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Delhi court acquits two Sikhs in 1981 hijacking case
Nearly 37 years after an Air India plane was hijacked and commandeered to Pakistan, a Delhi court on Monday acquitted two of the accused in the case who were charged with waging war against the country.
NCW directs Delhi Police to apprise of probe in woman's killing
The National Commission for Women (NCW) took today cognisance of a case involving alleged killing of a woman by her boyfriend here and directed the Delhi Police to apprise it of the probe into the matter, an official said. According to a media report, the 18-year-old woman was reportedly shot dead by her boyfriend who suspected her of having an affair in Shalimar Bagh. The suspect was taken into police custody but he managed to escape, the official said, noting that the commission has written to the DCP of North West Delhi, Aslam Khan, to apprise it of the probe into the case.
No link to those arrested by probe agencies: Sanatan Sanstha
Rightwing outfit Sanatan Sanstha claimed today that the people arrested in connection with seizure of explosives and arms from various parts of Maharashtra and those allegedly involved in the killing of rationalists were not its members. Its spokesperson Chetan Rajhans told reporters that a few people with "progressive mindset", along with political parties such as the Congress and the Left block, were putting the Sanstha in the dock without providing any evidence of wrongdoing. The outfit is facing renewed calls of ban, after the arrest of several people in the state recently threw up the possibility of them having links with the Sanstha. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad carried out raids in Nallasopara in neighbouring Palghar district and Pune between August 9-11, and arrested five people for allegedly stockpiling crude bombs, explosives and firearms. Vaibhav Raut, Sharad Kalaskar, Sudhanwa Gondhalekar, former Shiv Sena councillor Shrikant Pangarkar and Avinash Pawar were ...
Raj ACB arrests two govt employees in separate bribery cases
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Rajasthan police arrested today two government employees for accepting bribe in Sikar and Jhunjhunu districts in the state, an official said. A team of the ACB arrested Sri Ram, an electricity department employee in Sikar for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant for allegedly providing electricity connection, Deputy Superintendent of Police, ACB, Kamal Prasad said. The accused had demanded Rs 5,000 but the deal was settled at Rs 2,000, he said. In another trap, an ACB team arrested a patwari, Anita Kumari, in Mukundgarh of Jhunjhunu district for taking a bribe of Rs 500 to settle a court case, he added.
Pak court gives 'final chance' to submit response in petition against Sharifs' conviction
A Pakistani court today gave the anti-corruption body a final chance to file its response by Wednesday in a petition seeking the revocation of the sentence handed to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family in the Avenfield properties corruption case. Sharif, 68, along with his daughter Maryam, 44, and his son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, 54, are serving jail terms of 10 years, seven years and one year respectively in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, after the accountability court convicted them on July 6 over the family's ownership of four luxury flats in London through illegal means. The three-judge bench of the Lahore High Court headed by Justice Shahid Waheed also announced that the court would hear the petition on a day-to-day basis, Dawn newspaper reported. Noting the absence of the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) counsel in the court for the hearing, the bench ordered the bureau's prosecutor to appear before it at the next hearing on August 29 and submit a .
Three killed in separate accidents in Rajasthan
Three people, including a mother-son duo, were killed and two injured in separate accidents in Baran and Kota districts of Rajasthan, the police said today. The deceased, Gayatri Galav (48) and her son Dinesh Galav, were killed last night when the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with another near Baran's Madhopur village, head constable of Kishanganj police station Rohit Kumar said. They were returning home from a nearby village after celebrating 'Raksha Bandhan'. Babulal Kavit (30) and his 17-year-old brother-in-law, who were riding the other motorcycle, sustained critical injuries, Kumar said. The four were rushed to a government hospital in Baran, where Gayatri Galav and her son were declared brought dead, the head constable said. The bodies were handed over to their family today morning after a post-mortem, he said, adding that Kavit has been booked for negligent driving. In another accident, a 35-year-old man, identified as Mahaveer Suman, was killed after his ...
India's criminal justice system is in ICU: Tulsi
India's criminal justice system is in ICU and unless drastic measures are taken to revive it, the adage "justice delayed is justice denied" would become true, Rajya Sabha MP and eminent jurist K T S Tulsi warned here today. "India's justice system is in ICU... and unless drastic measures are taken for its revival, the adage 'justice delayed is justice denied' will be proven right," he said. Tulsi made the observation while speaking at a seminar on the criminal justice system in India, organised by Ludhiana Management Association here. Pointing out the existence of a plethora of laws entailing repeated amendments, Tulsi rued that "the justice delivery system was pathetic, resulting in low conviction rates and failing to serve as a deterrent for those committing crimes." The noted 'criminal' lawyer said the country's criminal justice mechanism suffers from lack of judiciary's accountability and cooperation between its investigation and prosecution wings, allowing criminals go scot ...
Cal HC sets aside single judge order on CBI probe into woman's death
The Calcutta High Court today set aside a single judge order directing the transfer of probe into the unnatural death of a Raniganj businessman's wife to the CBI from the state CID. A division bench comprising Chief Justice J Bhattacharya and Justice A Banerjee directed that the CID will continue its probe and asked the state investigating agency to file a progress report within three months. The bench set aside the August 21 order of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha following an appeal by the West Bengal police. Justice Mantha had directed the transfer of the investigation into the unnatural death of Pushpa Bhalotia, who died on October five, 2017, to the central agency. Justice Mantha had noted that there were glaring gaps in the progress report filed by the CID, which had taken over the investigation from the local police. It had been claimed by her husband Manoj Bhalotia, a well-known businessman in the mines and business town, and his family members that Pushpa had committed suicide by .
Opposition's negative politics depriving assembly of useful discussions: Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of playing negative politics and thereby depriving the state assembly of positive discussions.After the assembly session was adjourned following an uproar by opposition parties, Adityanath while addressing the media on the sidelines of the assembly session said, "The law and order situation is best at present in last 15 years. It is being appreciated in the whole country. The success of our investor summit is a testimony of our resolve in this direction".The Chief Minister came under attack during assembly session when the Opposition blamed him for failing to protect women and minorities, citing the example of Deoria shelter case.Explaining his position on the issue, he said, "The Deoria shelter home case was today raised in assembly by the Congress and the Samajwadi Party. Our government has already initiated action in this case. The concerned organisation was given affiliation in the .
Army officer caught with woman likely to face court martial
An Indian Army officer who was caught with a woman in a Srinagar hotel on May 23 is likely to face court martial after he was indicted by a court of inquiry.
Two more sentenced to life for 2002 Godhra train attack
A special trial court here on Monday sentenced two more persons to life imprisonment and acquitted three others in the 2002 Sabarmati Express train burning case at Godhra railway station, which triggered large scale communal violence across Gujarat.
Defamation: Court imposes cost on Patkar for seeking adjournment to cross examine witness
A Delhi Court today imposed a cost of Rs 7,000 on Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar for seeking adjournment for cross-examining a witness in a defamation case lodged against her by KVIC Chairman V K Saxena. Patkar and Saxena, the Khadi Village and Industries Commission (KVIC) chief, have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2000 after she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the NBA. Saxena was then the head of an Ahmedabad-based NGO, National Council for Civil Liberties. Saxena, in turn, had filed two cases against her for making derogatory remarks against him on a TV channel and issuing a defamatory press statement against him. Metropolitan Magistrate Nishant Garg passed the order after Patkar sought adjournment in the case as her lawyer was not available to cross examine a journalist who had deposed as a witness to support Saxena's case. The court took exception to this observing that despite giving a date of convenience to the ..
Delhi HC reserves order on industrialist Singhal's plea
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on Bhushan Steel's erstwhile promoter Neeraj Singhal's plea against his arrest by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).
SC adjourns hearing on fresh plea against Article 35A
The Supreme Court today adjourned its hearing on a fresh plea challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A, which empowers the Jammu and Kashmir assembly to define "permanent residents" for bestowing special rights and privileges to them. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud did not take up the matter as the petitioner had circulated a letter in the apex court registry seeking adjournment of hearing on the plea. Lawyer and Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, in a fresh plea, has sought a direction to the central and state governments to declare Article 35A of the Constitution as "arbitrary" on the ground that it was contrary to fundamental rights like the right to equality, dignity of women, freedom of speech and expression and the right to life and personal liberty. Article 35-A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir ..
Police SI deployed for UP CM's security shoots himself over domestic dispute
A sub-inspector (SI), drawn for UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's security, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver at his residence here apparently over a domestic dispute, the police said today. The incident took place last evening at the residence of the deceased, Vikas Singh (35), in Gorakhpur's Budh Vihar area under the Khorabar police station limits, they said. The sub-inspector killed himself with his service revolver. According to the initial probe, domestic dispute seems to be the reason behind the suicide, Superintendent of Police (City) Vinay Kumar Singh said. Vikas Singh was posted as sub-inspector at Gulahura police station in Siddharthnagar district and had come to Gorakhpur for the duty of the chief minister's security, he said. He shot himself when he was with his wife in a room, the SP said, adding that the rest of the family was on the terrace at the time of the incident. "The revolver has been seized and his body sent for ...
SC seeks response from Centre, WhatsApp on appointment of Grievance Officer
The Supreme Court today agreed to examine a plea alleging that WhatsApp does not comply with the Indian laws including the provision for appointing a grievance officer. Seeking the response of the Centre and the instant messaging platform on the plea, a bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra issued notice to the Centre and the WhatsApp on a plea filed by an NGO, Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC), which also sought to restrain the platform from proceeding with its payment service unless it fully complied with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The top court asked the parties to file their replies within four weeks. WhatsApp reportedly has over 200 million users in India and almost one million people are "testing" its payments service. India is one of the largest bases for the Facebook-owned company that has over 1.5 billion users globally. In its plea, the CASC said that to open a bank account, a customer needs to comply with KYC norms laid ..
Law and order in UP best the state has seen in 15 yrs, says Yogi; slams Oppn for disrupting Assembly
The law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh is the best the state has seen in the last 15 years, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed today as he lashed at the Opposition for disrupting the state Assembly on the issue of handling crime. "Not just in the state but in the entire country it has been accepted that law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has improved and an indicator of this is that investment is flowing in," Adityanath said as he accused the opposition parties of working with a "negative attitude". The chief minister was speaking to mediapersons after the state Assembly was adjourned for the day following noisy protests by opposition members over the Deoria shelter home case. It is very unfortunate that the House, which is meant for discussing serious issues, is being used for raising unnecessary slogans, the chief minister said. "I feel to hide their own incompetence and avoid becoming a laughing stock, they are raising a matter (Deoria case) that is sub-judice and ..
Godhra case: 2 held guilty, 3 acquitted
A Special SIT court on Monday convicted two more people and acquitted three others in the 2002 Godhra train burning case in which 58 people lost their lives.Special judge HC Vora convicted Farukh Bhana and Imran alias Sheru Batik, and acquitted Hussain Suleman Mohan, Kasam Bhamedi and Faruk Dhantiya.The five accused, who were arrested by different investigation agencies between 2015-2016, were put on trial at the special court, set up at the Sabarmati Central Jail here.Earlier, on March 1, 2011, the special SIT court had convicted 31 people under the relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC). Out of 31 convicted, 11 people were sentenced to death while 20 were awarded life imprisonment. As many as 63 people had also been acquitted in the case.Around 58 people lost their lives when some coaches of Sabarmati Express were torched at the Godhra Railway Station in Gujarat on February 27, 2002. The incident had triggered large scale riots in Gujarat.
Judgement in 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts case on September 4
A local court today posted for September 4 the judgement in the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts case. The near-simultaneous explosions at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park on August 25, 2007, claimed 42 lives and left over 50 injured. Sessions Judge T Srinivas Rao fixed the date for the verdict after five accused in the case were produced before the court at Nampalli through video conferencing from Cherlapalli jail where they are lodged. A defence lawyer said, "The accused included Aneeq Shafiq Syed, Akbar Ismail Choudhary, Farooq and Mohammed Sadiq, all alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives." On August 7, after completion of arguments and counter-arguments, the judge had posted the case for today. The Counter Intelligence (CI) wing of Telangana Police had probed the case and filed three charge sheets against the accused, some of whom are absconding. The charge sheet in the case against the alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives was filed in August 2013. The accused were charged under section .
Salesman stabbed to death in Ulhasnagar
A 29-year-old salesman was allegedly killed by three persons in Ulhasnagar township in Thane district yesterday, the police said today. The incident occurred in Azad Nagar locality when the victim Chandrakant More was talking to his friends when three persons arrived at the spot and stabbed him with knives, a police official said. Police suspect previous enmity to be the cause behind the crime. A case has been registered under various sections of the IPC including murder and further investigation is underway, said Thane Police PRO Sukhada Narkar. While one of the accused is detained search is on for two others, a police official said.