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SC directs NHRC to assist CBI in Manipur fake encounter case
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and expressed dissatisfaction with the incumbent investigation being carried out in the Manipur fake encounter cases.The apex court also directed the National Human Right Centre (NHRC) to depute three persons to work with the probe agency to complete the task.Earlier in January, the top court rebuked the CBI and the Special Investigative Team (SIT) for not perusing the cases seriously.The apex court also expressed displeasure over the low number of FIRs registered in this regard.A bench headed by Justices Madan B. Lokur and Uday Lalit had earlier ordered a CBI probe by the SIT into the fake encounter killings in Manipur in the last decade.The bench passed this order on a writ petition filed by the Extra-Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (EEVFAM) alleging that 1528 fake encounter deaths have been recorded in Manipur in the last decade.
Nitish disqualification case hearing on March 19
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the disqualification of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's legislative membership to March 19.The petition has alleged there was a criminal case against Nitish in which he was accused of killing local Congress leader Sitaram Singh and injuring four others before the Lok Sabha by-election from Bihar's Barh constituency in 1991.Earlier on December 8, 2017, the court adjourned the plea against Nitish alleging that he did not disclose in his election affidavits about a First Information Report (FIR) against him.In July 2017, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav alleged that Nitish is facing charges of murder in a case registered with the Pandarak police station.The JD (U) said, "Nitish Kumar is neither chargesheeted nor convicted in any case like Lalu who has been chargesheeted in some fraud case and also convicted in a fodder scam."An FIR was registered on November 17, 1991, ..
PMLA case: Ex-HP CM Virbhadra Singh, wife summoned by court
A special court today summoned former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife and three others as accused in a Rs 7 crore money laundering case. Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann said there was "prima facie" enough evidence against the accused persons and directed them to appear before the court on March 22. The Enforcement Directorate had chargesheeted 83-year-old Singh, accusing him of projecting around Rs 7 crore "proceeds of crime" as agricultural income in connivance with his wife and others and invested them in purchasing LIC policies. Besides Singh and his 62-year-old wife Pratibha Singh, the court summoned Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan and two other co-accused, Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach. The final report also named as accused Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) agent Anand Chauhan, against whom a charge sheet was earlier filed by the agency. All six have been charge sheeted under relevant provisions of the Prevention of ...
Nitish rubbishes RJD's charge of framing Lalu in fodder scam
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rubbished the RJD's allegation that Lalu Prasad was "framed" in the fodder scam cases by the NDA regimes at the Centre and in the state. RJD chief Prasad has been lodged in Ranchi's Birsa Munda jail since December 23 last, following his conviction in a fodder scam case. Subsequently, he was convicted in another case related to the scam. "What role did (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi or I have to play in the matter? It is an over-20-year-old case lodged by the CBI, which has been probing the matter following a Patna High Court order," Kumar told reporters here on the sidelines of his "Lok Samvad" (public interaction) programme. "In fact, I was not even one of the petitioners, on whose PIL the court had directed the CBI to take up the matter. (Deputy CM) Sushil Modi was, so was (state minister) Lalan Singh and (Jharkhand minister) Saryu Rai," the Janata Dal (United) president said. Kumar's retort came in the backdrop of the repeated .
UP: Man given life sentence for killing wife
A local court here today has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for beating his wife to death five years ago. Additional District Sessions Judge Amber Rawat also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on accused Devraj after pronouncing him guilt under section 302 of the IPC. According to government lawyer Firoz Ali, Meera Devi (30) was beaten to death by her husband over some family dispute. The incident took place at Bamanheri Village in the district here on December 17, 2013.
Iraq jails Turkish woman, Syrian for life over IS ties
An Iraqi court today sentenced a Turkish woman and a Syrian man to life in jail over ties to the Islamic State group, a judicial spokesman said. The woman was accused of "hiding the actions of a terrorist group to which her husband belonged", Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdel Sattar Bayraqdar said, referring to IS. "The court condemned another Syrian terrorist to life in prison for belonging to IS and for taking part in attacks against Iraqi soldiers," he said. Iraq in December declared victory against IS after a years-long battle to retake large swathes of territory the jihadists had seized in 2014. Several hundred foreigners, both men and women, are thought to have been detained in the fighting. An Iraqi court last month condemned to death by hanging a German woman of Moroccan origin after finding her guilty of belonging to the jihadist group. She is believed to be the first European woman to be sentenced to death in Iraq in relation to IS. In September last ...
Gujrat law varsity wins qualifying round of 59th Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
Gujrat National Law University has won the Indian qualifying leg of the 59th Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition, jointly organized by Amity Law School and International Law Students Association (ILSA).The runners-up trophy was lifted by the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. The other two teams selected to represent India in the finals of the competition to be conducted in April in Washington are the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the oldest and largest international moot competition in the world. This year, 35 teams across India participated in India national qualifying rounds.Addressing the gathering, Delhi High Court judge Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw called upon the law faculty members to teach students how to learn and advised students to enrol in programmes offered for free online. He also said ...
Kamla Mill tragedy: Bombay HC slams BMC
Bombay High court on Monday reprimanded Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) lawyer and sought an explanation on "if terrace was illegally occupied, how you could give a license to operate even an eating house at the premises?"The question was followed by the Ex top cop Julio Rebeirro's PIL filed in Kamla Mills tragedy case.BMC lawyer in defence told the Court, "The eateries had obtained permissions by misrepresentation of facts with the help of some BMC officials and initially 12 BMC officials have been found at fault."The lawyer, in his further explanation, said "An inquiry has been initiated by ADDL. Municipal Commissioner against various BMC departments and officials to fix the responsibility and take action."Kamala Mills owner Ramesh Govani and Mojo's Bistro waiter Sayeed Ali are in judicial custody till February 12 in this connection.Earlier in the month, families of two people, who lost their lives in the fire, strongly opposed the granting of bail to the five other accused
New York Attorney General sues Weinstein and Co
New York Attorney General Eric T Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, his brother Bob, and their production house on their alleged failure to uphold the state and city laws against gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The lawsuit comes four months after the producer was accused of sexual harassment, including rape, over a span of three decades, by multiple women such as actors Ashley Judd, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lea Seydoux, Salma Hayek and Uma Thurman, among others. The case has been filed electronically in Manhattan's State Supreme Court and the timing is expected to cause a delay in the sale of The Weinstein Company (TWC), which is facing bankruptcy, the New York Times reported. Any sale of the Weinstein Company must ensure that victims will be compensated, employees will be protected going forward, and that neither perpetrators nor enablers will be unjustly enriched, Schneiderman said in a news release. The deal was ...
Maldives: Ex-leader, judges wanted to overthrow government
Maldives officials are accusing two arrested Supreme Court justices and a former president of plotting to overthrow the government. They say police have found more than USD 200,000 in suspicious money in searches since a state of emergency was declared last week in the tourist haven. A presidential statement yesterday said ex-President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom had bribed officials and judges and encouraged riots. It said he and the justices were "attempting to overthrow the government." Opposition leaders rejected the accusations, saying President Yameen Abdul Gayoom is trying to weaken his political opponents. Political chaos has shaken the government since the Supreme Court ordered that a group of imprisoned opposition leaders be freed. The government pushed back, eventually declaring a state of emergency and arresting the two justices, Gayoom and other politicians.
Mayawati attacks BJP over killing of youth in Allahabad
Attacking the BJP, BSP chief Mayawati alleged today that the killing of a Dalit student in Allahabad was the result of narrow and casteist politics of hatred being pursued by the state's ruling party. "The barbaric murder of a Dalit student in Allahabad is not an isolated case as such incidents are occurring on a regular basis. And no one else but the BJP's narrow, casteist politics of hatred is responsible for it," she said in a press release here. Mayawati said that such incidents had vitiated the atmosphere in the country and the youth were experiencing frustration because of dearth of jobs for the educated ones among the 'sarv samaj'. There is also an increase in crime, she added. The BSP chief, who sent her state unit chief Ram Achal Rajbhar to meet the bereaved family in Allahabad, asked the state government to ensure the immediate arrest of the culprits and help to the family. A second year LLB student Dileep, 26, was thrashed by a group on Friday following an ...
Court summons ex-CM Virbhadra, wife in money laundering case
A special court today summoned former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife and three others as accused in an around Rs 7-crore money laundering case. Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann said there were, prima facie, enough evidence against the accused persons and directed them to appear before the court on March 22. The Enforcement Directorate had charged 83-year-old Singh with projecting around Rs 7 crore proceeds of crime as agricultural income in connivance with his wife and others, and investing them in purchasing LIC policies. Besides Singh and his 62-year-old wife Pratibha Singh, the court also summoned Universal Apple Associate owner Chunni Lal Chauhan and two other co-accused, Prem Raj and Lawan Kumar Roach.
Pak court indicts prime suspect in minor's rape, murder case
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan today indicted the prime accused in the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Punjab province, an incident that sparked a nation-wide outrage. The girl went missing while going for tuition near her aunt's house in Kasur city, some 50 kilometres from Lahore, on January 5. Her body was found in a garbage heap, five days after her kidnapping. During the hearing, judge Sajjad Ahmad indicted prime suspect Imran Ali Naqshbandi in the murder case, Geo News reported. Imran was arrested on January 23. His trial is being held on a daily basis inside the jail premises. The Lahore High Court has directed the anti-terrorism court to wrap up the trial within seven days of the suspect's indictment. Imran's DNA also matched samples taken from seven other minor girls who were abused and murdered earlier in Kasur. Evidence against the accused includes DNA and polygraph tests, his own clothes, CCTV footage and the medical report. A list of 55
10 cops injured in attack by kin of absconding accused in MP
Ten policemen were injured in an attack by the relatives of a man whom they had gone to nab after he escaped from custody, an official said today. Sitaram Gurjar (23), who was in police custody in connection with a theft case, escaped with his handcuffs on from the Tonk Khurd police station in the district yesterday. However, when a police team went to his native village Chandgarh to nab him on the basis of a tip-off, his relatives opened fire and pelted the security personnel with stones, injuring 10 of them, Tonk Khurd police station in-charge J G Choukse said. One of the policemen, who sustained serious injuries in the incident, was rushed to a hospital in Indore for treatment, he said. A case under relevant sections for attempt to murder and preventing policemen from discharging their duty was registered against 20 people, though no one was arrested so far, the official said. The police have also launched a search for Gurjar, he added.
BJP booth leader found hanging from a tree in Tripura
The body of a BJP booth leader, who went missing on Saturday last, was found hanging from a tree in Tripura which goes to Assembly poll on February 18, police said today. The body of Madhusudhan Deb was found hanging from a tree near an old age home at Barjala area, 8 km from Agartala, last evening. BJP spokesperson Mrinal Kanti Deb on Saturday alleged that Deb was missing from his Ramnagar residence and an FIR was lodged with the Ramnagar police station. BJP president Amit Shah, who is in Tripura today, alleged that CPI-M activists had killed him. Abhijit Saptarshi, SP of West Tripura district, said preliminary investigation had revealed that he committed suicide and no foul play was suspected. Saptarshi said that post mortem examination of the body was done, but the report was yet to be available.
3 arrested for murdering a friend in Pune
The Pune Police on Monday arrested three people in connection with the murder of one of their friends.The incident took place at Ganesh Nagar area of Dhayari in the wee hours of Monday.The victim, Abhishek Balasaheb Pokale (25), a resident of Nannaj residency, was thrashed by his friends on some old controversy, which led to his death.The victim and the three accused- Sudhur Ghuge, Vishal Wagh, Vikas Pokle were consuming alcohol last night, when they had an argument on some old topic, which later turned violent, said the police.As soon as the information was received, the police rushed to the spot. It is clear from that the old quarrel is the cause of the murder.A case under Section 302 and 34 of IPC has been registered and three people are arrested.Further investigation in the case is underway.
Mass trials of Boko Haram suspects to resume in Nigeria
Hundreds of Boko Haram suspects were due back in court today to hear if they will be prosecuted, sentenced or released, as proceedings resumed at a military base in central Nigeria. The first major prosecutions of people arrested during the insurgency began last October, involving 1,669 suspects held at the facility in Kainji, Niger state. The justice ministry has said 468 were released after it was found they had no case to answer; 45 were sentenced to between two and 15 years in jail; and 28 had their cases transferred. A further 82 pleaded guilty in exchange for a lesser prison sentence or release taking into account time served in custody. The remainder have had their cases adjourned pending further investigations. Nigeria's government banned the media and public from attending the trials, leading to criticism from the UN and human rights groups. But the justice ministry said the second phase of proceedings would now be open to some civil society groups, including ..
4 Chinese men held for smuggling 10 kg gold at Delhi airport
Four Chinese men have been arrested by the customs for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country 10 kilograms gold at the Delhi airport, according to an official statement issued today. The accused were intercepted by the customs officials after their arrival here from Taiwan via Hong Kong on Saturday. A detailed personal and baggage search resulted in the seizure of 10 gold bars, collectively weighing 10 kg, wrapped in newspapers and concealed by the passengers in pockets of trousers worn by them, it said. The gold bars, valued at little over Rs 3 crore, was seized and the Chinese men were arrested, the statement said. In another seizure on the same day, three Indian men, aged 51, 39 and 37 years, were intercepted by the customs after their arrival from Riyadh. A detailed search of them resulted in the seizure of fine granules of gold weighing 700 grams and three gold bars weighing about 350 grams, a total of 1.05 kg gold from them, the statement by the customs ...
Key suspect in Pakistani minor's rape-murder indicted
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday indicted the prime accused in the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Pakistan.
Pregnant woman murder: Hyderabad Police identify accused
After a weeklong probe into the murder case of a pregnant woman, who was found chopped into pieces near Hyderabad's Botanical Gardens in Kondapur, the Cyberabad Police on Monday made a major breakthrough by identifying the accused.According to sources, Madhapur Special Operation Team (SOT) chased the sensational murder case,which was reported ten days ago at Botanical garden. They have identified the accused through CCTV footage."The accused persons are from Bihar; the prime accused has been identified as Amit Jha," sources added.Police suspect the murder was due to family problems.Currently, Amit Jha has been taken into custody.The woman's body was found at Sri Ram Nagar, next to Botanical Gardens, which is situated close to the city's IT hub.A post-mortem examination revealed that the woman may have also been beaten before she was killed, as she had a fractured pelvis and a ruptured uterus, besides broken ribs.The police later found that the victim visited Udupi hotel in Gachibowli .