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Assam lynching: Police file chargesheet against 48 accused
The Assam Police Saturday filed a 844-page charge sheet against 48 people in the sensational mob lynching case of two youths in Karbi Anglong district in June this year. "It is a major achievement by the Assam Police that we could file the charge sheet within 90 days. It is filed against 48 persons accused of lynching two youths at Dokmoka in Karbi Anglong on June 8," Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said at a press conference here. On June 8, two friends -- Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath -- had gone to a picnic spot of Kangthilangso waterfalls under Dokmoka police station in Karbi Anglong. While returning, their car was stopped at Panjuri Kachari by a group of irate villagers, who pulled them out and beat them up for hours before killing them, on rumours of being child-lifters. The charge sheet, which contained 844 pages of charges against the accused along with 104-page case diary, was submitted in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Diphu, the district
11 people arrested in connection with burglary in DEO office
With the arrest of six more people police have nabbed 11 people in connection with the burglary at the office of the district election officer in Mamit district, a senior police officer said Saturday. Superintendent of Police H L Thangzuala told PTI over phone that six people were detained Friday while earlier five persons, including two women, all of them working at the district election office, were arrested by the officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Mamit. The burglary apparently occurred on August 23 night in which filled in forms of Brus in the relief camps in Tripura for inclusion of their names in the voters list were stolen. The Mamit district administration had filed an FIR on August 24 night, the SP said. Election officials who conducted revision of voters' lists in the relief camps in North Tripura district returned on August 19 and began working on the genuineness of the claims by Brus lodged in .
Attempt made to influence me: SC judge
Supreme Court judge Justice Indira Banerjee has revealed in an open court that an effort was made to influence her in a case related to Hotel Royal Plaza. A bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Banerjee was hearing the matter on August 30 in court number 8 when the revelation was made. Justice Mishra said that the attempt to influence the judge amounted to contempt of court. Senior lawyer Shyam Divan requested Justice Banerjee not to recuse herself from the hearing as it might be used by others as well to ensure recusal of judges from hearing cases. Justice Banerjee also said during the hearing that sometimes even senior members of the bar start talking about pending cases after customary meetings. She said that any attempt to influence the court will be viewed seriously, while hinting that somebody had telephoned her for the same. However, there was no clarity on whether there was a telephone call or who made it. The bench then heard the matter and reserved its verdict. Justice
Bhima Koregaon violence: Police seek more time to file chargesheet
The Pune Police, on Saturday sought more time to file chargesheet in connection with the recent arrests it made in the Bhima Koregaon violence case.In a country-wide raid on Tuesday earlier this week, the police arrested five prominent activists in the case - Sudha Bhardwaj, P Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Arun Ferreira, and Vernon Gonsalves. However, all of them have been kept under house arrest until September 6 as per the Supreme Court's directive.On Friday, Tushar Damgude, whose complaint propelled the police to carry out the arrests also came out of the closet to explicate the reasons behind his actions."Check the background of these people. Even when the Congress-NCP was in power, these were the same people who were jailed. It's unbecoming of the opposition to make such a claim. For people arrested recently, you can check the list of organizations listed by Manmohan Singh government. P Chidambaram too once said urban Naxalism exists," he said.In another development, arrested ...
'Culture of seeking adjournments delaying cases'
President Ram Nath Kovind, on Saturday said that the Indian legal system is marked by long delays, while adding that one of the reasons causing delays in adjudication is the "culture of seeking adjournments as a norm".Noting that the judiciary is making sincere efforts to curb this practice, the President expressed confidence that the entire legal fraternity will resolve not to seek adjournments except in absolutely unavoidable circumstances."There is a backlog of 3.3 crore cases in various courts. Of these, 2.84 crore cases are in subordinate courts, 43 lakh in the High Courts and about 58,000 in the Supreme Court," the President noted while inaugurating the National Conference organised by Supreme Court advocates.The President said, "India's judiciary is respected across the world as an upholder of justice for the defenceless. It is also true that our judges are overburdened by the sheer volume of cases. As a consequence, the Indian legal system is marked by long delays."The ...
NAB challenges transfer of pending cases against Sharif family
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday challenged the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) order pertaining to the transfer of pending corruption cases - Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references against former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family.The NAB, in its petition, said that after the judgment in the Avenfield reference was pronounced, the two remaining cases were under trial, and stated that the IHC's order for the transfer of graft cases cannot be maintained, Geo News reported.Calling itself an "affected party" of the court's decision, the NAB also said that Judge Muhammad Bashir should be allowed to continue the hearing of the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references against the Sharif family.On August 7, the IHC had ordered to transfer the pending graft references against the Sharif family to another court.Currently, Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and his son-in-law Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar are lodged in the Adiala Jail in connection
Bodies of three women found in Bhagalpur
Bodies of three women have been found from different places of Bihar's Bhagalpur district, police said Saturday. Police suspect two of them might have been killed while the third could be a case of suicide. Kahalgaon Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Dilnawaz Ahmad said that a woman, identified as Dulari Devi (65), was stoned to death in her sleep at her house yesterday. She was killed at Azampur village under Sanhaula police station area. Another body was recovered by the police from a well located in Yogavir hills under Isipur police station of the district, the SDPO said adding that the body was identified as that of Gita Devi's (45), a resident of Barahat village of the district. Police are investigating if it was a case of murder or suicide. Another body was recovered near Isipur canal under Isipur police station this morning, the police officer said adding that the deceased has been identified as Kalpana Devi (35), a resident of Chapri village of Godda district .
Pak chief justice finds alcohol bottles in ex-minister Memon's hospital room
Bottles of alcohol were found in the hospital room of an incarcerated former Pakistan Peoples Party minister in Karachi on Saturday. The bottles were found during a surprise visit by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar to the Dr Ziauddin Hospital. Nisar said while inspecting the hospital, he went to Sharjeel Inam Memon's room and found the alcohol bottles. Former Sindh information minister Memon, being probed for alleged corruption, was shifted from a jail in Karachi to the hospital for treatment for a heart ailment. "When Sharjeel Memon was asked (about the liquor), he said they (bottles) were not his," Justice Nisar said later at the Supreme Court's Karachi registry. Following the findings, police and jail officials rushed to the hospital and shifted Memon to the jail and sealed his room. Superintendent Police Umar Shahid told reporters that police have taken custody of the material seized from the room. The seized items have been sent to a laboratory for forensic tests, the officer ...
HC in Pakistan gets 1st woman CJ
Justice Tahira Safdar was sworn in as the first woman chief justice in Pakistan's Balochistan High Court on Saturday.
Panaji Mayor to sit on fast if potholes not filled in two days
Panaji Mayor Vitthal Chopdekar today said he and other corporators would launch a hunger strike if all potholes on city roads are not filled up within 48 hours. He alleged that municipal commissioner Ajit Roy was not clearing files of road repair works expeditiously. "The corporators are giving a deadline of 48 hours to the commissioner to pass the files of road repairs, or we will be forced to resort to a hunger strike," Chopdekar said, holding a press conference here. He, however, said they had not yet decided whether it would be an indefinite fast. "We expect the commissioner to act within 48 hours. If he fails then we will decide whether the hunger strike is going to be indefinite or a token one," the mayor said. Commissioner Roy could not be contacted for his comments.
Constable held on trespassing charges in Baramulla
A cop has been arrested in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on allegations of house trespass and intentions to insult the modesty of a woman, police said on Saturday. During evening hours at about 2200 hours (yesterday)Zameer Ahmad Dar, a resident of Ushkara Baramulla (in north Kashmir) was found in suspicious circumstances in a house in Qazi Hamam Baramulla, a police official said. He said Dar is working as a selection grade Constable in the Armed wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. "The said person was handed over to police by locals of the area," the official said. He said a case under sections 457 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of RPC was registered against Dar and he has been arrested. "Departmental action under rules has also been initiated against him," the official said.
Guj: 2 held with Rs 1.99 lakh in demonetised notes
Two persons were arrested with demonetised notes with a face value of Rs 1.99 lakh, police said Saturday. Jagdish Raioyani and Budha Dhrangiya were arrested Friday night from Yagnik Road here by the Crime Branch following a tip-off and demonetised notes with a face vale of Rs 1.99 lakh were seized, said inspector H M Gadhavi. "Raioyani, a native of Morbi, and Dhrangiya, who hails from Jamnagar, have told us that the scrapped currency was given to them by one Amrut, also a resident of Morbi. Efforts are on to apprehend him," Gadhavi said. He said that further probe into any possible racket of people exchanging demonetised notes with valid ones was underway.
Activist trashes police claim of attending Maoist-funded meet
Human rights activist Anand Teltumbde refuted Saturday the Maharashtra police claim that he had attended a convention in Paris which was allegedly funded by Maoists and dismissed as outrageous charges of Naxal link. Teltumbde, who teaches at a management institute in Goa, was among the activists and lawyers whose homes were raided by the Pune police on August 28 on suspicion they had links with Maoists. "These are all false allegations to malign and defame my image. I dont know any Maoist leader and I am not having any relation with this," Teltumbde told PTI over the phone. "I keep going abroad for academic conferences. It is all on official invitations and everything is well documented," he said. The raid on the home of Teltumbde, a Goa Institute of Management professor and Dalit writer, was part of multi-city searches carried out by the Pune police in connection with an event held in Pune in December last year. Five Left-wing activists were arrested during the searches and they are .
History repeats as SC to witness all-women bench on Sept 5
The Supreme Court will repeat history this week as an all-women bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and Indira Banerjee will hold court on September 5. The apex court had seen a women alone bench for the first time in 2013 when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat together for hearing a case. With the swearing-in of Justice Banerjee in August, the Supreme Court for the first time in its history has three sitting women judges. She is the eighth woman judge in the apex court since Independence. Among the three sitting women judges, Justice Banumathi is the senior-most and was elevated to the apex court on August 13, 2014. Justice Fathima Beevi was the first ever woman judge in the top court. Her appointment was followed by those of Justices Sujatha Manohar, Ruma Pal, Gyan Sudha Misra, Ranjana Prakash Desai, R Banumathi, Indu Malhotra and the latest addition to the lot, Indira Banerjee. Out of these, Justices Beevi, Manohar and Pal served their entire tenure in the ..
Arrested activist's family says charges fabricated
The family of Vernon Gonsalves, one of the five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links, rejected Saturday the police charges against him and termed them "fabricated" and diversionary. His son Sagar Gonsalves said charges against the Mumbai resident arrested by Pune Police on August 28 were false. The police claimed to have "conclusive proof", including letters seized during the raids, to link the arrested Left-wing activists to Maoists. "I was present when searches and raids were conducted at our home and I know what the police have seized," said Sagar Gonsalves. He said the police were talking in the air when they made the allegations at their press conference on Friday. "I could not stop laughing when the police were levelling false charges with the so called letters," he said. The activist's wife Susan Abraham, who is a lawyer, called the police action a ploy to divert attention from the real culprits behind the Koregaon-Bhima violence that took place on January 1. "The ...
1 arrested for bank employee's murder in Bengal
One person was arrested for the cold-blooded murder of a bank employee whose chopped body parts were recovered from West Bengal's Howrah district, police said on Saturday.
Man gets life sentence for raping minor niece
A man was awarded life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Balasore district for raping his minor niece about four months ago. Additional district judge Ajanta Sadangi while awarding the life sentence yesterday also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Banthu Marandi (30) of Srikona Adivasi colony in Chandipur area for raping his niece on May 8 and May 9 this year. In case of default in payment of penalty, the convict would have to undergo an additional jail term for four months, the court ruled. The incident took place in the tribal village under the jurisdiction of Chandipur police station. According to prosecution, Marandi had adopted his six-year-old niece after the death of her mother and sexually abused the minor when there was nobody in the house. The neighbours informed the police after they came to know about the incident. Taken up as a red flag case, it was disposed of in 111 days, said public prosecutor Pranab Kumar Panda.
'Culture of adjournments' reason of long delays in cases: President
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said one of the reasons of long delays in adjudication of cases in courts is the "culture of seeking adjournments as a norm" and judiciary is making efforts to curb the practice. Highlighting the pendency of cases in various courts of the country, he said Indian legal system is marked by long delays and some of the reasons for it are infrastructure gaps and considerable vacancies, particularly in subordinate courts. "India's judiciary is respected across the world as an upholder of justice for the defenceless. It is also true that our judges are overburdened by the sheer volume of cases. As a consequence, the Indian legal system is marked by long delays. "There is a backlog of 3.3 crore cases in various courts of the country. Of these, 2.84 crore cases are in the subordinate courts. Another 43 lakh are in the High Courts and about 58,000 in the Supreme Court," the President said at the inaugural function of a conference being organised by the ...
Technology could be great enabler of speedy justice delivery system: President
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that technology could be a great enabler of a speedy justice delivery system as he exhorted lawyers not to seek adjournments except in unavoidable circumstances.
Prominent CPI(M) leader joins BJP in Tripura
Former CPI(M) MLA Biswajit Dutta has joined the ruling BJP in Tripura, alleging corruption, factionalism and criminal practices in the communist party. Dutta, 68, joined the saffron party at Khowai district town, about 50 km from the state capital, on Friday evening. He was welcomed by BJP national secretary and Tripura in-charge Sunil Deodhar, who said Dutta was among the "most honest leaders" of the CPI(M). Dutta, who was associated with the CPI(M) since 1964, claimed that a "criminal conspiracy" was hatched against him before the February 18 Assembly elections in the state. He was "forced to get hospitalised" and replaced by another Left Front candidate. The Tripura Left Front committee had unanimously announced Dutta as candidate ahead of the polls this year. He was later replaced by former SFI leader Nirmal Biswas. "It was a cruel and criminal conspiracy against me hatched by a faction of the party. I was forced to be hospitalised before the elections so that I could