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Man kills father, brother over inequal land distribution
A man allegedly shot dead his father and younger brother over inequal distribution of land in Saharsa district of Bihar today, police said. His sister-in-law and nephew were also injured in the incident. The incident occurred at Situaha Dih village under Salkhua police station when the man identified as Mantu Yadav alias Vinod Yadav shot dead his father Hardeo Yadav (80) and his younger brother Ashok Yadav (45), Salkhua police station SHO Tarun Kumar Tarunesh said. Ashok Yadav was sleeping on the terrace with his wife Kanchan Devi and their son Bittu Kumar when he was shot dead by his brother Mantu Yadav, the SHO said On hearing the gunshots, their father came out of his room but his son Mantu Yadav fired at him also, killing him on the spot, the SHO said. The police said the octogenarian had gifted an additional 3 acres of land to his youngest son which led to the killing. Kanchan Devi and her son Bittu Kumar, who sustained bullet injuries in neck and chest ...
Pak man gets 18 years jail for hurling shoe at judge
A Pakistani man has been sentenced to 18 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court for hurling shoe at a judge, the first such sentence in the country's history. The convict Ijaz Ahmed, a resident of Muzaffargarh, about 400 km from Lahore, had hurled a shoe on senior civil judge Zahid Qayyum during a hearing on March 20. Ijaz, an undertrial suspect in a robbery case, threw the shoe while complaining that he was being languished in the jail despite bail but was not being released due to absence of written release orders. After the incident, Ahmed was booked under terrorism and other sections of the Pakistan Penal Code. ATC Judge Khalid Mehmood Malik also imposed a fine of Rs 3 million on the convict. Meanwhile, a former seminary student who hurled a shoe at Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in March in Lahore was released from prison on bail after withdrawing terrorism charges from the FIR. According to the counsel of the accused, his client did not belong to any political ..
This has never happened before: SC Judge on non-elevation of K. M. Joseph
In the wake of the controversy surrounding the non-elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K. M. Joseph, Supreme Court judge K. Joseph on Sunday stated that such an incident had never happened before."The meeting is going to be convened. It is not right for me to say anything before that happens. Never has it happened before like this that the names sent by the Collegium are asked to be reconsidered," said Justice Joseph.The Collegium had, on January 10, recommended the names of Justice K. M. Joseph and Justice Indu Malhotra for elevation to the Supreme Court.While the Centre had cleared Justice Indu Malhotra's file, it sent Justice Joseph's file back to the Collegium and asked it to reconsider its recommendation.The Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur, and K. Joseph, had earlier met to reconsider the case of Joseph but deferred its decision on it.The meeting is also scheduled to ..
Mining engineer, 2 middlemen arrested for extortion
A mining engineer was today arrested with two middlemen for allegedly extorting amount of Rs 5.98 lakh from different mine owners in Bikaner district, an official said. Following a tip-off, sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here laid a trap and caught Vijayshankar Jaipal, posted in the mining department, red-handed while taking the money from Manoj Sharma and Deepak Gupta, the official said.
Collegium's recommendation should not have been rejected: SC Judge
The Central government should not have rejected the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium on the appointment of a judge as this has never happened before, an apex court judge said on Sunday.
Centre to fund northeastern states' judicial infrastructure development
The Central government will provide 100 per cent of the funds to upgrade and expand the infrastructure of the judiciary in the northeastern states, a Tripura High Court Judge said on Sunday.
Death toll in Ludhiana cylinder blast climbs to 11
The death toll in a gas cylinder blast in the Giaspur locality here rose to 11 today, an official said. Pawan Kumar (35) succumbed to burns this morning at the CMC hospital here, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) (South) Dharm Pal said. Kumar had suffered 75 per cent burns, Pal added. The cooking gas cylinder had exploded in the residence of Ashok Kumar Yadav (58) in Samrat Colony of Giaspura last week, injuring 35 people. Yadav, his wife Sunita (40) and son Raj (13) succumbed to injuries at the CMC hospital later. Residents of houses neighbouring Yadav's are among the dead. Yadav's two daughters Kajal and Pooja are undergoing treatment at a hospital here and are in a critical condition. Twenty others are being treated at various hospitals and five of them are in a critical condition, the ACP said.
Teenager charged over N.Ireland drill attack on woman
A 17-year-old was charged on Sunday over a gruesome power-drill attack in Northern Ireland that left a woman with "grave injuries", police said. The 38-year-old victim is in a critical condition, suffering from a severe head injury following the attack in Strabane, County Tyrone, at around 2.00 am (0100GMT) yesterday. "A 17-year-old male has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and theft of a drill," said the Police Service of Northern Ireland. "This was a brutal attack and the injuries sustained by the victim are extremely grave," said the PSNI's Brian Reid. The suspect is expected to appear at Omagh magistrates' court on Monday.
This has never happened before: Justice K. M. Joseph on non-elevation
In the wake of the controversy surrounding his non-elevation to Supreme Court, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice, K. M. Joseph, on Sunday stated that such an incident had never happened before."The meeting is going to be convened. It is not right for me to say anything before that happens. Never has it happened before like this that the names sent by the Collegium are asked to be reconsidered," said Joseph.The Collegium had, on January 10, recommended the names of Joseph and Justice Indu Malhotra for elevation to the Supreme Court.While the Centre had cleared Justice Indu Malhotra's file, it sent Justice Joseph's file back to the Collegium and asked it to reconsider its recommendation.The Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur, and Joseph, had earlier met to reconsider the case of Joseph but deferred its decision on it.The meeting is also scheduled to hold discussions over the removal of ...
Case registered against two BJP workers for gangrape in MP
A case was registered against two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers for an alleged gang-rape by police in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district on Sunday.The complaint was registered by an employee of the Prime Minister Skill Development centre.BJP workers Raja Collector and Mukesh Thakur have cases registered against them under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code at Sehore's Ashta Police Station.Mukesh Thakur is a representative of Member of Parliament from BJP Manohar Untwal, and Raja Collector is a Working Committee Member of the BJP Scheduled Tribe Front.In the recent past, there has been a surge in sexual crimes against minor girls.In January, an eight-year-old girl, who belonged to a nomadic Muslim tribe in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, was allegedly abducted, drugged, gang-raped, tortured and killed.In Indore, an infant below the age of one was allegedly raped and killed.Taking cognizance of such crimes, President Ram Nath Kovind, on April 22, promulgated the Criminal Law
Employee rapes woman in Hyderabad hospital
An employee of the government-run Osmania Hospital here has allegedly raped a woman who had come to the hospital for treatment of injuries she suffered at the hands of her husband, police said on Sunday.
Goa mining lease: Lokayukta summons former CM Parsekar
Former Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has been summoned to depose before the Lokayukta tomorrow in connection with the renewal of mining leases in the state. Goa Foundation, an NGO, had filed a complaint with Lokayukta, Justice (retd) P K Misra, and had alleged that the renewal of these mining leases appeared to be the result of "corrupt acts". "Parsekar has been summoned by the Lokayukta to appear before it and depose in connection with the case filed against him," a senior Lokayukta official told PTI today. The complainant urged the Lokayukta to probe the circumstances that led to the renewal of 88 mining leases in the state to various private firms, including a multinational company, between November 1, 2014 and January 12, 2015. The 88 mining leases renewed during this period had an annual production capacity of 44 million tonnes, the NGO stated in its complaint. These mining leases were quashed by the Supreme Court on February 7 this year. Apart from ...
HC relief to man seeking administration of his dead mother's
The Bombay High Court has held that a citizen's right to seek administration of a deceased person's estate in accordance with the latter's will must be protected. No straitjacket formula can be fixed for deciding a time limit to move courts for such administration (management of estate and distribution of assets), it observed. The court passed the judgement on May 4 when a full bench comprising Justices S C Dharamadhikari, A A Sayyed, and K R Sriram was hearing a suit filed by a city resident seeking administration of the estate left behind by his mother. The petitioner had approached the court alleging that his father and other relatives hid his mother's will for five years after her death, and sought the court's help in getting what was rightfully his share. However, his father contended that the law of limitation mandated that a suit for administration be filed within three years of the person's death. In this case, the petitioner's mother died in 2007. The petitioner, however, ...
Govt spending on court cases goes up
The expenditure incurred by the government in contesting cases in the Supreme Court has gone up from nearly Rs 11 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 42.40 crore in 2017-18, Law Ministry data shows. According to the data, submitted to a Parliamentary committee, in the financial year 2011-12, the ministry had paid Rs 10.99 crore as 'professional fee' to law officers and lawyers which are on its panel to represent the government in the Supreme Court. In 2012-13, the 'expended budget' on professional fee went up to Rs 11.73 crore and Rs 14.47 crore in 2013-14. In 2016-17, the figure stood at 32.06 crore, much higher than previous fiscals. In 2017-18 (upto February 22), the government had spent Rs 42.40 crore as professional fee. Officials pointed out that since there are not many law officers, sensitive cases are also being handled by senior advocates who are on the law ministry panel. These lawyers are paid fees per appearance. Another reason attributed to higher exenditure is that the ministry is ..
HC stays proceedings in criminal complaint against Uber
The Delhi High Court has stayed the proceedings in a criminal complaint lodged against app-based taxi service provider Uber for allegedly operating taxis without licence and charging excess fare from passengers. The order by Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva came on Uber's plea seeking quashing of the complaint and the summons issued to it in the matter by a trial court. The court also issued notice to the NGO, which had lodged the complaint, and sought its response to the company's petition by August 20. NGO Nyaya Bhoomi lodged the complaint against both Uber and ANI Technologies, which provides cab services under the name of Ola. In its complaint, it sought recovery of Rs 91,000 crore from the two app-based taxi service providers for allegedly overcharging passengers. Ola has already moved the high court seeking quashing of the complaint and the summons issued to it by the trial court on July 31, last year. A similar order was passed by the high court on March 12 on Ola's plea. Both ...
Caught on cam: Pervert flashes at girls outside coaching centre in Bhind
A pervert in Madhya Pradesh's Bhinda was caught on camera flashing his private parts outside a girl coaching centre.The man in his 20's was seen donning a blue jacket and had a mask on his face.Frustrated with the incident the girls on the other day caught the man when he came there.They thrashed him and later handed to the police.
I was on verge of being impeached: Katju
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju says he was on the verge of being impeached when he was in the Allahabad High Court in 1992 after he ordered the reinstatement of a teacher whose appointment was cancelled by school authorities in Uttar Pradesh. He also feels that the process of appointing the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India should be done away with as this "convention has proved to be defective". Katju, who also served as the Chief Justice of the Delhi and the Madras High Court, and as acting Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, has come out with a book "Whither Indian Judiciary" in which he takes an analytical inside view of the Indian judiciary. On the appointment of the CJI, he writes, "The senior-most judge may be a man of integrity but may be mediocre person. He should be superseded and a judge next in seniority or one even lower down in seniority, if outstanding (as borne out from his judgments), should be made Chief Justice ..
BSF jawan shoots dead 3 colleagues, kills self
A BSF jawan allegedly shot dead three colleagues with his service weapon before committing suicide today at a border outpost at Maguruli in Unakoti district, about 180 km from Agartala, police said. S P (Special branch), Shankar Debnath said the BSF jawan opened fire on three others including a head constable before killing himself. The incident happened at around 1 am. The head constable died on the spot. One of the injured jawans succumbed to injuries at Unakoti district hospital and another jawan, who was shifted to ILS Hospital in Agartala, also died, Debnath told PTI. He said investigation is on and a detailed report is awaited. When contacted, a highly placed BSF official confirmed the incident.
2 girls to drop out of UP school over sexual harassment
Two girls have dropped out of a government-aided school alleging sexual harassment by a youth at a village in neighbouring Shamli district, the police said today. The girls, who are sisters and students of Class 9, alleged they were harassed by the accused a number of times on their way home from the school in Simbhalka village, Circle Officer Ashok Kumar said. The parents of the girls, aged 16 and 17, in a complaint filed with the police said their daughters stopped going to school a few days ago following repeated incidents of sexual harassment, he said. The police have registered a case against the accused, Sudhir Kumar (22), and arrested him. In another incident, a juvenile allegedly tried to rape a two-year-old girl in the Jhijhana police station area, according to Station House Officer MS Gill. The incident occurred yesterday. SHO Gill said the police have registered a case against the accused and apprehended him.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny was released from police custody on Sunday after being detained for several hours the day before on charges of organising an unauthorised demonstration in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin.