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BJP leader moves SC seeking direction over conviction in corruption cases
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashwini Upadhyay on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction that conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and Companies Act, 2013, shall be consecutive only.Under consecutive sentences, a person convicted in multiple offences has to serve sentence for each of the offence separately, one after the other.Upadhyay, in his petition, also sought a direction to the Central Government to constitute a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to examine anti-corruption law, Benami property law and anti-money laundering law of developed democratic countries and take appropriate steps to implement their best practices.
Judicial Services Asso condemns attack on Judge;seeks security
The Bihar Judicial Services Association today strongly condemned attack on a judge in a running train and demanded adequate security for Judicial Officers of the state. The Association demanded the state government to take preventive measures by providing bodyguards to all male and female judicial officers irrespective of rank. Two persons were arrested yesterday evening in the case and they have been forwarded to jail. It may be noted that a Sub-Judge Prashant Kumar Jha, who was posted as Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Pupri sub-divisional court of Sitamarhi district, was attacked and badly injured by some people in a moving train in the evening of Monday last. The attack took place when the Judge was on his way to Patna from Gaya after completing some personal work. "I strongly condemn such action and the security of Judicial Officers of the state should be area of concern for the state government. I had earlier given a representation to Home Secretary and DGP
SC holds Indian naval officer guilty of making obscene calls to wives of other officer
The Supreme Court today held an Indian naval officer guilty of making sexually explicit calls to wives of fellow officers, but reinstated him in service after forfeiting his two years' seniority and depriving him of five years' salary. The apex court upheld the order of the Armed Force Tribunal (AFT), which had pronounced him guilty on seven charges and had directed that he be reinstated after forfeiture of 24 months' seniority, rejecting the officer's contention that the tribunal's conclusion was "utterly perverse" . A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said that the "ends of justice" will be met in the case as the officer has been out of service since January 26 2013, and his seniority has been forfieted by 24 months. "However, no case is made out that the conclusion arrived at by the Tribunal was utterly perverse which no reasonable person could have arrived at. We have not found any such infirmity at all," the bench said after examining the records. The top court said ..
HC stays NCSC's recommendation to lodge FIR against four faculties of IIT Kanpur
The Allahabad High Court today stayed the recommendations of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) asking IIT Kanpur's director to lodge an FIR against four faculty members for committing atrocities against an assistant professor belonging to a scheduled caste. The bench comprising justices Krishna Murari and Ashok Kumar passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Ishan Sharma and three others. The court also stayed its recommendation to stay the appointment of one of the petitioners, Rajiv Shekhar, as director of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, and direction to remove the faculty members from the membership of the Departmental Faculty Affairs Committee of the Aerospace Department. The court, however, clarified that the administration of IIT Kanpur might proceed to hold disciplinary proceedings against the professors in accordance with law, if they so desired. The court had issued a notice to the commission and directed assistant professor S Sadrela to a file counter ...
Nabha jail escapee KLF terrorist dies
Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief and 2016 Nabha jailbreak accused Harminder Singh Mintoo died on Wednesday of "cardiac arrest", police said.
HC stays restored NOC to explosives unit
The Madras High Court today stayed the restoration of no-objection-certificate to an explosives processing unit in Tiruchirapalli district, where a fire and subsequent blasts had claimed 19 lives on December 1, 2016. A Madurai bench of justices C T Selvam and Basheer Ahamed stayed the NOC to Vetrivel Explosives on a plea by a resident of Murgapatti village, where the unit is located. The village resident, K Periyasamy had challenged the NOC's restoration of the plant, contending that it had been done illegally under an improper exercise of jurisdiction by the district revenue officer (DRO) on March 23, 2018. On Periyasamy's petition, the court also issued notices to the state's chief controller of explosives, the Tiruchirapalli district collector and the DRO, directing them to file their replies to the plea within four weeks In his petition, Periyasamy contended that the DRO, instead of pursuing the criminal case against the factory owner, had chosen to restore the NOC. The DRO was .
HC orders radiological examination of Goa priest's body to determine cause of death
The Bombay High Court today ordered the Crime Branch of the Goa Police to conduct a radiological examination of the body of a Christian priest-turned-activist to ascertain the cause of his death, more than two years after he was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Hearing a plea of family members of deceased Fr Bismarque Dias who had challenged the decision of the Crime Branch to close the case, a division bench of justices N M Jamdar and Prithviraj Chavan directed that the radiological examination be conducted on the remains of Dias (51) and a report submitted on April 20. The closure report of the Crime Branch before a lower court had stated that it was an accidental death. Dias' remains are being preserved at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) as his kin had refused to bury him on suspicion of a foul play behind his death. A two-member panel of doctors from the GMCH had suggested a radiological examination of the corpse to ascertain the exact cause of death as an ...
History-sheeter killed in Visakhapatnam
A 32-year-old history-sheeter was killed by some persons suspected to be belonging to a rival gang, police said today. The deceased Suvvada Mahesh was allegedly involved in many murder cases in the city, they said. Sources said Mahesh was killed following a dispute between him and his friends after a party last night. A special team has been formed to nab the accused, police said. Over five history-sheeters have been killed in the city during the past few years and in most cases old-rivalry is suspected to be the prime reason, they added.
2 women held for kidnapping infant
Two women have been arrested from adjoining Ghaziabad for kidnapping a one-month-old baby girl from a hospital here, police said on Wednesday.
Four arrested for betting on IPL matches
Four persons have been arrested here for alleged involvement in betting on IPL matches, police said today. Two LED TVs, six mobile phones and cash were recovered from them during the raid last night, they said. The arrested were identified as Sartaj, Hashim, Saleem and Hanif. During interrogation, they confessed to their involvement in betting in IPL matches, police claimed A probe is on and all the accused have been sent to jail.
Vig unearths property documents worth Rs 2.15 cr from
Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) sleuths have recovered huge cash, jewellery and property documents worth Rs 2.15 crore during raid at suspended SSP Vivek Kumar's in-laws' residence in Uttar Pradesh. The rich haul of seizure was made from two lockers only out of six lockers keys of which was found from suspended SSP's in-laws residence in Muzaffarnagar in UP. "A total of six locker keys has been recovered during raid at Vivek Kumar's in-laws residence in Muzaffarnagar.Rs 18 lakh cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.75 lakh found from one locker while team recovered jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh apart from papers of fixed deposits of Rs 1.65 crore from another locker," Inspector General (IG),SVU, Ratan Sanjay told PTI. Notably, a raid has been going on since Monday last at the residence of former Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Kumar and his native district Saharanpur and his in-laws house at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. The state government yesterday suspended ...
Nine convicted of sexually exploiting minors at orphanage
A court here on Wednesday convicted nine people, including a woman whose NGO was running an orphanage, of sexually exploiting minors while one person was acquitted.
Man jailed for ten years for raping a minor
A sessions court here today sentenced a man to 10 years in jail for raping a minor three years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Om Prakash Srivastava sentenced Roshan Kumar after convicting him of various offences under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. Additional Public Prosecutor Rajesh Kumar Sinha said Roshan Kumar had on July 28, 2015 allured an eight-year-old girl to a desolate place and raped her. The convict and the victim were the residents of Bauri village under Kashichak police station of Nawada district, the APP said, adding that an FIR was lodged the same day on the complaint of victim's mother.
Indrani's secretary testifies she forged Sheena Bora's signature
Indrani Mukerjea's personal assistant Kajal Sharma on Wednesday deposed before a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court that she forged Sheena Bora's signature on the former's instructions.Sharma further stated that she committed the forgery on Sheena's resignation letter after Indrani had told her that her daughter was in the United States and had no Internet there to submit the resignation.It also transpired during her statement to the court that the dateline of the said mail between Indrani and Kajal for Sheena's resignation was actually after the murder date in records.A special court, which held the Sheena Bora murder trial on Tuesday, permitted the investigation officer in the case to be present in the court during its proceedings to assist the public prosecutor.Indrani, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, is lodged in Mumbai's Byculla jail.24-year-old Sheena was abducted and killed on April 24, 2012, allegedly over a financial dispute, and her body ...
In talks with UK for extradition of Khaleda Zia's 'convicted fugitive' son Tarique Rehman: Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government was in talks with the UK authorities for the extradition of former premier Khalida Zia's "convicted fugitive" son, Tarique Rahman. Rahman, who is living in London since 2007, has been convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail in 2016 by a high court in a money laundering case and was also slapped a fine of Taka 200 million. He has also been declared absconder by a trial court in a case related to deadly grenade attack on a rally by the then opposition and now ruling Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004, which left 24 people dead and more than 300 others injured. He is also wanted in a number of criminal and graft cases. Hasina had a narrow escape in the attack but it left her with hearing impairment. "He (Rahman) will have to face the court...definitely we will bring him back one day," the Bangladesh premier, who is in London to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), said in a
210 kg cannabis seized in Thane district; four held
Four persons from Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district were arrested today for illegal possession of over 200 kg cannabis worth Rs 31.44 lakh, police said. While one of the accused, identified as Naresh Ahire (19), was arrested near the Badlapur state transport bus stand yesterday, three others from a farm house in Dokhe Dapivali village, a senior police officer said. The collective quantity of the contraband is around 210 kgs, he said. Police also seized two four-wheelers worth Rs 37 lakh from the premises of the farm house. The other accused are identified as Kunal Kadu (25), Sunny Pardeshi (20), and Amol Dhangaon (19). They are booked under appropriate sections of the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Sealing: Task force to examine safety of buildings, Centre tells SC
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the special task force (STF), which would be set up to oversee the enforcement of laws to deal with unauthorised constructions and encroachments in Delhi, would also look into the safety aspects of buildings which have been built legally. The government told a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that the STF would examine the safety aspects, like fire fighting, in buildings like schools, hospitals, theatres and restaurants to see whether they complied with the norms. Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni (ASG), appearing for the Centre, told the bench that they have added one representative from the office of Delhi's Lieutenant Governor in the task force, which would be chaired by the vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). "Even if there is a legal building, the task force will look into the safety aspects like fire and others," he told the bench. However, the apex court asked Nadkarni as to what has been
4 arrested for killing two sisters
Four persons were arrested for allegedly murdering two sisters in the Basrehar area here, the police said today. Vinit alias Jitu and his friends Ativeer, Anand and Ranjeet were arrested yesterday, Senior Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said. During interrogation Vinit told the police that he shot dead the sisters when the elder sister (19) declined to meet him when he asked her to do so on April 16. Both the sisters -- the younger aged 14 -- were missing since the night of April 16 when they had gone to relieve themselves in a field. Their dead bodies were recovered yesterday. The incident was a fall out of a one-sided love affair, Kumar said.
1988 Road rage case: SC reserves verdict on Navjot Singh Sidhu's appeal
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was awarded three-year jail term by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a 1988 road rage case, today told the Supreme Court that the evidence about the cause of death of the victim was "contradictory" and the medical opinion "vague". Sidhu, who had quit the BJP and joined the Congress days before the Punjab assembly election last year, told a bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul that the "most baffling issue" in the case was with regard to the cause of death of the victim, Gurnam Singh. The apex court, after hearing the submissions, reserved its verdict on the appeals filed by Sidhu, currently the Tourism Minister of Punjab, and Rupinder Singh Sandhu who was also convicted and sentenced to three-year jail by the high court in the case. According to the prosecution, Sidhu and Sandhu were allegedly in a Gypsy parked on the middle of a road near the Sheranwala Gate Crossing in Patiala on December 27, 1988, when the ...
SC asks Jay Shah, web portal to try to settle defamation case
The Supreme Court today asked Jay Shah, son of BJP president Amit Shah and 'The Wire' and its scribes, to try to amicably settle the criminal defamation case lodged by the former against the news portal and others. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also extended its interim order that had asked the Gujarat trial court not to proceed with the defamation case against the portal and its journalists, including Rohini Singh who had authored the story which was alleged to be defamatory in nature. "Without opening the file, we want to ask senior counsel of both sides to sit together and try to sort it out," the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said. "Let these matters be listed in the first week of July for final disposal. Interim order to continue, in the meantime," the bench recorded in its order. On April 12, the CJI-led bench had said it did not have time to hear and decide the case and ordered its listing before an appropriate bench for final