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Maharashtra leader raises issue of fake MLA stickers
Congress leader Nitesh Rane on Friday raised an issue of fake MLA car stickers in Maharashtra Assembly.Rane, who represents Kankavli assembly constituency, stated that the fake car stickers are being used by some unauthorised persons in Mumbai. He also showed a fake sticker in the assembly and said it is easily available in the market for Rs. 100.Sale or use of national emblem by unauthorised or random persons is a crime under Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, which grants punishment of two years of imprisonment.The government assured him of taking an action on the matter.Rane also heads the non-governmental organization, Swabhiman Sanghatana.
CBI books Jignesh Shah in fresh case
The CBI on Friday said it has registered a fresh case against former MCX Managing Director Jignesh Shah for allegedly facilitating nationwide multi exchange status for the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX).
Spain charges 13 Catalan leaders with rebellion
A Spanish Supreme Court judge today charged 13 Catalan separatist politicians, including fugitive former regional president Carles Puigdemont, with rebellion for their attempt to declare independence from Spain. Judge Pablo Llarena's indictment wrapped up the investigation into the events that six months ago plunged Spain into its deepest political crisis in decades. Rebellion charges are punishable with up to 30 years in prison under Spanish law. In a court ruling issued today, Llarena said that 25 Catalans in total will be tried for rebellion, embezzlement or disobedience. Others charged with rebellion were former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras, who is already in pre-trial detention; seven other members of the ousted Catalan government; former Catalan parliament speaker Carme Forcadell; jailed separatist activists Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart; and the leader of the left-republican ERC party, Marta Rovira, who defied the judge's summons and announced Friday that she was ...
Speaker allows AAP MLAs to attend budget session after HC order
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel today allowed 20 AAP MLAs to attend the ongoing budget session after the high court set aside their disqualification in an office-of-profit case. AAP MLAs Nitin Tyagi and Alka Lamba were among the first to enter the House. As Tyagi entered the House, AAP legislators started chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and thumping desks. Soon, other AAP legislators joined their colleagues in the House. In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court today set aside the disqualification of its 20 MLAs in the office-of-profit case. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar said that the Election Commission's recommendation was bad in law and remanded their plea back to the poll panel which will hear it afresh. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also hailed the order, saying "it is a victory of truth".
Spain to prosecute 13 Catalan separatists for 'rebellion'
Spain's Supreme Court said today it would prosecute for "rebellion" 13 Catalan separatists, including ousted leader Carles Puigdemont and his nominated successor, over their role in the region's failed breakaway bid. Judge Pablo Llarena accused Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium, of organising the independence referendum in October last year despite a ban from Madrid and "grave risk of violent incidents".
Mining: NGO files plaint against ex-Goa CM, two officials
Goa Foundation, an NGO on whose plea the Supreme Court ordered closure of 88 mining leases in the state, filed a complaint with Lokayukta today against former Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and two government officials, accusing them of abuse of power and conspiracy. The complaint lodged this afternoon says that Parsekar, former Mines Secretary Pawan Kumar Sain and current Director of Mines and Geology Department Prasanna Acharya entered into "an unholy conspiracy" to renew 88 mining leases to several persons in Goa". In his complaint, Claud Alvares, the director of the NGO, alleged that these renewals appear to be a result of "corrupt acts". The complaint urged the Lokayukta to probe the "circumstances that led to the en masse second renewal of 88 mining leases in Goa to various private stakeholders (lease holders), including one multinational corporation from November 1, 2014 to January 12, 2015 through flagrant abuse of power and conspiracy by the persons listed ..
UP: Husband beats woman in public on Panchayat's order
A woman was publicly beaten up by her husband on a village panchayat's orders for allegedly eloping with another man in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr city.She was subject to the assault after her husband forcibly brought her back from another village. The woman was tied to a tree and thrashed in front of the villagers.The incident occurred on March 10 at Launga village, but police took action after 12 days.According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Praveen Ranjan Singh, "We have arrested the woman's husband, former panchayat head and his son in the matter after a video clip of the incident was widely circulated on social media. In order to teach her a lesson the panchayat took this step.""We have also registered a case against 18 people including 12 unidentified persons after the video of the incident went viral on social media," Singh added.The video clip, shot on a mobile phone, shows the woman's hands tied to an overhead branch of a tree and repeatedly hit with what appeared to look
Delhi Assembly speaker says he will allow 20 AAP MLA to attend House after HC order
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel today said he will allow the 20 AAP MLAs, embroiled in the office-of-profit controversy, to attend the ongoing Budget session in the wake of the high court setting aside their disqualification in the case. The AAP MLAs present in the House welcomed the Speaker's decision by thumping the desks and chanted "Bharat Mata ki Jai". Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also hailed the order saying "It is a victory of truth". In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court today set aside the disqualification of its 20 MLAs in the office-of-profit case. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar said that the Election Commission's recommendation was bad in law and remanded their plea back to the poll panel which will hear it afresh.
Sarkozy will appeal restrictions in Libya probe: lawyer
The lawyer of Nicolas Sarkozy today said he would appeal restrictions imposed on the ex-president after he was charged with financing his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. As part of preliminary charges brought against Sarkozy Wednesday, judges restricted his travel to certain countries including Libya, and forbade him from talking to nine other people involved in the investigation. "I will appeal these judicial restrictions," his lawyer Thierry Herzog told RTL radio, saying he believed the measures were designed humiliate the right-winger, who served as president from 2007 to 2012. After two days of questioning in police custody over allegations that first surfaced in 2011, during a French-led intervention in Libya, Sarkozy was charged with corruption, illegal campaign financing and concealment of Libyan public money. Among those he is banned from meeting are two close aides and former ministers, Claude Gueant and Brice Hortefeux. Last ...
SC seeks an affidavit from 4 states in Kalburgi murder
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra to file an affidavit in regard to M.M. Kalburgi's murder, within a time span of four weeks.A three-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, was hearing the submissions from Krishna Kumar, a lawyer appearing for Uma Kalburgi, wife of M.M. Kalburgi.Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand, senior law officer representing the Central government, told the CJI bench that the murder case can't be probed by National Investigating Agency (NIA) as it is not a scheduled offence -- an offence doesn't come under the ambit of NIA Act.Umadevi Kalburgi, the wife of the deceased journalist Kalburgi, had moved the Apex Court seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the murder of her author husband M.M. Kalburgi. Umadevi claimed in her petition that her husband was allegedly murdered in Dharwad in Karnataka in ...
CPI(M) asks Centre to move review petition against 'retrograde' SC verdict on SC/ST Act
Joining the chorus against the Supreme Court's verdict on the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the CPI(M) today urged the Centre to immediately move a review petition against the "retrograde" judgement. In a statement, the politburo of the Left party also criticised the government counsel for not raising objections against dilution of the provisions of the Act. "Unless immediate remedial measures are taken by the central government to undo the damage done by the judgement, forces inimical to social equality and justice will be further emboldened to perpetrate violence against Dalits. "The politburo of the CPI(M) urges the central government to immediately move a review petition against the retrograde judgement of the Supreme Court bench," the statement said. The party stated that the judgement "ignored" the caste oppression and atrocities perpetrated on Dalits on a daily basis. The apex court order has made the arrests and prosecution of those accused under the Act almost ...
Three held for possessing snakes
Police today said they have arrested three persons for allegedly possessing rare snake species sand boa here and trying to sell them. Acting on a tip-off, Crime Branch officials laid a trap at Katai Naka on the Kalyan-Shil Road late last evening and nabbed the trio who had come to sell the snake, police said. Two sand boa snakes, valued at Rs 25 lakh, were seized from them, they said. An offence under the Wildlife Protection Act has been registered against the trio, two of whom hail from the adjoining Raigad district, police added. A probe is on to find out from where they got the snakes, they added.
Brigand Veerappan's brother falls ill, hospitalised
Slain forest brigand Veerappan's elder brother Mathaiyan, undergoing life imprisonment in the central jail here, was today admitted to a government hospital after he developed breathlessness, police said. Mathaiyan, 71, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in November, 1997 for murdering a forest official in Sathyamangalam 25 years ago. He had been lodged in the Central Prison here. Veerappan was a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler. The brigand, who faced a number murder and sandalwood smuggling cases, was active for nearly 30 years in the forests of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala before being shot dead in an encounter by the Special Task Force in October 2004.
Kamala Mills' co-owner moves SC against his arrest
The co-owner of Kamala Mills on Friday moved Supreme Court seeking his release from the jail in connection with a fire incident that claimed 14 lives last year.The apex court will hear the matter on March 27.In his petition, Ravi Surajmal Bhandari has claimed his arrest was an illegal detention and said that he could not be held liable for the fire tragedy.Earlier, the Bombay High Court had dismissed Bhandari's bail application.Earlier on January 25, a Mumbai court rejected the bail applications of all five accused- Yug Tuli, Yug Pathak, Abhijit Mankar, Jigar Sanghvi and Kripesh Sanghvi, in connection with the fire case.The massive fire that broke out at the two pubs in the Kamala Mills compound in central Mumbai in December last year claimed 14 lives and left several others injured.
Delhi HC grants bail to Karti Chidambaram in INX Media case
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Karti Chidambaram in connection with the INX Media case, on a surety of Rs 10 lakh.The court has also directed Karti not to travel abroad and prohibited him from influencing the witnesses or close any bank account.On March 15, the apex court gave interim protection to Karti from arrest in connection with the case, as per which he cannot be arrested until March 26 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).In May 2017, the ED registered a money laundering case against Karti for allegedly facilitating Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media Ltd and Peter and Indrani Mukerjea when his father was the finance minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
Its a victory of truth says Arvind Kejriwal after HC order
"It is a victory of truth," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said after the Delhi High Court set aside the Centre's notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs in an office of profit case. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia too welcomed the order as he joined the AAP legislators in thumping tables in the Delhi Assembly during its ongoing Budget session. The MLAs shouted "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" in the Assembly after the order. "It is a victory of truth. The elected representatives were wrongfully disqualified. The high court has given justice to the people of Delhi. It is their victory. Congratulations to the people of Delhi," Kejriwal tweeted. In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party, the high court today sets aside the Election Commission's recommendation and the subsequent Centre's notification disqualifying 20 of its MLAs in the office of profit case. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar said that the notification disqualifying the MLAs was bad in law and ...
Delhi HC quashes notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs
In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court today set aside the disqualification of its 20 MLAs in the office-of-profit case. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar said that the Centre's notification disqualifying the AAP MLAs was bad in law and remanded their plea back to the Election Commission which will hear it afresh. Terming the Election Commission's recommendation on disqualification as "vitiated", the bench said that there was violation of natural justice and no oral hearing was given to the MLAs before disqualifying them as legislators of the Delhi Assembly. "Opinion of Election Commission of India (given to the President of India) dated January 19, 2018, is vitiated and bad in law for failure to comply with principles of natural justice," the court said. An elated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it is a victory of truth.
Farmer gets 10-yr jail for raping minor
A 59-year old farmer was today sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Mahila court here for allegedly raping a minor girl in 2016. Judge N Vijayakanth also sentenced Sivaprakasam to a seven-year imprisonment for kidnapping the 12-year old girl. The sentences would run concurrently, he said. The judge slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict for rape and kidnap. According to prosecution, Sivaprakasam had lured the girl when she was playing near her house by offering a chocolate and raped her in an isolated locality near Ariyalur Jameen in November 2016. He later abandoned the girl at the spot. Passers-by rescued the girl and handed her over to her parents, they added. On a complaint to the all-woman police station, a case was registered and the man arrested.
Couple booked for duping man in Punjab
A couple has been booked for allegedly duping a man of Rs 8.55 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad, police said. They said that a case under Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code was registered yesterday against the couple -- Kawaljit Singh and his wife Sarabjit Kaur -- of nearby village Khati. The case was registered against the duo on a complaint of Baldev Singh of the same village, police said. The complainant told police that the couple claimed themselves to be travel agents and promised him to send to the UK, they said. He further told that they demanded from him Rs 12 lakh, but the deal was settled for Rs 8.55 lakh, police said. Out of it, the complainant first gave Rs 2 lakh and his passport to the duo, they said. A total of over Rs 8 lakh were given to them in instalments, they said. But the complainant was neither sent to the UK nor his money was returned by the couple, they said.
Karti Chidambaram gets bail from HC in INX Media case
The Delhi High Court today granted bail to Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidamabaram, in the INX Media corruption case. Karti was arrested on February 28 by the CBI on his return from the United Kingdom, and his 12-day judicial custody was to expire tomorrow in the case. Justice S P Garg directed him to furnish a surety of Rs 10 lakh and imposed additional conditions including that he will seek prior permission of the CBI if he wants to leave the country. His passport is already deposited with the authorities, his lawyers had earlier told the court. The court also said that while out on bail, Karti will not tamper with any evidence in the case. The CBI had opposed his bail plea on the grounds that he has "already destroyed evidence" in the case and was an "influential" person. Karti's counsel had argued that no case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was made out against him since the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had neither questioned any public ...