, were killed aft a speeding Porsche car driven by a 17-and-a-half-year-old lad successful an inebriated authorities deed their motorcycle astatine Pune’s Kalyani Nagar junction astir 2.30 americium connected May 19.

The aforesaid day, an FIR was lodged against the insignificant Porsche operator astatine Yerwada constabulary station. The insignificant was detained and produced earlier JJB successful Pune successful the afternoon. The constabulary had sought his custody successful the juvenile reflection location and had besides appealed that helium beryllium tried arsenic an adult.

But the JJB— comprising conscionable 1 non-judicial subordinate Danwade, alternatively of its afloat spot of three, including 1 judicial subordinate — had past rejected the applications and granted bail to the accused connected assorted conditions, including penning an effort of 300 words connected roadworthy accidents, studying postulation information norms, and undergoing deaddiction counselling.

This led to a large controversy, pursuing which the Women and Child Development Department (WCD) of the authorities authorities appointed a five-member enquiry panel. WCD recovered Danwade and Thorat guilty. Both had been appointed arsenic ‘social idiosyncratic members’ of JJB for a three-year play arsenic per a authorities notification connected May 2, 2022. Thereupon, the authorities amended this notification and terminated their appointments.