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Lalu convicted, Mishra acquitted in fodder scam
A special CBI court here on Monday convicted RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad in the fourth fodder scam case but acquitted another former Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra.
National Herald case: Young Indian asked to deposit Rs 10 crore
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI), whose major stakeholders are Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, to deposit Rs 10 crore in the Rs 249.15 crore income tax proceedings against the firm.
Arguments deferred on anticipatory bail plea of Karti's CA
A Delhi court today deferred the arguments on a plea of Karti Chidambaram's CA S Bhaskararaman seeking anticipatory bail fearing arrest by the CBI in the INX Media case, after the probe agency sought time to file a reply. Special Judge Sunil Rana, who has already granted him bail in the ED case, posted the matter for hearing on March 26. The counsel for Bhaskararaman had moved an anticipatory bail application on March 12 before the court apprehending that after the ED, the CBI would seek his custody for interrogation. The special court had on March 13 granted bail to Bhaskararaman in the INX Media money laundering saying there were no specific allegation against him except that he aided former Union minister P Chidambaram's son in committing the crime. The CA was sent to jail on February 26 after his custodial interrogation by the ED. Karti's name had cropped up in the case relating to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board's (FIPB) approval granted in 2007 for receipt of funds by INX
AAP MLA Jarwal gets bail in molestation case
AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal was today granted bail by a Delhi court in a molestation case lodged against him last year. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted the relief to Jarwal on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and a surety of like amount, while noting that the charge sheet has been filed in the case. The bail application was moved today by Jarwal's counsel Vaibhav Trivedi, saying it was a false case lodged against the legislator and the complainant's motive was to extort money from him. He also told the court that the MLA has deep roots in society and will join the investigation as and when required. The court granted him relief while also considering that the charge sheet was filed without arresting him and the investigation was complete. The charge sheet was filed on February 22 under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the
Elderly woman thrashed by granddaughter in Ker, police registers case
A video of a 90-year old woman being beaten up by her granddaughter in Kannur in north Kerala has gone viral on the social media, following which police have registered a case today. The case was registered against Deepa (40), the elderly woman's granddaughter, under various sections of IPC, including gain by unlawful means of property to which the person is not legally entitled, police said. The elderly woman, identified as Kalyani, has been shifted to hospital, police said. In the video, the nonagenarian woman is heard wailing as she is thrashed. One of the woman's neighbours shot the video on his mobile and uploaded it on the social media. The police filed an FIR after taking cognisance of the video. A weeping Kalyani is heard in the video saying that she is beaten up every day by her granddaughter and that she has bruises all over.
Bangla SC stays release of ex PM Zia on bail
Bangladesh's Supreme Court today stayed the release of former prime minister Khaleda Zia on bail in a corruption case under which she was sentenced to five years imprisonment, in a setback to her political ambitions in this year's general election. Zia, 72, was sentenced on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about USD 250,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician. In the same case, her son Tarique Rahman and four others were sentenced to 10 years in jail. On March 12, the High Court here granted the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a four-month interim bail. However, today a full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order to stay until May 8 the High Court order which granted bail to Zia in the graft case. Following today's Supreme Court order, Zia will not be released from jail till May ..
SC dismisses PIL against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's disqualification as an MLC on the ground that he had allegedly suppressed the fact that a murder case was pending against him from the poll panel. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the chief minister's submission that he had disclosed the fact about the pendency of the criminal case to the Election Commission in 2012. "We do not find any merit in the petition. It is dismissed," said the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. "Election Rules say that he (Nitish) should declare it after the trial court takes cognisance of the case," the bench said, adding that it has been done. The chief minister's counsel informed the court that the trial has been stayed by the Patna High Court. Moreover, no illegalities have been committed by the chief minister, the counsel said. The PIL, filed by advocate M L Sharma, had alleged that there was a criminal case against ..
National Herald case: YI asked to deposit Rs 10 cr in IT case
The Delhi High Court today directed Young Indian Pvt Ltd, in which Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are major stakeholders, to deposit Rs 10 crore in the Rs 249.15 crore income tax proceedings against it. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla directed the company -- earlier summoned along with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as an accused by a trial court in the National Herald misappropriation of assets case -- to deposit half the amount with the Income Tax department before March 31 and the remaining by April 15. The high court said subject to deposit of the amount, the tax authorities shall not enforce the demand of Rs 249.15 crore made on the company for the assessment year 2011-12. The high court also sought the IT department's response on the company's plea challenging the demand and the proceedings emanating from it and listed the matter for further hearing on April 24. The company had on March 14 moved the high court seeking a stay on the .
Mosque never existed at Lord Ram's birthplace, says Shankaracharya
Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati made a controversial statement over the long existing case over Ayodhya, stating that a mosque never existed at Lord Ram's birthplace.Shankaracharya further added that the structure demolished by right-wing activists in 1992 was a temple."A masjid never existed at Lord Ram's birthplace in Ayodhya. Kar Sevaks demolished the temple, not a Masjid," Shankaracharya told media here.Shankaracharya further noted that a grand Ram Temple can be rebuilt once a stay order given by court is vacated."I am a Shankaracharya. My duty is to safeguard the Sanatan Dharm," he finally asserted.The Supreme Court is currently hearing the petitions in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case.
Bangladesh SC stays HC order on Zia's bail
Bangladesh's Supreme Court today stayed a high court order that granted bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, according to a media report. Zia, 72, was sentenced to five years in jail on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about USD 250,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician. On March 12, the High Court here granted the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a four-month interim bail. However, today a full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order to stay until May 8 the high court order which granted bail to Zia in the graft case. Following today's Supreme Court order, Zia cannot get released from jail till May 8, Anti-Corruption Commission's lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan was quoted as saying by the report. Earlier on March 15, the ACC and the state filed two ...
SC asks Centre for report on conditions in Rohingya camps
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to file a "comprehensive status report" giving details of conditions in Rohingya refugee camps in various states. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that conditions at the camps are unhygienic and "filthiest to say the least". The senior lawyer, appearing for the petitioner Zaffar Ullah, said the Centre and states like Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir should be asked to provide better hygienic facilities at these camps. The plea alleged that poor and unhygienic conditions at these camps have led to several deaths recently. The Rohingyas, who fled to India after violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, are settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.
Shopkeeper killed over petty dispute; five arrested
A 40-year-old shopkeeper was allegedly killed over a petty dispute last night on the occasion of 'Gudi Padwa' in Kalyan township of the district, police said today. The Thane police today arrested five people, including two autorickshaw drivers, their wives and a relative, in connection with the killing, as per the FIR lodged at the Kolsewadi police station in Kalyan. According to the police, the autorickshaw drivers were neighbours of the victim at a chawl on Haji Malang road in Kalyan. They used to park their three-wheelers in front of the chawl's main entrance, causing inconvenience to other residents. The victim, who used to run a stationery shop, yesterday asked the two autorickshaw drivers, who had again parked their vehicles in front of the chawl, to move their three-wheelers from there. This enraged the autorickshaw drivers, who then allegedly caught hold of the shopkeeper and beat him up severely, banged his head on a window grill and also tried to throttle ...
3-yr RI to advocate for trespassing in woman lawyer's office, abusing her
A Thane court has sentenced a 45-year-old lawyer to three years of rigorous imprisonment for trespassing in the office of a woman advocate and abusing her for refusing his marriage proposal. "When a woman says 'no', it is really 'no'," observed the court of First Class Judicial Magistrate R T Ingale. The lawyer was convicted under IPC sections 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 504 (intentional insult with an intent to provoke breach of peace). Additional Public Prosecutor Rashmi Kshirsagar told the court that the complainant, a divorcee, had uploaded her biodata on a matrimonial website. The accused, who is a widower, made a proposal for marriage to the complainant, which she rejected. Later, he asked her several times to marry him, but the woman refused. On September 16, 2013, when the woman was at her officein the Naupada area of the city, the accused went there and
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5-year-old girl gang-raped in Thane
In a shocking incident of crime against a minor, a five-year-old girl was gang-raped by a group of men in Maharashtra's Thane.The minor was brought to the police station after a passerby saw her weeping on the road.After an inquiry and physical examination, it was established that she was sexually assaulted.Thane police on Sunday registered a case against unknown persons.The case was registered under several sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with one of rape and also sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) were also invoked.
Law student arrested for raping, killing minor
A second-year law student in Agra was arrested on charges of raping and killing a minor on Saturday.The student reportedly on Saturday nabbed an eight-year-old girl from a footpath while she was sleeping and allegedly raped her in an open playground and later killed her.Police have nabbed the accused with the help of CCTV footage and initiated a probe into the incident.
Kerala: RTI shows Left leader's murderer received parole every month for 3 yrs
An Right To Information (RTI) reply has revealed that CPI(M) leader and murder convict P.K. Kunhanandan was given 15 days parole every month since 2015.Kunhanandan, one of the convicts in the murder case of slain leader T.P. Chandrasekharan, is serving a life-term for the same.The reply, sought by slain leader's wife KK Rema, also stated that barring two months (October and November 2017), the convict had got parole repeatedly from 2015 to 2018.Chandrasekharan, a local leader of CPI (M) at Onchiyam in Kozhikode district, left the party in 2009 to form a new one, Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP); however, his political journey was cut short, as he was brutally murdered on May 4, 2012, after his party won considerable number of seats in a local body elections.Fifteen CPI (M) workers were found guilty in the case.Rema is now reportedly considering legal action against the state government.
TV showroom employee shot at by trio
A 26-year-old man working at a TV showroom was shot at in southeast Delhi's Okhla, police said today. Murari Lal Thakur and Mohan Lal were returning home with their employer Sandeep Anand last night. After dropping off Mohan, three men started chasing Murari and Sandeep, they said. The accused demanded money from the two. When the duo denied having any money, the culprits shot at Murari and fled away with a bag containing clothes and some documents , police said. Murari was rushed to a hospital by his employee, they said. Police is scanning the CCTV footage to identify the accused.
Man, son killed in attack, another son injured
A 50-year-old man and his son died while another son was injured when they were attacked by some persons in Sonapur area of suburban Bhandup today, police said. Abdul Khan (50), a scrap trader, and his son Shahbaz Khan (25) died while Khan's another son Shadab (16) was seriously injured, police said. Some vegetable vendors set up their stalls in front of Khan's house which often led to heated arguments between them and the family, police said. After one such argument this evening, a group of three or four vegetable sellers attacked Shahbaz with choppers and knives. When his brother Shadab and father Abdul tried to intervene, they too were attacked, a police official said. When people gathered at the spot, the assailants fled. Abdul Khan and Shahbaz succumbed to injuries while Shadab was undergoing treatment, the officer said. The accused will be arrested soon, he added.
Five people, including two minors, drown in Telangana
Five persons of a family, including a woman and two children, drowned in Medak district of Telangana on Monday after they entered into a village tank for swimming.District Superintendent of Police (SP) Chandana Deepthi said Mohammad Imtiaz, his brother-in-law Hafeez, his two sons Ahmed Ali and Izak Ali and a woman died when they entered the tank for swimming.The family was in Medak to attend a function in Kowdipally on Monday.A person managed to rescue Imtiaz's two other children but failed to save the rest, the SP said.All the bodies have been brought out and sent for post-mortem.A case has been registered, and an investigation has been initiated into the matter.