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Odisha govt appoints new Bargarh District Collector
Odisha Government today appointed new collector of Bargarh district, official sources said. Jagatsinghpur district magistrate-cum collector Yamini Sarangi, a 2008 batch IAS officer, has been appointed as Collector and District Magistrate of Bargarh district, a notification issued by the general administration department said. Sarangi replaced Bargarh district collector Khagendra Kumar Padhi, the notification said adding that the reshuffle was made in pursuance of Election Commission of India as bypoll would be held in Bijepur assembly constituency of the district. Jagatsinghpur ADM Sachidananda Sahoo has been made in-charge collector of the district. Earlier, the opposition BJP had lodged complaint against the Bargarh district collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) accusing them of working in favour of the ruling BJD. Bijepur assembly segment under Bargarh district is going to by-polls on February 24.
SC to hear plea for expert panel probe before FIR against Army
The Supreme Court today said it will hear on February 12 a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute an expert panel for conducting inquiry before any case is lodged against Army personnel. The plea, filed by Vineet Dhanda, an advocate, said a direction be given to the Jammu and Kashmir government not to withdraw the cases against 9,730 people allegedly involved in stone-pelting incidents and show seriousness in the cases registered against the offenders or stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley. The petition was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud which said it would hear it on February 12. It also sought a direction for an inquiry by a sitting high court judge into the FIR registered against personnel of 10 Garhwal Rifles, including Major Aditya Kumar, under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Ranbir Penal Code at Shopian police station in Kashmir on January 27. It said that
AAP worker alleges assault by Kirari MLA, case registered
A case has been registered on a complaint by an AAP worker alleging assault by his party's Kirari MLA Rituraj and other workers, police said today. The complainant Sanjiv Singh alleged that he was abused and beaten by the Kirari MLA and other AAP workers during the party meet at Mubarakpur in outer Delhi yesterday evening. "A case for causing hurt and wrongful restraint has been registered on the complaint filed at Aman Vihar police station. The matter is under investigation," said a senior police officer. According to the complaint, Singh was stopped from going inside the meeting venue by some party workers and later, the AAP MLA along with other workers "abused" and "thrashed" him, the officer said.
Philippines' Duterte claims he cannot be tried by war crimes
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte today declared himself beyond the jurisdiction of an International Criminal Court probe into thousands of deaths in his "drugs war", claiming local laws do not specifically ban extrajudicial killings. In a typically bombastic speech today, a day after the ICC announced a preliminary inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity, Duterte renewed threats to withdraw from the world's sole war crimes tribunal. Duterte, who has overseen the bloody anti-drug crackdown since taking power in 2016, acknowledged that a previous Manila government ratified the treaty that established the ICC, but claimed it had not passed into local law because of a technicality. "There is no fucking provision of extrajudicial killing. It is not defined anywhere so how can you now accuse me of a crime," said Duterte, speaking in his home city of Davao. Police say they have killed nearly 4,000 drug suspects in the narcotics crackdown, while rights groups claim the .
Five additional judges appointed to Karnataka High Court
Five new additional judges were today appointed to the Karnataka High Court. The recommendations were made by the Supreme Court collegium last December. Prior to these appointments, the Karnataka High Court was facing a shortage of 38 judges.
Waymo and Uber reach settlement in trade secret case - attorney
(Reuters) - An attorney for Alphabet Inc's Waymo self-driving vehicle unit said on Friday the company has reached a settlement with Uber Technologies Inc in its legal dispute over trade secrets.
Land grab case: Kerala HC rejects FIR against Oommen Chandy
The Kerala High Court on Friday rejected the FIR registered by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau against former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, and others in connection with an alleged land grab case.The FIR was registered in February last year by then Vigilance head Jacob Thomas, against the Congress leader, then Chief Secretary EK Bharath Bhushan and three others.The accused subsequently approached the high court to quash the FIR.According to reports, the high court also came down heavily against the Vigilance Bureau, and Thomas for registering a case on a non-existent land grab.On November 9, 2017, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tabled the judicial commission report related to solar scam case against former chief minister Oommen Chandy and others in Kerala Assembly.According to the report, Chandy and his staff members - Tenny Joppen, Jikkumon Jacob and gunman Salim Raj - had allegedly helped the prime accused in the solar scam, Saritha S. Nair and Biju Radhakrishnan, ..
Temple employees sent to 40 years in jail for rape
A fast-track court has sentenced two employees of a temple here to 40 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman devotee from Odisha in September last year. Judge Vivekanand Saran Tripathi also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on the two employees -- Kanhaiya and Rajendra -- of Shri Radha Rani Temple in Barsana, according government counsel Praveen Kumar Singh. The duo raped the widow, who was staying at the temple, at September 11 night inside the guard room, Singh said. According to him, the victim turned hostile during the course of the trial. After CCTV footage was produced in the court, the woman said that she had pardoned the accused. The judge, however, sentenced the duo on the basis of the CCTV footage and the woman's statement. The judge awarded 40 years' rigorous imprisonment to each of the two accused for gang rape under Section 376(d) of the IPC. He also sentenced both the accuse to five years' rigorous imprisonment for house trespass under section 457 of
Man stabbed to death in Delhi's Malviya Nagar
A 45-year-old man was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants near his house in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar area, police said today. The incident occurred last night when the victim, identified as Sanjay Chawla, a financier and property dealer, was returning home from work, they said. Police was informed about the incident at about 8.25pm, a senior police officer said. Chawla was admitted to Madan Mohan Malaviya Hospital and later shifted to Max hospital, where he succumbed to injuries today, he said. A case was registered at the Malviya Nagar police station and an investigation was underway, the officer said. The case was being looked into from angles, including personal enmity and financial dispute, he said.
SC seeks AG's assistance on pleas for live streaming of court
The Supreme Court today sought assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal on a batch of petitions seeking live streaming or video recording of the judicial proceedings. One of the pleas, filed by senior advocate Indira Jaising, has sought live streaming of matters of constitutional and national importance such as Aadhaar. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the three petitioners to supply copies of their pleas to the office of the attorney general who would assist the court in the matter. In a bid to bring in transparency, the top court had last year allowed the installation of CCTV recording with audio in trial courts and tribunals of each state. Jaising has said that the citizens have the right to information and matters of constitutional and national importance can be live-streamed. She has said in western countries, this system is in place and live streaming of court proceedings, including that of the ...
ED attaches assets worth Rs 1.9 crore in a cricket betting case
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 1,90,71,000 in a cricket betting case.The assets belong to Sanjay Kumar, a government official, and one Bimal Ramgopal Agarwal in a money laundering case involving corruption in cricket betting investigation.On September 22, 2015; the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case against J. P. Singh, IRS (Customs & Excise), the then Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate, Zonal Office, Ahmedabad and other unknown public and private persons for allegation of indulging in corrupt practices and collecting bribe from many people.The CBI arrested J. P. Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Sonu Y. Jalan, Dhruv Kumar Singh, Jayesh Bhai Thakkar, Chandresh Patel, Bimal Ramgopal Agarwal and filed the charge sheet against all, including two others.The ED initiated the investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 based on the FIR registered by CBI.The ED has attached immovable property of Bimal Ramgopal Agarwal ..
Lashkar terrorist jailed for money laundering
A court here has convicted Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Bilal Ahmed Quta of money laundering and waging war against India and sentenced him to seven years in jail, said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday.
Pak army chief confirms death for 'hardcore terrorists'
Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa today confirmed death sentences for seven "hardcore terrorists", the military said. They were awarded capital punishment by the special military courts set up for speedy trial of militants, following the Peshawar school attack of December 2014 that killed 150 people, mostly schoolchildren. The army said in a statement that those convicted "were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, including killing of innocent civilians, attacking law enforcement agencies and armed forces of Pakistan". "On the whole, they (the seven convicted men) were involved in killing of 85 persons and injuring 109 others. Arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession," it said. The convicts were tried by military courts but the place and duration of the trials was not revealed due to security reasons. The army said another five militants were handed down jail terms of varying durations.
J&K govt warns its lawyers of action for non-appearance
The Jammu and Kashmir law department has warned senior government lawyers of disciplinary action, including cancellation of appointment, for their non-apperance in courts to represent the state government. In a circular, law department secretary Abdul Majid Bhat said the government has taken a serious note of the "persistent" non-appearance of the senior lawyers. "To overcome the practice of persistent non-appearance in courts and seeking unnecessary adjournments, the Sr Additional AGs, AAGs, Dy AGs and Government Advocates are impressed upon to ensure their obligatory appearance in the cases that are assigned to them, failing which the matter will be viewed seriously by the Law Department including forfeiting/ cancellation of their appointments," the circular said. It said the J&K High Court in its orders last year has observed that Sr AAGs, AAGS, Dy AGs and government advocates were not filing the 'Memo of Appearance' and are seeking unnecessary adjournments. "The .
Father among four given life in jail for sexually abusing girl
Four people, including the father of a 10-year-old girl, were today sentenced by a court here to life imprisonment for sexually abusing her for nearly a year. The 57-year-old man, a daily wager, sexually abused his daughter in 2015. Also, the child was sexually exploited by three neighbours at Irugur on the city outskirts, the prosecution said. The girl, a Class 4 student, informed her class teacher, who in-turn complained to the Child Helpline and all-women police station. Cases were registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and the father, and three others -- Premkumar (19), Ravikumar (27) and Balakrishnan (33) were arrested. Mahila court judge S Alli sentenced the accused to life in prison and also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on them.
Govt must acknowledge that children too have rights: SC
The government has to acknowledge that even children have fundamental and human rights and they cannot be compelled to live in uncomfortable conditions merely because they have "no voice in the affairs" of state, the Supreme Court today said. The apex court said that rights of children need to be "enforced equally strongly" and if the Executive ignores the mandate of Parliament with "continuing callousness", it would only be detrimental to the children of the country. The top court's observations came while passing a slew of directions for effective implementation of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. "It is said that children are the future of the country and if they are not looked after, it is the future of the country that is at stake," a bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said in its 62-page judgement. "No one has any doubt that it is time for the State to strongly and proactively acknowledge that
CBI takes over probe in 3 cases involving Chhota Rajan
The CBI has taken over the investigation in three cases allegedly involving gangster Chhota Rajan, who was deported from Indonesia in November 2015, according to an FIR registered by the agency. The first case relates to a First Information Report (FIR) registered by Mumbai Police at Bandra police station in 1999 about a shootout at Naupada road junction targeting Majid Khan and his associates in which three people were killed. The police had filed a chargesheet against Chhota Rajan, whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, and his gang members Hemant Pujari, Kundan Singh Rawat and Samir Manek. The agency also took over the probe into ranson calls made by Rajan's gang members Prince and Bunty Pandey between June and July 2002 demanding Rs 25 lakh from a person named Virendra Jain. The Mumbai Police had filed chargesheet against four persons, including Rajan, who was shown as a wanted accused. The third case pertains to the killing of Sham Sunderraj allegedly by gang .
Magistrate goes missing in Rajasthan
A magistrate of a consumer court went missing this morning from his residence in Gandhi Nagar area, police said. Gajanand Sharma, special magistrate in a consumer affairs court, lived with his family at the Nyaydeep apartment in Gandhi Nagar, they said. He had stepped outside today morning but did not return since then, SHO Bajaj Nagar Manoj Gupta said. Sharma's son lodged a missing compliant and efforts were on to locate him, he added.
Justice Antony Dominic sworn in as CJ of Ker HC
: Justice Antony Dominic was today sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. Kerala Governor P Sathasivam administered the oath of office to Justice Banerjee at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was also present at the swearing-in ceremony. Justice Dominic was appointed as additional judge of the Kerala High Court in January 2007 and was made permanent judge in January, 2008. He was then elevated as Acting chief justice on November 6 last year. Justice Dominic started his practice at a munsiff court in Kanjirapally in 1981. T On February one, the Supreme Court collegium made public the names it had recommended for appointment as chief justices of 10 high courts. The collegium recommended the names of acting chief justices of Calcutta and Kerala HCs as chief justices of their own high courts considering their retirement was due this year. The collegium approved elevation of Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya and Justice Antony ...
Sushil lambasts Tejashwi for revealing sexual assault victim's
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today lambasted RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for revealing the identity of an eight-year-old girl who was found murdered in Gaya district earlier this week after suspected sexual assault. On a day when Yadav began a state-wide "Samvidhan bachao nyay yatra"(justice march for saving the Constitution), Sushil tweeted "those who have thrown law and basic decency to the wind by making public the identity of a victim of sexual assault, are enacting the farce of saving the Constitution". Yadav has, in a series of tweets over the past few days, criticized Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for failing to meet the family member of the girl despite being in Gaya town on February 7, the very day her body was found a day after she went missing. In one of the tweets, Yadav had also posted a photograph of the girl besides disclosing her name. The person suspected of having killed the girl after sexual assault, besides abducting two boys who were ...