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Pak SC summons PM Abbasi in pilots' fake degrees case
Pakistan Supreme Court today ordered Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and heads of all Pakistani airlines to appear for the next hearing of a case pertaining to fake degrees of pilots. Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar asked Abbasi to appear as former CEO of an airline along with other heads of all Pakistani airlines. "Isn't it a matter of clash of interests?" asked the chief justice when told that the prime minister is also the head of Airblue airlines. "Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will have to appear in the capacity of a chief executive officer and not a premier." The chief justice, who was heading a three-member bench, said that he was issuing notices to heads of all Pakistani airlines as the matter has been pending for the last four months and reports in this regard have not been submitted as yet. Those who have been summoned include the heads of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Airblue Limited, Serene Air and Shaheen Air International. The chief executive officers of ..
Victim compensation scheme be implemented pan-India: NALSA to SC
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) today told the Supreme Court that a scheme proposed by it on compensation to victims of sexual assaults should be implemented throughout the country. The NALSA told a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that the legal services authority should be given power on its own to grant compensation to such victims and there should be madatory reporting of cases of sexual assaults and acid attacks. The apex court, while suggesting minor corrections in the scheme proposed by the NALSA, said the authority should also consider the aspect of recovery of funds if the cases lodged were found to be false. "If there is a false case, there has to be recovery. We hope there is no false case. You think about recovery of fund, otherwise you will be stuck in civil suits," the bench said. Senior advocate Indira Jaising, assisting the court as an amicus curiae, told the bench that the scheme applied to women and girl child victims only, but ..
Man gets death sentence for killing minor step-children
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to death by a court here today for killing his two minor step-children in September 2017 as his wife was not willing to have a child with him. District and Session Judge B S Sandhu convicted Ashok Kumar alias Pintu, a resident of Baweta village in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, for the murder of Manav (10) and Shivam (6) and awarded him capital punishment, saying the crime fell in the category of "rarest of rare" case. Kumar had married a local resident Rajni who had two sons from her previous marriage. He wanted have a child with Rajni but she refused. Annoyed over it, he kidnapped her sons and drowned the children in a river on September 25, 2017, according to the prosecution. The court also sentenced Kumar to ten years rigorous sentence and a fine of Rs 10,000 for kidnapping the children and five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 for disposing of their dead bodies, said complainant Rajni's counsel Mohit Supra.
HC rejects pre-arrest bail plea of actor-BJP leader Shekher, rebukes him for sharing derogatory post
The Madras High Court today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of actor-politician S Ve Shekher in a case of sharing a social media post derogatory to women journalists, and sharply rebuked him saying that when a celebrity like him forwards such messages, it sends a wrong message to the society. There cannot be harsher words than these which portray all working women coming up in life as "sacrificing their chastity" and the future of such women is at stake, Justice S Ramathilagam observed while directing the police to proceed in the case in the same manner as they would investigate a matter involving a common man. "When a celebrity forwards messages like this, the common public will start believing that this type of things are going on. This sends a wrong message to the society at a time when we are talking about women empowerment," the judge observed. "Forwarded message is equal to accepting the message and endorsing the message. What is said is important, but who has said it is ...
PWD scam: Kejriwal's nephew sent to 1-day judicial custody
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's nephew Vinay Bansal was on Thursday sent to one-day judicial custody by a Delhi court.Bansal, who is the son of Kejriwal's deceased brother-in-law, Surendra Kumar Bansal was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with alleged irregularities in road and sewer development works by the Public Works Department (PWD).Bansal was a partner in his father's company Renu Construction, which was involved in the alleged scam.According to three FIRs registered by the ACB against Kejriwal and others on May 8, 2017, the Delhi Government's PWD committed illegitimate favouritism in awarding a tender to Surendra Kumar Bansal's Renu Construction for road and sewer construction projects.The complainant, founder of NGO Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation (RACO), Rahul Sharma alleged that the tender was awarded at 46 percent lower than the estimated cost of Rs. 4,90,000.It was also alleged that the product quality was inferior.The Delhi Police stated ...
Justice Chelameswar seeks reiteration of Justice K.M. Joseph's elevation to SC
With just six working days left before Justice J.Chelameswar bids adieu to Supreme Court, he has shot a letter to Chief Justice Dipak Misra seeking reiteration of apex court collegium's January 10 unanimous recommendation for elevating the Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M.Joseph to the top court.
Judge names child after estranged inter-faith couple take battle to HC
In an unusual case, the Kerala High Court has christened a child of an estranged couple belonging to different religions after they fought over the matter. The court intervened after both father and mother, locked in a matrimonial dispute, were aggrieved by the "inaction" on the part of the municipality to issue a birth certificate in respect of their second child showing the name as per their respective wishes. While the mother said the child was baptised as 'Johan Mani Sachin', the father claimed that the name that they agreed to was 'Abhinav Sachin.'' Abhinav Sachin was the name given to their second child on the 28th day ceremony (as per Hindu practice in Kerala for naming the newborn), the father had informed the court. The court observed that it was an urgent requirement that a name be given to the child so that he could be admitted to a school, where a birth certificate would be a pre-requisite for admission. Counsel for the mother submitted that although the name given in the .
SC refuses to pass any order on promotion of ED official
The Supreme Court today refused to pass an order regarding the promotion of an Enforcement Directorate officer probing the Aircel-Maxis deal case, who has claimed that frivolous complaints filed against him was deterring the department to promote him. The official, Rajeshwar Singh, has alleged that due to such false allegations being levelled against him, including one by a "so-called journalist" who was recently arrested by CBI, the department has not given him the promotion due to him. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said it could pass any order regarding the promotion of the officer only after it went into the merits of the case. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Singh, said the officer was currently investigating the Aircel-Maxis case and has been in a target of frivolous complaints. "False allegations are being levelled against him by over 20 frivolous complaints made to the department. Last complaint was made by a so-called reporter who made completely
Wanted criminal arrested in Haryana
The Gurugram Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a dreaded Haryana criminal who carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head, police said on Thursday.
JK police expands probe in Kathua rape and murder case to Meerut
The Jammu and Kashmir police crime branch has expanded its probe in the Kathua rape and murder case to identify those who allegedly signed the attendance register at a Meerut college on behalf of an accused while he had gone to his village where the crime was committed, officials said here today. They said a crime branch team was camping in Meerut and taking inputs from the local police there. The police team has examined some of the witnesses as it is alleged in the charge sheet that Vishal Jangotra, accused of raping an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, had tried to create an alibi of his absence from the crime scene by allegedly "resorting to manipulation of records and creation of false evidence with the connivance and assistance of his father Sanji Ram". The officials said three people, who are suspected to have signed the attendance sheet on his behalf, are wanted by the crime branch. The three were in judicial custody after being arrested by the Meerut police in connection with a .
President Kovind gives assent to Delhi Working Journalist Act
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the 'Delhi Working Journalist Amendment Act 2015' which seeks to ensure "effective implementation" of the Majithia Wage Board awards and provides penal provisions, including imprisonment of up to one year, in case of non-adherence to the Act. In December 2015, the Delhi Assembly had passed the Bill seeking to amend the Working Journalists Act for effecting changes in the existing law. Labour Minister Gopal Rai today said that Delhi has become "the first state" to bring amendments in the law to ensure "effective implementation" of the Majithia Wage Board in the country. As per the law which is applicable to Delhi-based media organisations, contractual employees will be treated as working journalists. "In case of non-payment of the due wages to an employee, the employer will be punishable with imprisonment of either description which may extend to six months or fine which may extend to two hundred rupees per employee per day or with both, .
Young woman commits suicide in Hry; youth booked
A 25-year-old woman committed suicide in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri area by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence, police said today. Police have registered a case against a youth on the complaint of the victim's parents after she took the extreme step yesterday. "We have registered a case of abetment to suicide against a youth. The 25-year-old woman's parents in their complaint have alleged that the victim and the youth had some altercation after which she killed herself," Charkhi Dadri SP Himanshu Garg said. Preliminary investigations were on, he said.
Disabled minor girl raped in Odisha, accused arrested
A 48-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping and impregnating a differently-abled minor girl in Odisha's Nayagarh district, officials said.
Kejriwal's kin sent to one-day judicial custody
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's relative Vinay Bansal, arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with the PWD scam, was today sent to one-day judicial custody by a Delhi court. Duty Metropolitian Magistrate Suri Mishra denied the ACB's application for three-day police remand saying Bansal is not medically fit. The order came after Bansal, who was arrested this morning by the ACB, fainted during arguments when he was was produced before the court. He was rushed to Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital. Bansal is Kejriwal's nephew. Three FIRs, including one against a company run by the chief minister's brother-in-law Surender Bansal, were registered by the ACB in this case on May 9 last year. Three companies, including Renu Constructions (owned by Bansal, Kamal Singh and Pawan Kumar), were included in the FIRs. In a complaint, Rahul Sharma, founder of Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation (RACO), had alleged that Kejriwal and PWD minister Satyendra Jain misused their office for .
Government has initiated inter-ministerial consultations on a draft ordinance to ...
Government has initiated inter-ministerial consultations on a draft ordinance to overturn a Supreme Court verdict that put safeguards on arrest of those accused of committing atrocities on SCs and STs, official sources said today. A draft is ready with the Ministry of Social Justice and it could be placed before the Union Cabinet in coming days if the government's review plea before the Supreme Court fails to yield a favourable ruling. "The next hearing is on May 16 and much would depend on that," said a senior official in the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry. Another government functionary said there is no clarity as yet on exact date for the proposal to be placed for the Cabinet approval. "But a cabinet note detailing the reason for bringing the ordinance has been circulated to ministries for consultations," the functionary said. The proposed ordinance would make it clear that notwithstanding any judgement or any other law in force, the provisions of the Act shall remain ...
Bangladesh puppy killer sentenced
A Bangladeshi security guard was handed a jail sentence today for burying alive two dogs and their 14 puppies, in what activists hailed as the country's first ever animal cruelty conviction. Mohammad Siddique, who buried the dogs in polythene sacks, "was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 200 taka ($2.50)," prosecutor Forkan Mia told AFP after the trial in Dhaka. Animal rights campaigners, who have long lobbied for replacing the South Asian country's colonial-era laws on animal maltreatment, said they hoped the sentence would act as a deterrent. "The fact that this case was heard by the magistrate is a major achievement," said Rakibul Haq Emil from animal rights group the PAW Foundation, who brought the case. "I am sure it will send a warning message that it won't be easy to get away with cruel treatment to animals in Bangladesh," he said. The bodies of the dogs were discovered in October in a Dhaka neighbourhood. But despite outrage from campaigners, police were initially ...
UP Gov't announces compensation for murdered lawyer's family
The Uttar Pradesh Government, on Thursday, announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of advocate Rajesh Srivastava, who was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district earlier today.Srivastava was killed at around 10.30 a.m. in Colonelganj's Manmohan Park area while he was on his way to the office.Meanwhile, protests erupted in several parts of Allahabad city with fellow lawyers protesting their colleague's death set a bus ablaze near the District Magistrate's office in the city.The motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.An investigation in the regard is underway.
City court grants anticipatory bail to DMK MLA
DMK MLA N Karthik was granted anticipatory bail by a court here today in a case registered against him for "obstructing" police during raids on an illegal gutka manufacturing unit in the city's outskirts on April 27. Judge M Gunasekaran granted relief to Karthik and his party colleague Thangaraj. Cases were registered against 10 people, including Karthik and former Kannampalayam Panchayat president Dalapathi Murugesan, on the charge of obstructing the police from carrying out their duty during the raids on the unit at Kannampalayam. While seven people were arrested and were let out on bail a few days ago, a search was on for Karthik, representing Singanallur constituency. He subsequently sought anticipatory bail. The local DMK men, including Karthik, had staged a protest seeking a thorough probe into the unearthing of the gutka unit. The police had unearthed the unit and seized large quantities of finished products and raw material from a godown in Kannampalayam and arrested four ...
Woman says she was repeatedly raped in Chris Brown's home
A woman, named Jane Doe, has filed a lawsuit against singer Chris Brown and two others after she was allegedly held down and sexually assaulted at his home.The woman claims Brown held a party in his home on February 23, 2017, in which his friend, Lowell Grissom Jr, also known as Young Lo, and an unnamed woman, "Doe X", forcibly held her down and forced her to perform sexual acts, reports People magazine.She is suing Brown and his two friends for sexual battery, battery, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress among other charges.However, the singer's lawyer Mark Geragos has told the woman's lawyer, Gloria Allred, sought 17 million dollars, and he denied Brown had done anything."In another era, we might have called this a shakedown. None of these allegations are true. Nobody has done anything with this. there's no case here. Chris is a target," Geragos said of the lawsuit.In her complaint, Jane Doe also stated that she saw Brown and his one friend with multiple guns ...
SC reserves judgement on pleas challenging Aadhaar
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all the parties concerned to file their written submissions to put forth their case. The judgement was reserved after a marathon hearing which went on for 38 days spanning four months. A battery of lawyers including Attorney General K K Venugopal, who represented the Centre and senior advocates like Kapil Sibal, P Chidambaram, Rakesh Dwivedi, Shyam Divan, Arvind Datar, Rakesh Dwivedi had appeared for various parties. The constitution bench also comprised Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan. During the arguments spread over four months, the Centre had strongly defended its decision to seed Aadhaar numbers with mobile phones, telling the top court that it could have been hauled up for contempt if the verification of mobile users was .