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Will maintain status quo on Yamuna supply till May 21: Haryana to SC
The Haryana government today told the Supreme Court that it would maintain status quo on supply of Yamuna river water to Delhi till May 21. The apex court also asked the Delhi government and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to request Haryana for the maintenance of status quo on water supply and directed Haryana to take an independent decision on the matter. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Navin Sinha said the Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) should deal with the issue and it would be appropriate if the Delhi government approaches the Board. The Delhi government withdrew the plea filed by the DJB in the apex court and said it would approach the Board immediately for release and continuation of drinking water supply from Haryana. The bench observed, "We expect the Board to meet and sort out the matter amicably between Delhi and Haryana." UYRB was set up by the Centre in 1995. One of its main functions was to regulate and supply water from all storage sites and barrages till the ..
SC rejects K'taka's plea to stall finalisation of draft Cauvery scheme
The Supreme Court today rejected Karnataka's plea that finalisation of the draft Cauvery management scheme should be put on hold as the process of formation of a new government in the state is underway. The apex court also asked the Centre to modify a provision in the draft Cauvery management scheme that authorises the Union government to issue directions "from time to time" on Cauvery water distribution between four southern riparian states, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to modify the scheme and submit it for approval tomorrow. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, did not accept the vehement submission of senior advocate Shyam Divan, representing Karnataka, that the finalisation of the draft Cauvery scheme be put on hold till the first week of July as the process of government formation was on in the state. "All the states concerned are making ...
Stan Lee files billion-dollar lawsuit against POW! Entertainment
Comic book legend Stan Lee has filed a lawsuit against his former business partners at POW! Entertainment for a whopping USD one billion. The 95-year-old comic book writer claims the company, which he co-founded, conspired with two of its officers, CEO Shane Duffy and co-founder Gill Champion, to steal his identity, reported Deadline. According to the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lee has alleged that Duffy and Champion did not disclosed the full terms of the company's sale to Hong Kong-based Camsing International in 2017. "Defendants conspired and agreed to broker a sham deal to sell POW! to a company in China and fraudulently steal Stan Lee's identity, name, image, and likeness as part of a nefarious scheme to benefit financially at Lee's expense," the court documents read. "Pursuant to their conspiracy and agreement, Defendants knowingly made material misrepresentations of fact, and forged or fraudulently obtained a signature from Lee to give POW! Inc. the exclusive ..
Ex-French leader Sarkozy faces ruling on campaign finance trial
Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy faces a hearing today on whether he must stand trial on charges of illicit financing of his failed 2012 presidential campaign, one of several legal inquiries which have dogged the rightwing politician since he left office. If an appeals court upholds a judge's decision last year ordering the trial, Sarkozy could face a potentially embarrassing public ordeal as well as up to a year in prison if convicted. Prosecutors claim Sarkozy spent nearly 43 million euros (USD 51 million) on his lavish re-election bid -- almost double the legal limit of 22.5 million euros -- via fake invoices which a public relations firm charged instead to his UMP party. Sarkozy has angrily denounced the charges, saying he was unaware of the fraud by executives at Bygmalion, who are also facing trial alongside accountants and former UMP officials. His defence team is also arguing on procedural grounds, saying Sarkozy has already been sanctioned for campaign overspending by ...
B'desh SC grants bail to ex-PM Khaleda Zia in graft case
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia, serving a five-year jail term in a corruption case, was today granted bail by the country's Supreme Court, which upheld a high court order in her favour. Her lawyers, however, said that the verdict was unlikely to bring Zia out of prison as her bail pleas in six other cases against her were pending hearing. Court officials said a four-member bench of Supreme Court's Appellate Division headed by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain decided to grant Zia bail, upholding a previous High Court order. The apex court also directed the High Court to dispose of by July 31 the hearing of Zia's appeal petition against her conviction and imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case which sent her to jail, they said. "We expect to secure her bail in the pending cases as well," her lawyer Joynal Abedin said. The 72-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson was jailed for five years on February 8 over the embezzlement of 21 ...
Indonesian police headquarters attacked
The Indonesian police on Wednesday shot dead three men after one launched an attack on the police headquarters in Riau province of Indonesia.The men crashed their car into a number of police officers, who were on guard at the entrance of the Police headquarters, reported Indonesian news agency Antara.The exact number of attackers is unknown as of now, however, according to several media reports available at the moment, one of the dead men had a suspected bomb strapped to his body, another man was arrested and four others were suspected to have fled the scene.The incident is said to have happened when Riau Police chief inspector General Pol Nandang was going to give the press release of the drug cases disclosure.Two journalists who had been at the police headquarters were also hurt in the attack, according to the news agency.
Bangladesh SC to give verdict on pleas challenging ex-PM's bail
Bangladesh's Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Wednesday on the pleas challenging the bail of former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, in connection with the ongoing Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.As reported by the Daily Star, the Supreme Court has appointed a four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to hear the pleas.Earlier, it was scheduled to deliver a judgment on Tuesday, however, later the apex court postponed the date of hearing after Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Khaleda's lawyer Zainul Abedin placed new arguments in their favour.On Monday, the attorney general stuck to the previous argument that Khaleda's lawyer has failed to submit appropriate medical certificates for granting of bail.He further argued the funds belonging to orphans had been embezzled from the Prime Minister's fund in the Orphanage Trust case, a fact which was not considered while granting bail to ..
Minor raped in Andhra Pradesh
A ten-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur city on Wednesday.Following the incident, an agitated mob reportedly launched an attack at a police station, as some of them started pelting stones on police officials. They demanded that immediate action should be taken against the alleged perpetrators of the crime.Further details are awaited.
Karachi mayor indicted over 2007 massacre
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has indicted Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar in a case linked to the bloodbath in the city on May 12, 2007. Besides Akhtar, who belongs to the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), the ATC yesterday indicted several others in the case, 11 years after the incident. Nearly 50 people were killed and over 100 injured in attacks on rallies by different political parties and the legal fraternity who had attempted to go to the airport to welcome deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on May 12 during military ruler General Pervez Musharraf's tenure. Nine hours after reaching Karachi and being stranded at the airport as violence and anarchy broke out in the city, Chaudhry was forced to fly back to Islamabad. Akhtar, who was the provincial home adviser to the chief minister at the time, appeared before the ATC and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. The court directed the prosecution to produce its witnesses in the next hearing, Dawn reported. The ...
Sentencing in Bill Cosby's sex assault case set for Sept 24
Bill Cosby will be sentenced on September 24, almost five months to the day after he was convicted of sexual assault, a judge said today. Lawyers for the comedian, who turns 81 in July and faces the prospect of the rest of his life in prison, had asked Judge Steven O'Neill to delay sentencing until the end of the year. Cosby's convictions on three counts of aggravated indecent assault will likely be combined into one charge that carries a standard sentence of five to 10 years in prison. Cosby's spokesman did not immediately respond to a message left seeking comment. The man once revered as America's Dad has been a prisoner in his suburban Philadelphia mansion since his April 26 conviction and he hasn't been heard from since lashing out at a prosecutor in court that day. O'Neill ordered Cosby be outfitted with a GPS monitoring bracelet and said he needed permission to leave the home, where jurors concluded he drugged and molested Andrea Constand in January 2004. Even then, Cosby can go
Four, including cop, arrested for extortion
Four men, including a policeman, were arrested for allegedly extorting Rs 15 lakh from a man after threatening to implicate him in a false human trafficking case, police said. The incident took place in outer Delhi's Paschim Vihar area, the police said. Apart from the arrested police officer, the other three accused -- Happy, Harry and Ankush -- are travel agents, they added. The arrested policeman, identified as Dharmendra Dhangi, was posted with west district's vigilance unit. A man hailing from Ludhiana had contacted one of the accused travel agents for preparing visas for the United States and Canada, the police said. Last month, when he went to meet him the two other accused arrived there posing as Crime Branch officers, they added. The two accused blackmailed the man and extorted Rs 15 lakh from him after threatening to lodge a false human trafficking case against him, the police said. Later, the victim filed a complaint and subsequently, the police arrested the three travel ...
DU student 'molested' by sweeper in college
A 20-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly molested by a sweeper on the premises of her college today, the police said. The woman, a final year student of B.A. English (Hons) at Ram Lal Anand College, had gone to the washroom when the 18-year-old sweeper caught hold of her, they added. She managed to escape his clutches and informed the college principal of the incident who in turn brought the matter to the notice of the police. The police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Gorakhpur tragedy: Court grants bail to one more accused
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Satish Kumar, one of the nine accused in the death of children at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur last year, due to alleged disruption in oxygen supply. Kumar was Head of the anaesthesia department and reportedly working as in-charge of oxygen supply at the state-run hospital. Responding to a plea submitted by the accused, Justice Yashwant Varma said the petitioner was entitled for bail. In his plea, Kumar stated that he had been languishing in jail for the last seven months. He also said that the co-accused in the case had been released on bail. He claimed that he was in-charge of oxygen maintenance and not of oxygen supply at the hospital at the time of the incident, hence he had no role in the said tragedy. However, opposing the bail application, the state counsel pleaded that the case was a very serious one and it was due to the alleged role of the petitioner that the oxygen supply was stopped. The counsel said the petitioner was
NRHM scam case: CBI court issues non-bailable warrant against former UP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha
A CBI court today issued a non-bailable warrant against former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha in connection with the National Rural Health Mission scam case. Special judge Rajesh Chaudhary ordered the CBI to arrest Kushwaha at the earliest and scheduled the next hearing in the case on May 29, Senior Prosecuting Officer B K Singh said. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the supply of 515 "first referral unit" kits and 2,050 "intra-uterine" device kids worth Rs 31.59 crore under the NRHM in 2009-10. The CBI had earlier charge-sheeted the then family welfare minister, Kushwaha, and then principal secretary of the department Pradeep Shukla for their alleged involvement in the irregularities. Shukla and Kushwaha, through their counsel, today moved an application before the court seeking exemption from personal appearance. The court gave relief to Shukla and issued a non- bailable warrant against Kushwaha as he had been giving a miss to the hearings for long, Singh ..
NRI matrimonial dispute: Centre decides to issue another LoC
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Tuesday said it has decided to issue another Look-out Circular (LoC) in a NRI matrimonial dispute.
BJP leader holds candlelight march over Kathua rape case
Senior BJP leader and former minister Lal Singh today organised a candlelight march here in support of his demand for a CBI probe into the gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua. The march in Jammu started from Singh's residence in Gandhi Nagar and ended at Satwari chowk here. "We will not rest till the CBI inquiry is ordered into the Kathua rape and murder case," he said. Singh has organised over 30 rallies in Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur, and Reasi districts since he resigned from the Jammu and Kashmir council of ministers after courting controversy by attending a rally in support of the accused in the case. The girl, belonging to a nomadic community, was abducted, gang-raped and murdered in January this year. The case triggered a nationwide outrage.
Ghaziabad student's death: School principal, 4 others get bail
A court today granted bail to five persons in a case related to the death of a 10-year-old boy under mysterious circumstances in his school here on August 1 last year. Chief Judicial Magistrate Archana Singh granted bail to the principal and management committee members of the private school. A charge sheet in the case was submitted on February 28 wherein the investigating officer found the school management guilty of Section 304 A (causing death by negligence) and Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of IPC, public prosecutor Ajay Mishra said. It was also stated that the school management was not following the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) rules, he said. The court granted bail to school principal Kavita Sharma, chairman Ankur Malhotra, director (academics) Smita Malhotra, director (finance) Jogendra Dua and Deepak Tuteja. Arman Sehgal, a student of class 4, allegedly slipped and fell down outside his classroom. He suffered severe head injury due ..
IB officer's vehicle stolen from park in Rajasthan
The official vehicle of a senior officer of Intelligence Bureau was stolen by an unidentified vehicle thief from near central park here today, a police officer said. An unidentified vehicle thief stole the vehicle of IB's senior officer who had gone to the central park, the SHO of Moti Dungri Police Station said. The official was in the park and his driver parked the Tavera vehicle near the park's gate on Tonk road. The driver went to toilet and when he returned, the vehicle was missing, he said. The vehicle could not be traced, but efforts were on, he said.
IT firm employee collapses at work, dies in hospital
An employee of an information technology firm here died after taking ill and collapsing at work, police said today. Police said that Satish Musale, in his late 20s, an employee of IT firm Cognizant, vomited and collapsed while at work yesterday and was rushed to Ratna Memorial Hospital on Senapati Bapat road. Senior police inspector Dayanand Dhome of Chaturshringi police station said that Musale, while working, complained of uneasiness, vomited and collapsed. "He died during treatment. The cause of the death will be ascertained after post mortem," said Dhome. "One of our associates was rushed from a Cognizant facility to Ratna Memorial Hospital last evening following a medical emergency. Despite life saving procedures, he died at the hospital," the company said in a statement. Dhome said that case of accidental death had been registered.
SC acquits Sidhu in road rage case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted former cricketer and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from culpable homicide charge in a 30-year-old road rage case for which he had been awarded a three-year jail term.