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No arrest without fair procedure, Parliament can't make such law: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that no one can be arrested without adoption of a fair procedure and that not even Parliament can make such a law, insisting that Article 21 of the Constitution on right to life and liberty has to be read in every provision of law having a bearing on the liberty of people.
Deposit Rs 1,000 cr by June 15, SC tells Jaiprakash Associates
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) to deposit Rs 1,000 crore with its registry by June 15, to pay back to the home buyers who have opted for refund.
Heroin seized in Indore, man arrested
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested one person and seized a large quantity of heroin from his possession, a senior official said today. Acting on a tip-off, NCB sleuths intercepted a Hyderabad-bound bus in Manpur area here last night and arrested a 45-year-old man, the bureau's Indore Regional Director B R Meena said. Not disclosing the accused's name, Meena said search revealed that he was carrying 480 grams of heroin and 290 grams of another substance with him, both together worth Rs one crore in the international market. The latter substance appeared to be Alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug which can be sold only with a doctor's prescription as it is known to be misused. It was sent to a forensic laboratory for tests, he said. The accused had brought the contraband from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh and was taking it to Hyderabad, Meena said, adding that efforts were on to nab his associates. Investigators suspect that the accused has links with an ...
Bangladeshi national found in possession of Aadhar, Pan cards
A Bangladeshi national was found in possession of Aadhar and PAN cards when he was nabbed along with two of his countrymen for illegally staying here for the past over four years, police said today. Mohammed Yousuf, Masum Billa and Mohammed Babu (in the age group of 20-30), entered the country after illegally crossing the border, they said. With the help of others, they migrated to Hyderabad and were residing in a rented house, police said, adding, they were working as labourers. Yousuf obtained Aadhaar card by furnishing false information to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) authorities, Balapur Police Station Inspector S Mohan Reddy said. Based on Aadhaar card, he procured PAN and Voter ID cards by submitting fabricated documents, the inspector said.
IPL betting racket busted in Patna, seven held
Police here today claimed to have busted an IPL betting racket with the arrest of seven persons who were caught with Rs seven lakh in cash and 10 mobile phones. The arrests took place during two raids conducted in Rupaspur police station area of the city, upon a tip-off that a group of anti-social elements there were involved in running an illegal betting racket, Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna, Manu Maharaj said. Among those arrested were the kingpin Santosh Kumar, a namesake who worked for him and other associates - Rajiv Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Nishant Kumar and Om Prakash Kumar, the SSP said. The racket used to entertain betting from different parts of the country on ongoing Indian Premier league (IPL) over phones.
Lalu walks out of jail on provisional bail
Convicted RJD chief Lalu Prasad walked out of Birsa Munda central jail after nearly five months on provisional bail of six weeks.
US identifies suspect in leak of CIA hacking tools
The US government has identified a suspect in the 2017 leak of a large portion of the Central Intelligence Agencys computer hacking arsenal, the cyber-tools the agency had used to conduct spying operations overseas, the media reported.
Berlusconi to face new "Rubygate" trial on bribery charges
Three-time former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will in November face charges for allegedly bribing witnesses in the notorious "Rubygate" scandal after being ordered to stand trial by a Rome judge today. Berlusconi is accused of paying 157,000 euros over the years to Neapolitan singer Mariano Apicella, who took part in many of the media mogul's infamous "bunga-bunga" parties and is himself on trial for false testimony. The 81-year-old's court date is part of the "Ruby-ter" investigation, the third involving his parties and alleged underage prostitute Karima El-Mahroug, aka "Ruby the heart-stealer". The original trial, nicknamed "Rubygate" after El-Mahroug's nom de plume, saw Berlusconi beat an original seven-year prison sentence on appeal in 2014, a ruling that was upheld in Italy's highest court in March 2015. A second trial, named "Ruby-bis", concerns two of Berlusconi's close allies -- former showgirl and Lombardy counciller Nicole Minetti and journalist Emilio Fede -- who ...
SC allows J&K govt to file status report in Kathua gang rape, murder case
The Supreme Court today allowed the Jammu and Kashmir government to file a status report tomorrow in the sensational Kathua gang rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl after the state alleged that the three college friends of an accused might have misled the probe. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was hearing a fresh plea of three college friends of Vishal Jangotra, a key accused in the case, that they were allegedly tortured and threatened by the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police during the probe and be provided protection by a central agency. Lawyer Ravi Sharma, representing students Sahil Sharma, Sachin Sharma and Neeraj Sharma, said that they hail from the Jammu region and they and their families were being threatened. The bench, also comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, did not agree with the contention of the students that their further questioning be video-graphed. "We have never allowed video recording of any such process in ...
Name change: Court refuses to direct police to lodge FIR against Sonia Gandhi
A Delhi court today termed as "totally frivolous" and rejected a plea to direct the police to lodge an FIR against UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on allegations of cheating by impersonation by using her nick name instead of 'Antonia Maino Gandhi'. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal dismissed a private complaint of an Uttar Pradesh lawyer, noting that the reason for making the allegation was that on the citizenship certificate, she had signed at the place of the name of grantee as 'Antonia Maino Gandhi', which "cannot be stated to be personation because a person can sign in any manner he likes". "The citizenship certificate was granted to her in the name of Sonia Gandhi alias Antonia Maino w/o Rajiv Gandhi as is reflected from the citizenship certificate filed by the complainant himself. "Her signature as Antonia Maino Gandhi cannot be stated to be personation because a person can sign in any manner he likes. It is not necessary that a person must sign in his name ...
Chg ultras disrupt culvert construction;kill 1, torch vehicles
Naxals today disrupted the construction work for a culvert near a CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, located around 450 kms away from here, and killed a private firm employee, police said. The ultras also allegedly torched four vehicles and machines engaged in construction work at around 12 noon near Chinnakodepal camp of the CRPF under Modakpal police station limits where construction of a culvert was underway, a local police official told PTI. A group of armed Maoists arrived at the construction site, located around one km away from the paramilitary camp, and forced the labourers to stop the work, he said. They set ablaze two mixture machine, one truck and an SUV before killing Batoi Pal (42), a construction employee with sharp edged weapons, he said. "Pal's body was found near the construction site in the forest," he said, adding that the deceased hailed from Bijapur. After receiving information about the incident, security forces rushed to the spot, the ...
SC justifies its verdict on SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court today justified its March 20 verdict on the SC/ST Act, saying even Parliament cannot allow the arrest of a person without a fair procedure and asserted that it has protected the fundamental rights to life and liberty of innocents by ordering prior scrutiny of complaints. The Centre opposed the verdict saying that courts cannot order to supplant or substitute a provision in the law enacted by the Parliament. A bench of Justices Adarsh Goel and U U Lalit said, "we are not living in a civilised society, if we allow an innocent to go behind bar on a one-sided version". The bench deferred the hearing of the matter after the summer vacation and said it would hear all the parties concerned in detail. Justice Goel, who is heading the bench will retire on July 6, 2018, soon after the court reopens after summer vacation on July 2. During the hearing, the bench said, "There are series of judgements which say that Article 21 (Right to life and liberty) of the Constitution has to
HC fixes July 11 next date in Punjab CPS case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court adjourned today the hearing on an appeal filed by the Punjab government against the order of a single bench that had set aside the appointment of Suresh Kumar as the Chief Principal Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister. The division bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Deepak Sibal adjourned the matter to July 11, said the petitioner's counsel Gurminder Singh. The case was adjourned after senior advocate P Chidambaram, appearing on the state's behalf, sought at least two hours for presenting his arguments in the matter. Then the bench fixed the next date after summer vacations, said Singh. On January 17, a single bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court had set aside the appointment of Suresh Kumar as the Chief Principal Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister, saying the retired IAS officer was holding public office "without authority of law". Petitioner Ramandeep Singh, a Mohali resident, had moved the high court last year, claiming Kumar's appointment was ...
Police foils abduction bid in Jammu
The police has foiled an abduction bid in Jammu city and arrested one of the three accused, officials said today. Last evening, the police received information that a man, identified as Rajinder Singh, had been abducted by three people from Shakti Nagar area, they said. Police swung into action and deployment was stepped up at various checkpoints in the area. The abductors fled seeing a police Gypsy approaching, leaving behind Singh and their vehicle, police said. One of the accused was arrested while fleeing and Singh was rescued, they added. A case has been registered and a hunt to nab the remaining two accused is underway.
Aurangabad violence: 2 corporators among 50 held
Around 50 persons, including two corporators of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, have been arrested in connection with last week's violence in Aurangabad that claimed two lives and left over 60 people injured, a senior official said today. The two corporators - Rajendra Janjal of Shiv Sena and Feroz Khan of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) - were arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Aurangabad police yesterday, the official said. "So far, police have arrested around 50 persons in connection with the riots," Rahul Shrirame, Deputy Commissioner of Police in Aurangabad, said. Janjal was arrested from his residence in Shivaji Nagar area on charges of setting vehicles on fire during the violence, he said. "A video had gone viral on Saturday, which purportedly showed Janjal being part of the mob that was torching vehicles and damaging public property in Raja Bazaar area," the official said. The Shiv Sena corporator was produced before a local ...
4 arrested with weapons, live cartridges in Raj
Four persons were arrested with weapons and live cartridges for hatching a dacoity in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district, police said today. Acting on a tip-off, police teams were sent to nab them. Out of five persons, four were arrested, Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police, Shivraj Meena said. He said that the accused, including Omprakash Jat (22), Devilal Jat (28), Rakesh Jat (20) and Rajuram Jat (18), were arrested with two pistols, 12 live cartridges, gas cutter, LPG cylinder. All the accused have a past criminal record and cases were registered against them in various police stations, he said.
Woman held with bullet at IGI Airport
A Haryana-based woman was apprehended at the Delhi airport today for allegedly carrying a live bullet round in her baggage, an official said today. R Vaid (26) was intercepted by a Central Industrial Security Force officer, who detected the bullets while scanning her baggage at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the morning, he said. A bullet of .32-mm calibre was recovered from the passenger who was travelling to Amritsar from here, the official said. "The lady, who hailed from Karnal in Haryana, was not allowed to take the flight and was handed over to the police by the CISF authorities as she could not produce any documents for carrying the ammunition," he said.
Varanasi flyover collapse: FIR registered against concerned contractors
An FIR on Wednesday has been registered against the concerned officials and contractors in connection with the recent Varanasi flyover mishap.The FIR has been lodged under sections 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder), section 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide) and section 427 (Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).At least 18 people were killed and 11 critically injured yesterday, when a huge slab of a flyover under-construction in Varanasi's Cantt area came down, crushing on cars and a local bus underneath.Following the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced ex-gratia for the affected families and met the victims at the Kabir Chaura Hospital in the city.
Justice Gill submits 7th interim report to Punjab CM
The Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill Commission, set up to look into "false cases" registered during the decade-long SAD-BJP regime, today submitted its seventh report to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The report recommended cancellation of 21 FIRs filed maliciously, while dismissing 158 frivolous complaints out of the total of 179 cases examined in this round, an official release said. Of the total 4,213 complaints received by it, the commission has so far dealt with 1,074, of which 746 have been dismissed, while action has been recommended on 328 complaints, it said. Besides cancellation of FIRs in 21 cases, the commission, in its interim report, has also recommended disciplinary action against the erring police officers/officials, including registration of FIRs against certain police officials, the release said. The commission has also recommended award of adequate monetary compensation to the accused (complainants before the commission) to be recovered from certain police .
Bangladesh SC upholds bail for Khaleda Zia
The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld bail for opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she is currently serving a five-year sentence.