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Elderly lady killed in attack by TN villagers
An elderly woman was killed and four others were severely injured in an attack by villagers in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvannamalai district who suspected them to be child kidnappers, police said.
Berlin court bars woman with Muslim headscarf from teaching primary school
A Berlin labour court today found the city was right to bar a teacher who wears a Muslim headscarf from teaching primary school classes, rejecting her discrimination complaint. Justice Arne Boyer ruled that the city state's so-called neutrality law, which bars the wearing of overt religious symbols and clothing for state employees on duty, weighed stronger than the right to free religious expression. It found however that the young woman, who was not publicly named and did not appear at the court hearing, is allowed to continue teaching older vocational students in a Berlin public secondary school. The ruling, which was still subject to a possible appeal, was expected to impact a wider debate on the issue on Germany, where rules on the hijab headwear differ between the 16 federal states. German national law bans all civil servants from covering their faces, including with Muslim niqabs and burkas -- except for health and safety reasons, such as fire-fighters wearing breathing ...
HC agrees to hear PIL on illegal mining on defence land
The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a PIL alleging illegal mining on a defence land at the banks of river Yamuna in Faridabad and Noida. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar said it would hear the plea on May 16. The plea filed by a man, who claimed to be a whistle blower, said illegal sand mining was going on at defence land situated at the Tilpat Ranges 1 and 2 on the banks of Yamuna in Faridabad (Haryana) and Noida, which falls in the Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The petitioner said he has made representations to various authorities including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who forwarded it to the Ministry of Defence and to the Indian Air Force. He said the illegal activities caused loss of over Rs 29 crore to the exchequer. The plea also sought a direction to the CBI to enquire into serious offences of corrupt practices in compliance with a letter issued by the Prime Minister's Office in October 2016. It said the whistleblower had ...
SAIL employee, wife, son booked for corruption
A case of corruption has been filed an employee of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and his wife and son for amassing disproportionate assets, the CBI said on Wednesday.
Court finds two guilty for murder of aspiring actress
The Mumbai Sessions Court on Wednesday held guilty two Bollywood junior artistes for the horrific murder of an aspiring actress from Dehradun, Meenakshi Thapa, in 2012.
Businessman gets 6-months jail in bribery case
A local court has sentenced a 38-year-old businessman from Kalwa in the district to six months of jail for accepting bribe on behalf of an employee of the state power utility in 2011. In the order passed yesterday, Thane Assistant Sessions Judge R V Tamhanekar also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict Champalal alias Sampat Khangarbhai Rawal. The main accused in the case- a lineman with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) Sopan Laxman Ghodke had died during the trial. The prosecution told the court that Ghodke had sought bribe from complainant Ashok Lalji Gupta alleging that the latter had tampered with the electricity meter. He asked Gupta to pay Rs 80,000. Gupta then approached the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), which laid a trap on January 1, 2011 and caught Rawal accepting Rs 10,000 on behalf of the lineman. Prosecutor Rekha Hiwerale told the court that before that Ghodke had accepted Rs 20,000 from Gupta. During a search conducted at his house, the ...
Sub Inspector suspended for getting involved in civil disputes
A Sub-Inspector was suspended today for allegedly getting involved in civil disputes and for behaving rudely towards common citizens. Based on a complaint from a lady petitioner against the SI, K Rajesh ofChilkalguda Police Station that he was getting involved in civil disputes and had also behaved rudely towards common citizens, an enquiry was conducted and the charges were found true, an official release said. Therefore,on the basis of prima facie evidence, Hyderabad PoliceCommissioner Anjani Kumar placed the Sub Inspector K Rajesh under suspension with immediate effect, it said. Kumar urged the public not to hesitate to express their grievances directly to him and added that the force follows a policy of zero tolerance as far as bad conduct of officers are concerned towards public. "Police should not get involved in civil disputes, he said. The Hyderabad Police chief also appealed to all police officers of the city to be polite, courteous and respectful to citizens, ..
ED attaches Rs 14.48 crore property of Yadav Singh
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached property worth Rs 14.48 crore of former government engineer Yadav Singh as part of its probe in a corruption case against him, an official said on Wednesday.
Ker Guv seeks ATR from Govt, 500 CPI(M) workers booked
Kerala Governor P Sathasivam today sought an Action Taken Report from the state government in the aftermath of the twin murders in north Kerala and the subsequent violence on May 7. Raj Bhavan sources said the Governor sought the report from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on the violence and the political killings at new Mahe near Thalassery in Kannur district and Palloor in Mahe. A local CPI(M) leader Babu was hacked to death on Monday night at Palloor and in an apparent retaliatory attack, a BJP worker was killed within half an hour at new Mahe in Thalassery in Kannur district. In December last year,Sathasivam had sought a report from the government on a petition by the BJP, seeking steps to stop attacks on its cadres, allegedly by CPI(M) workers. The Governor had in January this year also voiced concern over the recurring violence in Kannur between CPI(M) and BJP cadres and wanted the state's political leaders to persuade their workers to choose the path of ...
Take action against officials responsible for illegal constructions: SC
The Supreme Court today suggested that the Himachal Pradesh government should take action against those officials who were posted in Kasauli when illegal constructions came up there and sought their names and designations. The apex court also asked the state what action it has taken against those officials who were responsible for the unauthorised constructions to come up in the Kasauli town. "Unless you take action and remove four-five people from service, nothing will fall in line," a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta told the advocate general of Himachal Pradesh. On May 1, Assistant Town and Country Planner Shail Bala Sharma had gone to supervise the demolition of unauthorised construction at Kasauli's Narayani Guest House where its owner Vijay Singh had allegedly shot at her. Sharma had later succumbed to injuries, while another government official accompanying her had sustained serious injuries. The accused was later arrested. During the hearing today, the .
Russian oligarch questioned about payments to Trump's lawyer
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about a payment of $500,000 that his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen after the election, officials said.
HC seeks ED response on Andhra Bank ex-official bail plea
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the ED to file a response on the bail plea of a former Director of Andhra Bank arrested in a Rs 5,000 crore bank fraud case involving Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech.
HC seeks response of Delhi govt on PIL on remission of prisoners' sentence
The Delhi High Court today sought response of the AAP government and the prison authorities on a PIL for immediately holding a meeting of the Sentence Review Board (SRB) to consider the pleas for remission of jail term of prisoners, some of whom are elderly and "languishing" in the Tihar Jail for 20-25 years. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Delhi government and the Director General of Prisons seeking their stand on the plea by a lawyer who has contended that meetings of the SRB are not held as often as they should be. The petitioner, advocate Sumeet Verma, said any further delay in consideration of the cases of the inmates by the SRB would be "absolutely arbitrary and contrary to the constitutional scheme". He has said in his plea that SRB meetings are required to be held every quarter, but in practice they are held twice or maximum thrice a year and this has been the trend for the last several years. The plea said that over .
Courts can refer to parliamentary committee reports: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said courts can look into parliamentary committee reports and take them on record while deciding a case but added the report cannot be challenged.
Pak SC grants one-month extension for ex-PM Sharif's trial in graft cases
Pakistan's Supreme Court today granted a one-month extension to the deadline for completion of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's trial in three corruption cases. The cases were launched in September last year following disqualification of Sharif by the Supreme Court on July 28. The court had also set six month deadline to complete the cases but later extended it by two months in March. The deadline was set to expire on May 12 and the accountability court Judge Muhammad Bashir requested the apex court to give more time to conclude the trial. Sharif's counsel Khawaja Haris in his application asked for three month extension but the court after hearing arguments decided to extend the deadline till June 9. The three cases include Avenfiled Properties, Al-Azizia & Hill Metal Establishment and Flagship reference cases. The trial in all cases is near completion. Sharif is facing the three corruption cases at the accountability court following the Supreme Court's verdict in the Panama ..
Parliamentary panel reports can be relied upon in courts: SC
The report of a parliamentary committee can be relied upon in courts for interpretation of statutory provisions wherever necessary, the Supreme Court today said while making it clear that its findings cannot be questioned or challenged in a court of law. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that courts can take notice of parliamentary standing committee reports, which are admissible under the Evidence Act. "Parliamentary Standing Committee report can be taken aid of for the purpose of interpretation of a statutory provision wherever it is so necessary and also it can be taken note of as existence of a historical fact. Judicial notice can be taken of the Parliamentary Standing Committee report under Section 57(4) of the Evidence Act and it is admissible under Section 74 of the said Act. "In a litigation filed either under Article 32 or Article 136 of the Constitution, this Court can take on record the report of Parliamentary Standing Committee. ...
Fake voter ID row: 2 arrested, says K'taka's chief electoral officer
Amid the row over the seizure of more than 9,000 fake voter identity cards from a Bengaluru flat, Sanjiv Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for Karnataka, said two people have been arrested in connection with the case and there is a possibility of more arrests."This is a very serious matter. Two people have been arrested as of now. There is a possibility of more arrests. (The) case is currently being investigated," Kumar said while addressing a press conference here in Bengaluru.Speaking to ANI, Kumar said, "We are trying to reach the truth at the earliest. However, one thing is certain that nobody has broken into our system and no new voter ID cards have been made."For those unversed, 9,746 voter ID cards were found from a flat in SLV Park View Apartment in Bengaluru's Jalahalli locality last night, following which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had accused Congress of orchestrating the racket to gain an advantage in the upcoming state assembly polls.In return, Congress has claimed ..
Justice Chelameswar refuses to attend farewell
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said on Wednesday it will not organise the customary farewell for Justice J. Chelameswar after he expressed his inability to attend it, citing "personal reasons".
Autolifter arrested in Delhi
A 33-year-old man, suspected to be the kingpin of gangs of auto-lifters in Delhi, was arrested following an exchange of fire in outer Delhi's Najafgarh area, police said today. The accused, Pramod alias Ganja, used to steal luxurious cars from various posh colonies on demand of receivers, they said. As many as nine stolen vehicles, including a Fortuner, Eco Sports, Honda City, Baleno, and two high-speed motorcycles with a countrymade pistol and cartridges were recovered, said Alok Kumar, joint commissioner of police (Crime). Acting on a tip-off, the Crime Branch team laid a trap and his car was intercepted near the Delhi Jal Board, Old Kakrola Road, Najafgarh, he said. The accused was asked to surrender to the police team but he tried to flee by firing at them, the official said. During interrogation, he revealed that he has been involved in more than two dozen criminal cases across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. He has different addresses in Mangol Puri and was externed from Delhi about a .
HC sets aside order summoning Salman Khurshid in trespass case
The Delhi High Court today set aside a trial court order summoning former union minister Salman Khurshid in a trespass case. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the trial court here to consider afresh the main charge sheet and the supplementary charge sheet filed in the case, before passing any order while making it clear that it has not opined anything on their merit. The high court allowed the petition of the Congress leader seeking to quash January 8 order of the trial court summoning him as an accused for alleged offence of trespassing into an office of the Delhi Public School (DPS) society in south Delhi. Senior advocate Amrendra Sharan and advocate Pramod Dubey, appearing for Khurshid, argued that the trial court's summoning order was erroneous as the entire record of the case was not available with the magistrate when he was summoned. Dubey submitted that Khurshid was given a clean chit by the Delhi Police in the first charge sheet in which it was mentioned that no case was made out