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HC directs TN govt to frame regulations on allotment of
The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame appropriate regulations with regard to allotment and surrender of the government accommodation to public servants as per the directions of the Supreme Court in a 2013 order. A bench, comprising Justices K K Sasidharan and Justice P Velmurugan, said the failure of the state government to frame the guidelines in tune with the apex court order was being taken advantage of by the allottees and their legal heirs in occupying official accommodation even after their retirement. "Since there are many officers still occupying government bungalows and residential apartments even after their retirement and transfer, every effort should be taken by the government to issue guidelines as expeditiously as possible and in any case within three months," he said. It was dismissing an appeal against a single judge's order upholding a January 2007 eviction notice served on the daughter of a former government employee who continued to
SAT disposes of pleas of DLF, K P Singh, five others
The Securities Appellate Tribunal today disposed of the appeals filed by DLF, its chairman K P Singh and five others against a Sebi penalty, saying the Supreme Court is already hearing the matter and the pleas can be revived after a decision by the apex court. Apart from DLF and Singh, the pleas were filed by Rajiv Singh, Pia Singh, T C Goyal, Ramesh Sanka and DLF Home Developers. These entities filed the appeal against the orders passed by Sebi's Adjudicating Officer (AO) in February 2015, whereby varying penalties have been imposed on them for violating the Sebi Act. The regulator had imposed a total fine of Rs 86 crore on DLF and other entities for not disclosing certain material information and facts in its IPO document. These orders came after Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) had in October 2014 banned the Delhi-based real estate major and some of its top officials from securities market for three years in a similar case. DLF had challenged Sebi's directive before ...
Cong tweets clip showing Modi sharing stage with Asaram
The Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the conviction of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in a 2013 rape case as the party tweeted a video clip of the two sharing a stage. The Congress posted the clip on its Twitter handle, saying, A man is known by the company he keeps - Aesop's fables, along with #AsaramVerdict. Party general secretary Ashok Gehlot said time had come when people should be able to differentiate between actual saints and frauds. A Jodhpur court today sentenced Asaram to life in prison after finding him guilty of raping a teenage girl in his ashram five years ago, the second case of a powerful spiritual leader being convicted of a sexual offence in less than a year. Asaram will be in prison till his natural death, the court pronounced, convicting him under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Juvenile Justice Act. It also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him.
Assam woman forced to work as domestic help in Delhi traced
Police have traced a 22-year-old woman hailing from Assam, who was forced to work as domestic help in the national capital and Ludhiana, six years after she was lured to Delhi by her neighbour on the pretext of taking her on a holiday. The woman was found working at a household in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh, a police officer said today. In January 2014, a resident of Assam, approached Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO founded by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and told them that in 2012, her daughter, who was 16 then, had been kidnapped from their native place by a local manpower supply agent Deepak. She told police that her daughter was sold to Jacob Deep who was running a placement agency at Taimur Nagar, Delhi. Her husband also came to Delhi in search of their daughter but he was also detained by Deep at his office in Taimur Nagar, the police said. On the basis of the information, a joint team of New Friends Colony police station and Bachpan Bachao Andolan was constituted and a
Tiwari, Girri seek stern action against madrasa rape accused
Delhi BJP MPs Manoj Tiwari and Maheish Girri on Wednesday met the family of the 10-year-old who was taken to a madrasa complex in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad and raped and demanded stern action against the accused under the amended Pocso Act.
Kathua gangrape: J&K govt, lawyers's bodies differ in SC on obstruction
The Jammu and Kashmir government today told the Supreme Court that the "protests" and "obstructions" forced the police to file the charge sheet in the Kathua gangrape and murder case at the residence of the magistrate, a charge denied by the two lawyers' body which claimed that an administrative decision was taken by the crime branch. The Kathua Bar Association and Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association said the lawyers had not created any obstruction for the police and added that the crime branch had taken an administrative decision in its own wisdom to file the charge sheet at the residence of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Detailing the sequence of incidents of April 9 when the police team comprising members of SIT and Crime Branch, Jammu had arrived at the CJM court, the state government told the court that "due to the sloganeering and environment, the accused were kept in the van with their escort within the complex and were not taken out". "The officers of the SIT ...
Verdict has shown that even weakest can take on the mighty, says officer who supervised the probe
IPS officer Ajay Pal Lamba, who supervised the investigation in the rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, today hailed the court verdict in the matter saying it showed that even the weakest can take on the might of the most influential as truth had prevailed. A Jodhpur court had awarded a life term to the godman after finding him guilty of raping a teenage girl in his ashram five years ago. It is heartening to witness that if the law of land is implemented impartially, then even weakest can afford to take on the might of most influential persons like Asaram, Lamba said in a Facebook post. Finally truth prevailed. Justice delivered in Asharam Bapu case with conviction of accused Asharam in a case of sexual assault on a minor girl during the night of Independence Day of 2013. Judgement is a landmark in criminal jurisprudence in the country, he added. Lamba had supervised Asaram's arrest from Indore as well as the investigation when he was posted as Deputy Commissioner of ...
Give details of all foreign inmates in Tihar Jail: HC to prison authorities
The Delhi High Court directed today the prison authorities here to give the details of all the foreign inmates lodged in the Tihar Jail, the status of their bail pleas, and the orders passed on them. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued the direction while hearing a PIL related to the issue of denial of bail and proper phone call facility to foreign women inmates arrested in drug cases and lodged in the Tihar Jail. The court extended the ambit of the plea to all the foreign inmates, not just women, on the request of amicus curiae Ajay Verma. The bench had taken up the issue after receiving a letter from the foreign women inmates narrating their plight. The foreign women have claimed that their Indian counterparts, arrested in similar crimes, are granted bail, but they are not. They have alleged that they were not being granted bail by the trial courts on the sole ground that they being foreigners would abscond or go abroad if the relief is ...
Painstaking investigation helped CBI arrest Kotkhai rape-murder accused
Painstaking scientific investigations virtually starting from the scratch, including use of advanced DNA mapping and technical surveillance, and spread over nearly nine months in complete secrecy helped the CBI finally crack the sensational Kotkhai rape-murder case.
Girl abducted from Assam rescued in Delhi
A girl abducted six years ago from Assam on the pretext of vacation by her neighbour was traced in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh, police said on Wednesday.
Woman commits 'suicide' over 'harassment' by man in Telangana"
A 21-year-old woman today allegedly committed suicide at her house in Suryapet district due to 'harassment' by a youngster, who pestered her to love him, police said. The incident happened in Kukadam village, where the woman consumed some poisonous substance and collapsed, they said. She was admitted to a hospital where she died without responding to treatment, they added. The woman's family in a complaint alleged that a man aged around 22, from the same village was harassing her "mentally and physically" in the name of love, the police official said. Based on a complaint by her family members the police have registered a case under IPC section 306 (Abetment of suicide) and took up further investigation, the SI said adding no one has been arrested so far.
Hike in parking charges will 'kill' Metro, says Kejriwal
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that an increase in parking charges at the city's Metro stations will "kill" the transporter and "increase pollution".
Delhi HC questions trial court order extending probe period in terror case
The Delhi High Court today questioned a trial court's order extending the period of investigation in a terror funding case, allegedly involving Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen founder and globally-wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin. The high court said that a special judge has no power to extend the period of investigation in a case and it only has the power to extend the judicial custody of the accused. "What business a judge has to say that the period of investigation is 180 days for completion of probe," a bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta said. The court's remarks came while hearing the bail plea of Yousuf whose counsel said he was a government employee and was posted as agricultural assistant in Budgam of central Kashmir when he was arrested by the NIA on October 24 last year. The accused challenged the trial court's two orders of February and March -- rejecting him bail and extending judicial custody. The counsel said Yousuf's only crime was that he was ...
Lawyer of Kathua victim's family not obstructed: Bar body tells SC
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu, today told the Supreme Court that advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat, who is representing the victim's family in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, was not threatened by any member of the lawyers' body. It further said there was a need for a "fair and impartial" CBI probe into the gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl, while maintaining that it had not obstructed smooth functioning of the justice delivery system in any manner. In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the lawyers' body has said neither its office bearers nor any member of the association had obstructed or threatened Rajawat from appearing in the court. It has claimed that a "motivated and malicious campaign" by some media channels has created an "erroneous impression" about the motives of the 'bandh' call in Jammu by projecting the legal fraternity and also the people supporting it as "pro-rapists, which is factually incorrect and misleading as ...
Plea seeks CBI probe into CBSE paper leak
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a fresh plea seeking a CBI probe into the CBSE paper leak case and re-examination.
Ex-MLA gets bail in murder case; police says NSA will prevent his release
Former Sahibabad MLA and Congress leader Amar Pal Sharma, who was arrested in connection with the murder of BJP leader Gajendra Bhati, was bailed out by the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, officials said.
Accused in Kathua gangrape-murder case moves SC for CBI probe
Two prime accused in the sensational Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl today moved the Supreme Court opposing the plea of the victim's father seeking transfer of trial outside the state, preferably to Chandigarh. Sanji Ram and Vishal Jangotra, who were chargesheeted by the crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police in the case, have also sought transfer of the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation besides seeking to be impleaded as parties in the petition filed by the father of the victim. The two have claimed innocence in the apex court and said they were compelled to file the interlocutory application for impleadment because they were "falsely implicated and arrayed as accused persons in the case". "It is humbly stated that the applicants are necessary and proper parties as their rights and interest are bound to be affected by the outcome of the writ petition," they said. The accused said in their plea that Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees fair .
Goa: AAP approaches cops against anti-church video
The Aam Admi Party (AAP) today lodged a complaint with Goa police over a video, which a party leader said shows the Church in a bad light. AAP's Goa General Secretary Pradip Padgaonkar said the complaint was filed against unknown persons by party leader Valmiki Naik. Naik said the purported content of the video is aimed at inciting hatred and communal passions and promoting enmity between communities. When contacted, Panaji police inspector Siddhanth Shirodkar said the complaint is being investigated.
Elderly man held for raping six-year-old girl in Delhi
An elderly man was arrested on charge of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl living in his neighbourhood in west Delhi, police said on Wednesday.
5 yrs in jail for 10 Pujari gang members for plotting to kill Mahesh Bhatt
Ten members of the Ravi Pujari gang were sentenced to five years in jail by a court here today for conspiring to kill filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and his family members in 2014. Judge Shridhar Bhosle of the special court for cases registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) held the 10 men guilty under section 120B of the IPC (criminal conspiracy) and relevant provisions of the Arms Act, while acquitting two others, Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said. However, all the 12 accused were acquitted of the MCOCA charges. As many as 47 witnesses were examined during the trial, Gharat said. The Mumbai police had arrested the 12 members of the Pujari gang in 2014, before the plot to kill Bhatt could be executed. Ishrat Sheikh, Mohammad Hasnat Khan, Azim Khan, Ashpak Sayyed, Asif Khan, Shahnawaz Sheikh, Firoz Sayyed, Shabir Sheikh, Rahim Khan and Anis Merchant were convicted for illegal possession of weapons under the Arms Act and for hatching the ...