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Advocates give thumbs up to Justice Malhotra's tips on attire for women lawyers
Advocates irrespective of gender have endorsed the tips given to young women lawyers by newly-appointed Supreme Court judge Indu Malhotra on 'professional attire', saying Bar Council of India rules too favour a "sober and dignified" dress code. Justice Malhotra visited the bar room yesterday during the lunch hour where she said that all women lawyers should be professionally attired. The lawyers were in agreement with their former colleague, who became the first woman advocate to be appointed as a Supreme Court judge directly from the bar, that the dresses worn by the advocates shall be sober and dignified, as recommended by the Bar Council Of India (BCI) Rules. "She was basically asking the women advocates to adhere to the rules laid down in the Bar Council of India Act and the Advocates Act which prescribe the uniform for women advocates," advocate Anindita Pujari said. "I have taken her visit to the lady bar room and her talk with us on a positive note," the advocate said. Another .
Kejriwal's nephew moves bail in PWD case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's nephew Vinay Bansal arrested in connection with an alleged scam worth Rs 6 crore in the Public Works Department (PWD) on Friday moved a bail plea in a court here.
'Thorough professional, gentleman': leaders and lawyers
Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, opposition leaders as well as the prosecutors who had worked with senior IPS officer Himanshu Roy today condoled his death, calling it a loss for the state police. Roy (54), who handled some high-profile cases when he headed the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Maharashtra police, allegedly committed suicide at his residence this afternoon. "Himanshu Roy was a dedicated police officer. He was an asset for the police force. Roy was known for his remarkable investigation skills....His demise is a great loss for the state police force," the governor said in his message. Chief minister Fadnavis noted that Roy successfully handled several important cases. "In his sudden death, we have lost a dedicated officer. I share the grief of his family members," Fadnavis said. Former state home minister and Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil told PTI that he had met Roy at a gym only yesterday. "We spoke for about 20 ..
Girl raped on hospital premises, ward attendant arrested
A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a ward attendant of Thane Civil Hospital here, police said today. The incident took place yesterday afternoon on the premises of the hospital and the accused, Harish Narwar (52), was arrested last night, police said. According to police, the girl was at the hospital as her mother had delivered a baby two days back. "The accused lured the minor to an isolated place in the hospital and sexually assaulted her there. The victim later told her father about the incident after which a complaint was filed and Narwar was arrested," a police officer said. The accused has been booked under IPC section 376 (rape) and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
HC denies Vikas Yadav plea to be present during furlough hearing
The Delhi High Court today rejected the plea of Vikas Yadav, in jail for life for the murder of Nitish Katara, to be present in person during the hearing of his plea seeking furlough. Justice S P Garg denied the relief sought by Vikas saying there was no need for him to be present during hearing of his petition. Furlough is a right of a prison inmate to have leave for a certain period of time in a year when he can come out of jail. It is counted towards the total period of his sentence. The prison authorities may deny the relief in certain cases. The high court also agreed to hear on July 20 a separate plea moved by Katara's mother Neelam Katara alleging that Vishal Yadav, also serving jail term in the same case, and his brother Vivek lied to court in the plea for parole moved by Vishal. Vishal in his plea for parole, which was rejected by the high court on April 20, had sought the relief to sell a property to arrange funds for his family. Vivek had signed on the petition on behalf of
China's Didi suspends car-pool service after passenger murder
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said today it would suspend its car-pool service for a week as it deals with an outcry over the murder of a flight attendant found dead after ordering a ride home. The 21-year-old woman, identified by police only by her surname Li, was killed the night of May 6, according to police in the central city of Zhengzhou, with state media reporting that she was found half-naked and stabbed at least 20 times. Li, who worked for Chinese budget carrier Lucky Air, had ordered a ride using Didi's Hitch service, which pairs up commuters heading in the same direction. Police said they were searching for a 27-year-old male suspect surnamed Liu, who they say abandoned the car after the murder and fled. The case has gone viral on Chinese social media and was the top-trending item on the Twitter-like Weibo service today, generating more than 85 million reads and thousands of comments. Didi, which issued an apology yesterday, said in a statement today that the ...
NHRC notice to UP over 2 minor sisters sent to jail instead of juvenile home in cow slaughter case
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said it has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over two sisters, bother minor, being sent to a jail instead of a juvenile home in a case of alleged cow slaughter. The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that in a case of alleged cow slaughter, the police sent the two girls, aged about 12 and 16 years, to the jail in Khatauli in district Muzaffarnagar, instead of sending them to juvenile home, as required by the law, despite they producing their Aadhaar cards as proof of their age. The police officers preferred to go by their physical appearances instead of believing their Aadhaar cards which were shown to them as proof of their age, the NHRC said in a statement. The girls could come out of the jail on bail only after spending three-and-a-half months there and they felt traumatized, the rights body said. "The contents of the news report about the incident, if true, amount to gross violation of human rights of
Suicide note claims Himanshu Roy committed suicide out of depression
In a statement released on Friday, the Mumbai Police declared that a suicide note found in the residence of the former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief, Himanshu Roy, stated that he shot himself as he was suffering from depression."Today, 11th May 2018, in the afternoon, around 12:40 pm; Himanshu Roy, ADG, Maharashtra State at his residence from his private license weapon shot one round of fire at himself and ended his life. Late Himanshu Roy was suffering from cancer from past 2 years. He was on medical leave for the same and was undergoing necessary treatment for it. Because of the ailment, he was into depression and because of the same, he decided to give up his life which has written in the suicide note which is signed by him, which has been recovered and hence it is clear," the statement read.The former Additional Director General of Police was found dead in his residence on Friday, which was followed by a huge outpour of condolences from all over the country.Popular .
Court to hear on July 30 CBI's plea for further probe in Bofors case
A Delhi court today decided to hear on July 30 the CBI's plea seeking a direction to allow it to go for further probe into the politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors payoff case. The matter came up before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ashu Garg, who fixed it for hearing after the summer vacation, noting the submission of BJP leader and advocate Ajay Agrawal that he would file an application in the apex court for transfer of the original case records to Tis Hazari court. The court was told that the original records file pertaining to the case was with the Supreme Court. The court had earlier deferred the matter due to non-availability of documents which had been provided to the apex court, which was seized of Agrawal's plea challenging the May 31, 2005 verdict of the Delhi High Court quashing all charges against the accused. Agrawal, who had contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli against then Congress president Sonia Gandhi, had filed the appeal in the top court after .
Man arrested for raping 10-year-old daughter in MP's Khandwa
A man was arrested for allegedly raping his 10-year-old daughter, a senior police official said today. Superintendent of Police (SP) S N Tiwari said that the incident occurred on Thursday night when the victim and her younger brother were asleep in their room. The victim's mother was working outside, Tiwari said, and the accused took the girl to his room and raped her. "Later, the girl shared her ordeal with her mother, who subsequently registered a complaint with the City Kotwali police station yesterday afternoon," he said. The accused was arrested on the charge of rape under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said. The victim's medical examination report is awaited, the SP said.
SC extends tenure of NCDRC chief, members till successors appointed
The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of the president and other members of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), till their successors are appointed to ensure smooth judicial functioning of the apex consumer disputes body. The apex court had on December 11 last year extended till March 15 the tenure of the NCDRC members and later modified the order and extended it to May 31. The Centre had consented to the extensions on the ground that judicial work should not get affected. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud passed the order today after senior lawyer Siddharth Luthra submitted that either appointments be made in the NCDCR or the tenure of existing members and the president be extended till their successors were appointed. Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, agreed with Luthra's submission and told the court that the process to fill in the vacancies in the commission was underway. The .
3 arrested for opium smuggling in Haryana's Sirsa
Police today arrested three persons and seized 50 kg of opium from them near Umedpur area in Haryana's Sirsa district. The accused were allegedly trying to smuggle the opium in a car which was intercepted by the police at a checkpost in Umedpur. "After spotting the police, the accused tried to make a U-turn. The police team chased the car and nabbed the three accused while two managed to escape," a police official said. "On searching the vehicle, the police found 50 kg opium that was being smuggled by them," the official said. The accused have been identified as Sukhram, a native of Churu in Rajasthan, Krishan alias Kalia of Taranagar, and Satbir of Ellenabad, police said. A case has been registered against the accused at Ellenabad police station under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said.
SC dismisses plea for independent probe into Sridevi's death
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking an independent probe into the alleged "mysterious" death of veteran Bollywood star Sridevi at a Dubai hotel on February 24 this year. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra did not accept the submission of senior advocate Vikas Singh that the Delhi High Court was wrong in dismissing the plea and holding that the authorities in Dubai have already looked into the incident. Singh, representing Uttar Pradesh-based petitioner Sunil Singh, drew parallel with Special CBI Judge B H Loya death case. "In Judge Loya's case, a natural death was converted into a mysterious death, while in this case a mysterious death is treated as a natural death. This was unfortunate," the senior lawyer told the bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. "There is no way a 5 feet 7 inch person can drown in a 5 feet 1-inch bathtub. There is some mystery in it. It ought to be probed. This country wants to know as to what happened in
Missing JNU student: CBI tells HC no evidence to show crime was committed
A year after it was handed over the probe, the CBI today told the Delhi High Court that the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed was only a "missing" person case as of now as it has "not found any evidence" to show that any crime was committed. The agency, which took over the case on May 16 last year, also told the high court that presently it does not have "an iota of evidence" to arrest or take any coercive action against the nine students who are suspects in the case of disappearance of Ahmed. The probe agency told a bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta that on an analysis of the data retrieved by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Chandigarh from six of the nine mobile phones of the suspect students, it has "not been able to find anything remotely connected to the allegations against them (the suspect students)". "We are (at this stage) not even sure if a crime has been committed," the lawyer for the CBI told the court. The agency said three of the ...
IPS officer Roy, disgusted with cancer, kills himself
Maharashtra's Additional Director General of Police Himanshu Roy, credited with directing investigations into several sensational crimes and high-profile cases, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head here on Friday afternoon.
J'khand HC grants 6 week provisional bail to Lalu on medical ground
The Jharkhand High Court today granted six-week provisional bail to former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad on medical ground after hearing all the three fodder scam cases in which he is convicted. The bail, granted by Justice Apresh Kumar Singh, would be effective from the day he is released from jail. He will have to report back on May 14 after completion of the parole to file bail bond and then he will be released, Prasad's advocate Prabhat Kumar said. The RJD chief flew to Patna last evening after he was granted a three-day parole to attend his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav's marriage on Saturday. On April 20, the high court had sought medical reports to hear the provisional bail petition on medical ground filed by Prasad in connection with fodder scam cases. The court had sought AIIMS report and asked the CBI to file a counter affidavit. Prasad went to AIIMS for treatment and came back to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences on May 1. Advocate Kumar said they had filed for ...
SC Collegium to unanimously reiterate Justice K M Joseph's name for elevation
The Supreme Court Collegium today agreed in principle to reiterate the recommendation for elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph as a judge of the apex court, after his name was returned by the Centre. Justice Joseph had headed the bench in the Uttarakhand High Court that had quashed the Narendra Modi government's decision to impose President's rule in the Congress-ruled hill state in 2016. In 2017, the Congress lost the assembly election there. After an hour-long deliberation, the five-member Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, unanimously decided that Justice Joseph's name should be accompanied with the recommendation of names of other Chief Justices of High Courts for elevation as judges of the Supreme Court. The Collegium, in a resolution, said there was need for further discussion on the issue of sending the other names to the Centre and decided to meet again on May ..
SC collegium to reiterate Justice KM Joseph's name for elevation
The Supreme Court collegium on Friday unanimously agreed to reiterate the recommendation for appointment of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph as a Supreme Court judge.However, the collegium also decided that the said reiteration should be accompanied by the recommendation of the names of Chief Justices of High Courts for elevation for which detailed discussion is required.The decision was taken at a meeting held today. The next meeting will be held on May 16 evening.The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, had earlier met on May 2 to reconsider the issue, but had deferred the decision on the same.Justice Joseph's name was recommended by the collegium in January along with senior advocate of the top court and now top court judge Justice Indu Malhotra.The Centre cleared Justice Malhotra's file, but sent Justice Joseph's file back to the collegium and asked it to ..
SC collegium decides to reiterate Justice Joseph recommendation
The Supreme Court collegium on Friday took an in principle decision to reiterate its recommendation for the elevation of Uttarakhand High court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph to the top court.
Nursing student commits suicide, protests in hospital
A third year nursing student of a private hospital here allegedly committed suicide in the hospital premises leading to protests by her classmates and family members and alleged assault of police personnel who had tried to stop them, a senior police officer said today. Journalists of an electronic media house were allegedly assaulted by the private guards of the hospital when they went to cover the incident, he said adding that police were looking into the matter. The nursing student was found hanging from the ceiling of a room at the hospital's hostel late last night following which there was huge protests by classmates and her family members who held the hospital authorities responsible for her death and demanded action against it, a senior officer of Jadavpur police station said. The protests continued throughout the night following which there a scuffle between the police personnel and the protesters, he said adding that few police personnel were allegedly assaulted