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Inquiry ordered after child denied treatment at Banda hospital
Banda District Magistrate Divya Prakash Giri on Friday said that they have ordered an inquiry in the death case of a boy who died after being denied medical treatment at a hospital here.He further said that understanding the sensitivity of the matter a committee has also been constituted to look into the same."Inquiry has been ordered and we have also set up a committee in this regard to investigate the matter," Giri told ANI.A family of Uttar Pradesh's Banda had alleged that their child died after a government hospital refused to treat their ailing son.The father of the child said that the hospital denied attending his son as he had no money to pay the fees."Doctors did not treat my son as I did not have money. They were repeatedly asking for money," said the father.Following the incident, the family approached the District Collector with the body of the child demanding justice.
Decision not to conduct class 10 maths re-exam based on trend analysis: CBSE to HC
The CBSE today informed the Delhi High Court that the decision not to conduct re-examination of the Class 10 mathematics paper, which was allegedly leaked, was taken after doing a trend analysis of science, maths and english papers. The CBSE said it was a considered decision and they cannot put lakhs of students in difficulty just for one student who wanted a re-test of maths. A bench of Justices Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar posed several questions to the counsel for the student, who has been seeking re-conduct of the exam. The court asked the counsel for the student as to what was the difficulty and anxiety about the maths exam and why he was insisting on a fresh exam. "How you client (student) is affected with the decision of not conducting a re-test. When you are asking for such a radical relief, you have to see it in an overall perspective... "They have done a trend analysis of not only maths paper but also science and english to see there are no spikes of leakage," the bench ...
Indians can see the truth, says Rahul on Judge Loya case
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said "there is hope" on Judge B.H. Loya case as millions of "Indians can see the truth", a day after the judge's family said "there is no hope left".
2G: Court issues notice to Essar-Loop promoters on CBI plea
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Essar-Loop promoters on a CBI plea challenging a trial court judgment that acquitted them in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
Naroda Patiya massacre: Gujarat HC acquits Kodnani, convicts Babu Bajrangi
A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court on Friday acquitted former BJP Minister Maya Kodnani, saying there was absence of sufficient proof of her presence at the crime scene in the Naroda Patiya massacre case of 2002.
Kerala artist's house attacked for painting against Kathua rape
A group of unidentified men pelted stones at artist Durga Malathi's house in Kerala's Palakkad district last night for her painting against Kathua rape case.A vehicle parked in front of her house was also damaged in the attack.The local police have registered a case against the miscreants and tightened the security for Durga.Malathi is a teacher and an artist who has been facing immense criticism on social media over the last few days for protesting against the Kathua rape and murder case.She had done two paintings depicting male genitals along with some Hindutva idols, inviting abuse and threat on the social media for allegedly 'hurting religious sentiments.'An eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim community was allegedly abducted, drugged, raped, tortured and bludgeoned to death in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district in January.
Two more held for violence in Morena during Bharat Bandh
Police have arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the violence in Morena during the April 2 Bharat Bandh, an officer said. With the arrest of the duo, the total number of those arrested from Morena district in connection with the violence has gone up to 100, police said. "The two accused, identified as Neeraj Chandolia (28) and Jai Kumar (32), were arrested yesterday based on a tip-off," city Kotwali police station in-charge Yogendra Yadav said. "Both the accused had absconded after indulging in violent acts that led to the death of one person in Morena. They were identified based on the CCTV footage," he added. They were carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 each on their heads, Yadav said. Gwalior, Bhind and Morena districts in Madhya Pradesh witnessed massive violence during the bandh, organised by Dalit groups to protest a recent Supreme Court order that allegedly diluted certain provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Eight persons had .
Centre to amend POCSO Act to ensure death penalty in child rape till 12-year of age
The Central Government, in a letter, submitted to the Supreme Court on Friday, said that it has started the process to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)Act to introduce death penalty for rape of minors till 12 year of age.Centre submitted its report while responding to a PIL filed by Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, seeking maximum sentence of death penalty to those offenders involved in the rape and brutal murder of children between the age group of 0 to 12.The apex court three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, fixed the matter for further hearing to April 27.In wake of the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi had said that her ministry intends to amend the POCSO to make provision for death penalty in such cases.
Will we get justice for our son? Parents, siblings mourn teen killed by cow vigilantes
In the evenings, as other children play with their siblings in Arahara village of Jharkhand, Niyajul, 8, and Safina, 10, often say: "If only our brother was here..." It's something their parents find hard to respond to. Their 12-year-old son, the brother missed by his siblings, was killed by suspected cow vigilantes two years ago.
"Bad things" happening too frequently: Akhtar on Kathua case
Expressing concern over the brutal rape and murder of an an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, veteran screenwriter and poet Javed Akhtar said he is afraid that "bad things" have started to happen too frequently and one needs to be worried. "What can be an opinion about a brutal rape and murder? Can there be any other opinion? The society doesn't move together, it remains in different time zones, cultural zones. Some good things happen, some bad things happen. "I am afraid that many bad things have started happening rather too frequently and we, as a society, should be bothered about it," Akhtar told reporters. The 73-year-old lyricist-writer, who spoke on the sidelines of "The Walk of Mijwan" event last night, said better values should be instilled in boys. "There are long-term and short-term remedies. Short- term (remedy) would be to make law and order smarter and pro- active, and long term would be that our boys get better value system, which perhaps they aren't getting ..
Another minor raped in Etah
A nine-year-old girl attending a wedding ceremony was raped and murdered by a man here, an incident which comes days after another minor was raped and killed in this western UP town, police said today. The latest incident took place last night when the accused forcibily dragged the nine-year-old who was attending the wedding ceremony of her uncle in Keltha locality of Aliganj police station. "The accused raped the girl and then killed her. On the complaint lodged by the family members of the girl, a case has been registered against the accused for committing rape and murder. POCSO Act has also been slapped on the accused," circle officer, Aliganj, Ajay Bhadauria told PTI. He said the accused identified as Pintu (22) has been arrested. Police said the accused is a father of two children and works as a driver. "At the time of the incident, he was in an inebriated state. Besides Pintu, his brother has been arrested," additional SP Sanjay Kumar said. On April 16, a seven-year-old
IRCTC hotel scam: CBI asked to procure sanctions till May 9
The special CBI court granted more time to the CBI for the procurement of sanctions against accused of IRCTC hotel tender scam, including former Railway minister Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejaswi Yadav and others.The CBI has to file all the related documents in the case till May 9.Earlier this week, the probe agency had filed a charge sheet against Lalu, Rabri and 14 others as part of an investigation in the case.The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allotting a contract to a private company for the maintenance of IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri when Lalu was the railway minister from 2004 to 2009.In July 2017, the CBI registered a corruption case against Lalu, Rabri, Tejashwi and others in the case.
2002 Naroda Patiya riot case: Gujarat HC acquits Maya Kodnani
Gujarat High Court on Friday acquitted former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Maya Kodnani in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case in which 97 Muslims were killed following the Godhra riots.Kodnani was sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment.However, the conviction of Bajrang Dal leader, Babu Bajrangi who had also moved the court challenging the previous ruling, was upheld. He was sentenced to life imprisonment till death.A division bench of the court comprising justice Harsha Devani and justice A. S. Supehiya concluded the hearing and reserved the order in the case last August.In 2012, a special court for Special Investigation Team (SIT) cases had sentenced 32 people to life imprisonment.Apart from this, seven accused were given enhanced life imprisonment of 21 years and the remaining were given simple life imprisonment for 14 years.All the convicts had appealed against their conviction in the High Court.Around 58 people lost their lives when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was ...
SC seeks AG's help on media gag on CJI impeachment
The Supreme Court on Friday sought Attorney General K.K. Venugopal's assistance on a plea seeking a gag order against the media on the impeachment process supposed to be initiated against Chief Justice Dipak Misra in Parliament.
HC acquits Kodnani in 2002 riot case, Bajrangi conviction upheld
The Gujarat High Court today acquitted former BJP minister Maya Kodnani in the 2002 Naroda Paitya riots case in which 97 people were killed by a mob. The court, however, upheld the conviction of former Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi in the case, one of the worst incidents of communal violence triggered by the Godhra train burning. A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and A S Supehiya pronounced the verdict. The bench said charges against Kodnani could not be established. Bajrangi, whose conviction was uhpeld by the court, was named one of the conspirators in the case. In August 2012, a special court for SIT cases had sentenced 32 people, including Kodnani, to life imprisonment. Kodnani was sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment, while Bajrangi was given life imprisonment till death. The high court had later reduced it to 21 years rigorous imprisonment. The trial court had sentenced seven other accused to 31 years rigorous imprisonment, while 22 others were given 24 ...
HC seeks response of Essar promoters on plea against their acquittal in case arising out of 2G scam
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia on a CBI plea challenging their acquittal in a case arising out of the probe in the 2G scam case. Justice S P Garg issued notice to the Ruias and six others and sought their replies by May 25 to the CBI's appeal against the trial court decision of December 21, 2017. Besides Ruias, the CBI has also appealed against the acquittal of promoters of Loop Telecom Ltd I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, Essar Group Director (Strategy and Planning) Vikash Saraf and three telecom firms - Loop Telecom, Loop Mobile India and Essar Tele Holding. The probe agency has said in its appeal that the special judge failed to appreciate the evidence and the law in proper perspective and the evidence on record clearly establishes the offence committed by the accused. On December 21, last year, a special court had acquitted Essar Group promoters, Loop Telecom Promoters and others in a case arising out of the ..
SC terms public statements on impeachment of judges unfortunate
The Supreme Court today termed as very unfortunate the public statements, including those made by lawmakers, on impeachment of judges. "We are all very disturbed about it," a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said after the counsel appearing for the petitioner raised the issue of politicians making public statements on impeachment of judges. The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to assist it to deal with the plea, which has also sought a gag on the media from reporting such statements. The development assumes significance as it comes on a day when the Congress and other opposition parties have decided to submit a notice to initiate impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The move comes a day after the SC ruling in the CBI Judge B H Loya case. However, during today's hearing, no reference of CJI was made during brief arguments. The apex court, while asking the top law officer of the country to assist it in the matter, posted
Tripura CM slams Cong, CPI(M) for 'maligning' Shah
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has criticised the CPI(M) and the Congress for allegedly trying to malign BJP president Amit Shah following the death of special CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. "After the Supreme Court dismissed petitions seeking a probe by Special Investigation Team into Loya's death and held he died of natural causes, the parties including the Congress and the CPI(M) should be ashamed because they tried to malign our party's national president Amit Shah in the incident," Deb, who is also the president of the Tripura unit of the BJP, told reporters last evening. He alleged that Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuri were vocal against Shah and they led a deputation of members of Parliament to the president but now were quiet after the Supreme Court verdict. "I think Gandhi and Yechuri should beg unconditional apology to people," Deb said. The apex yesterday court said Loya ...
SC dismisses Dawood kin's plea on attachment of properties
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea by fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's mother Ameena Bi Kaskar and sister Haseena Parker challenging the attachment of their properties in Mumbai by the government. A bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre dismissed the plea, saying the properties belonged to Dawood Ibrahim. His mother Amina Bi and sister Hasina Parker's (both dead now) had challenged the attachment order of their residential properties in Mumbai. They had a total of seven residential properties in their names. Of these, two are in the mother's name and five are in the sister's name. The properties worth crores of rupees have allegedly been acquired with Dawood Ibrahim's ill-gotten wealth. The two women had approached the apex court challenging the order of the Delhi High Court, which had turned down their plea against the order for seizure of their properties in Mumbai under the Smugglers And Foreign Exchange Manipulators Forfeiture Of Property) Act (SAFEMA). The Act provides ..
UP: Boy dies after hospital refuses treatment
In another case of medical negligence, a family of Uttar Pradesh's Banda has alleged that their child died after a government hospital here refused to treat their ailing son.The father of the child said that the hospital denied attending his son as he had no money to pay the fees."Doctors did not treat my son as I did not have money. They were repeatedly asking for money," said the father.Following the incident, the family approached the District Collector with the body of the child demanding justice.An inquiry has been initiated by the District Magistrate in the matter.