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Court orders release of 9 persons after NIA says no terror
A special court today ordered the release of nine persons arrested in November last year with over Rs 36 crore in old currency notes allegedly linked to terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, after the NIA said it did not find any terror link. The agency told Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sherawat that there was no evidence to connect the accused with a case lodged earlier against terror masterminds Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin and ten Kashmiri separatists in a case of alleged terror funding and secessionist activities in the valley. The accused -- Pradeep Chauhan, Bhagwan Singh and Vinod Shreedhar Shetty (all residents of Delhi), Deepak Toprani of Mumbai, Ejajul Hassan of Amroha (UP), Jaswinder Singh of Nagpur and J and K-residents Umar Mushtaq Dar (Pulwama), Shahnawaz Mir (Srinagar) and Majid Yousuf Sofi (Anantnag) -- were then ordered to be released by the scourt. In its application moved through special public prosecutor and senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, the
CJI puts roster system in place, keeps PILs with him
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today put in place a roster system for allocation of cases in the Supreme Court in what could be a move to address the grievances by four-senior most judges over assigning matters that sparked an unprecedented judicial crisis. Justice Misra has kept to himself the public interest litigation (PIL) cases under the roster system that will come into effect from February 5. Previously, the cases in the apex court were assigned by the CJI in his capacity as master of the roster. The CJI also allocated to the bench headed by him the petitions based on letters, election cases and matters pertaining to contempt of court and constitutional functionaries. The order of Justice Misra was made public on the official website of the apex court. The 13-page notification said a roster of the work for fresh cases notified under the order of the CJI will come into effect from February 5 till further orders. The decision to make public the roster system ...
Life ban on Sreesanth: SC to hear plea on February 5
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on February 5 an appeal filed by cricketer S Sreesanth against a Kerala High Court verdict that restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot- fixing scandal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that the case be listed for hearing before an appropriate bench according to the roster after the matter was mentioned before it. "List on February 5, 2018 before an appropriate bench, as per roster, subject to removal of defects, if any," the bench, also comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said. A division bench of the high court had restored the ban on a petition filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against a single-judge bench's order, lifting the life ban imposed on the 34-year-old pacer. The bench had said there was no violation of natural justice against the cricketer and quashed the single bench order in Sreesanth's favour. In its appeal, the .
HC quashes plea to prosecute UP CM in rioting case
In a big relief to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking permission to prosecute him in a 2007 rioting case.
HC directive to Commissioner for differently abled persons
The Madras High Court has directed the Commissioner for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons to carry out periodic inspections to ensure that physically challenged persons were given quality calipher and other equipment. Justices M Sathyanarayanan and R.Hemalatha gave the direction while closing two PIL petitions filed against the Madurai District differently abled persons welfare officer and Junior Rehabilitation Officer for allegedly providing poor quality caliphers and other equipment leading to accidents. The bench directed the officials also to ensure that the funds meant for the physically challenged persons were distributed properly. The Judges directed the commissioner to file a status report regarding the further action taken on disciplinary proceedings against the two officials and if any criminalities were noticed, action may be taken as per law. Earlier, the the Commissioner had said action had been initiated against the two officials after after an ...
Three kids die due to coal smoke suffocation in C'garh village
Three minor siblings, including a girl, died and their mother fell sick due to suffocation caused by accumulation of coal smoke in their house in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, police said today. "The incident came to light this morning when the woman, identified as Hirabai (32), sought help from her neighbourers in Gumgarakala village, located around 450 km away from Raipur," Lakhanpur police station officer (SHO) Sunil Kumar Kerketta told PTI. The family resides in a single-room house which has no windows. "After having dinner, Hirabai kept the coal fire lit in 'sigdi' (iron stove) in the room to keep her family warm. She closed the door before going to sleep along with her children," the SHO said. When she woke up in the early hours, Hirabai found her children unconscious, following which she raised an alarm for help before losing consciousness, he said. Hirabai's husband was out of the village for some work. After receiving information about the incident, a ...
Forced to walk, woman delivers baby which dies after hitting
In a tragic incident, a 25-year-old woman delivered a baby when she was forced to walk down the corridors of the government district hospital here, and the infant died after falling to the floor. The woman allegedly didn't get a stretcher even when she expressed inability to walk. Civil Surgeon of Betul District Hospital Dr A K Baranga said that Neelu Verma, resident of Ghodadongri, was brought to the Betul hospital by a Janani Express ambulance after she started having labour pains. Baranga admitted that there was a major lapse on the part of the staff. "Not providing a stretcher and forcing her to walk despite the fact that she was in labour is a serious case of carelessness," he said. There would be an inquiry and action would be taken against erring employees, Baranga added. The exact cause of the infant's death would be known after the autopsy report is available, he said. Vikas Verma, the woman's husband, said no doctor was present at the primary health centre in ...
Sealing: Maken makes presentation before monitoring panel
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken today made a presentation before the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee, raising the demand for halting the ongoing sealing of illegal commercial establishments in the city. Maken said the sealing drive was "illegal" and quoted the law and the Delhi Master Plan 2021 to support his claim. "We are hopeful that no sealing in Special Areas and Village Abadi areas of Delhi will take place," he said after the meeting with the monitoring committee members. On Tuesday, Maken had sought an appointment with the committee to present his legal stand for halting the sealing drive. Maken had said he may approach the Supreme Court if needed be. "If the monitoring committee does not listen to me, I will move the Supreme Court to make my submissions." Several commercial establishments in Delhi have been sealed by BJP-ruled civic bodies for failing to deposit conversion charges according to provisions in the master plan. Maken said additional floor
Flipkart buyer alleges he got detergent bar instead of iPhone
A 26-year-old software engineer in the city was in for a rude shock when the e-tailing major Flipkart delivered a detergent bar instead of an iPhone-8 which he had ordered and paid for. After he approached the Byculla police in central Mumbai, a case of cheating was registered against Flipkart. Tabrej Mehaboob Nagrali, the complainant, said he had ordered an iPhone-8 on the shopping portal and made the full payment of Rs 55,000. On January 22, he alleges, the package delivered at his house in Panvel in neighbouring Navi Mumbai had a detergent bar inside instead of the premium mobile phone. "Nagrali approached us with a complaint yesterday, and an offence of cheating was registered against Flipkart," Avinash Shingte, senior police inspector at the Byculla police station, told PTI. A Flipkart spokesman told PTI that the company is conducting an inquiry into the incident.
Mumbai: Man held with gold worth Rs 18 lakh
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has nabbed a passenger carrying gold worth Rs 18 lakh concealed in a power bank at the Mumbai airport.The Assistant Sub-Inspector of CISF, Sunil Kumar, recovered the gold from Kartikeyan Kannan while conducting an X-Ray screening of the luggage.The security staffs recovered three crude gold bars, weighing about 600 grams, affixed inside the battery compartment of the power bank.Senior officers of the CISF and the Customs officials were informed about the incident and the accused, along with recovered gold, was handed over to the Customs officials for further legal action.
Saseendran back as minister in LDF cabinet
NCP leader A K Saseendran, who was recently acquitted by a court of sexual harassment charges over which he was forced to quit the LDF cabinet last year, was today sworn in again as minister. In a brief ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, Kerala Governor P Sathasivam administered the oath of office and secrecy to Saseendran. The Chief minister and his cabinet colleagues were present at the function, which was boycotted by the Opposition Congress-led UDF. Saseendran had resigned as Transport minister in March last year after a Malayalam TV channel released an audio clipping of his purported conversation with a woman. A case was registered against Saseendran after the woman filed a complaint, in which she stated that he had misbehaved with her when she met him for an interview at his office. The chief judicial magistrate's court here had last week acquitted Saseendran of the charges holding that no case had been made out against him that warranted conviction. Challenging ...
Kerala HC seeks clarification on ex-minister's acquittal
The Kerala High Court today sought clarification from the state government on the acquittal of NCP MLA and former Kerala minister A K Saseendran of sexual harassment charges. Considering a plea filed by a woman seeking to set aside the lower court order acquitting Saseendran, Justice Sunil Thomas directed the government to explain the circumstances that led to withdraw the case against him. The state government raised doubts on the genuineness of the petitioner's address. The court also asked government to probe this aspect also. Petitioner Mahalakshmi was present in the court today. In her petition, Mahalakshmi alleged that Saseendran influenced the woman who levelled the sexual harassment charges and pressured her for settlement in the case in the chief judicial magistrate's court at Thiruvananthapuram. She alleged that the magistrate showed 'undue consideration' in disposing of the case by advancing it out of turn by discharging the accused in a hurried manner. The ...
Amendments made to Prevention of Money-laundering Act
Amendments have been made in Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) through Finance Act 2018, the Ministry of Finance said in a notification on Thursday.These amendments aim at further enhancing the effectiveness of the Act, widen its scope, and take care of certain procedural difficulties faced by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in prosecution of PMLA cases.Major amendments proposed include measures to enhance effectiveness of PMLA such as amendment in definition of proceeds of crime.The present amendment shall allow to proceed against property equivalent to proceeds to crimes held outside the country also.Other amendment include amendment in bail provisions which would make the applicability of bail conditions uniform to all the offences under PMLA, instead of only those offences under the schedule which are liable to imprisonment of more than three years.This will be a significant step forward in delinking the proceedings against scheduled offences and money laundering ...
Gold seized, passenger arrested
Gold worth over Rs 24 lakh was seized from a passenger arrived at Thiruvananthapuram in an Emirates flight from Dubai today and one person was arrested in this connection, customs officials said here. The Officers of Air Intelligence Unit, Air Customs, effected the seizure of six crude gold chains totally weighing 799.430 gms and valued at Rs 24.36 lakh, concealed in the baggages and under garments of the passenger Siddique Vellai Meeran Khader Mohideen, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said in a release here. Due to spurt in smuggling cases, the customs sleuths were maintaining tight vigil at the airport and subjecting suspicious passengers to strict checks, Kumar said.
1984 riots case convict Khokhar getting best treatment in
The Delhi High Court today queried the need for interim bail to a former Congress councillor, serving life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, for availing medical treatment when he was getting the "best" healthcare from five top hospitals at state expense while in prison. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra said that while the injury suffered by convict Balwan Khokhar was not life threatening, people outside suffering from serious ailments were able to get treatment from only one such hospital. "You are getting the best treatment from five hospitals (including the AIIMS, G B Pant, Ram Manohar Lohia) for your ailments at government expense. There is nothing critical or life threatening. "Even your transportation and security expenses are borne by the state. Someone outside with such difficulties or even life threatening diseases may be able to approach any one of the five hospitals," the court remarked. The court's observations came ...
SC collegium recommends names of new CJs for 10 high courts
The Supreme Court collegium today made public the names it has recommended for appointment as chief justices of 10 high courts. The recommendations, made on January 11 by the collegium comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices J Chelameswar and Ranjan Gogoi, have been posted on the official website of the apex court. The recommendations have been made for the high courts of Delhi, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Calcutta, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Manipur. The collegium has recommended Justice Aniruddha Bose, a senior judge of the Calcutta High Court, for appointment as the chief justice of Delhi High Court, the position which was vacant since the retirement of Justice G Rohini on April 13 last year. Justice Gita Mittal has been the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court since then. The collegium has also recommended names of two incumbent chief justices -- of Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya HCs-- for transfer to ..
Sanjay Dutt's early release from jail okay, says Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court on Thursday ruled that there was no violation of rules by the Maharashtra government in releasing actor Sanjay Dutt over eight months before completion of his five-year jail sentence in a case related to the March 1993 Mumbai blasts.
75-year-old woman killed during suspected robbery
A 75-year-old woman was found murdered at her house in suburban Goregaon, police said today. Meeruben Patel, who lived with her 44-year-old son, was alone at home yesterday when unknown persons slit her throat, police said. Some valuables were missing from the house. Patel's son found her lying in a pool of blood when he returned home last night. A case of robbery and murder has been registered. While robbery seems to be the motive, police are probing other angles too, said an official.
New SC roster defines cases to be heard by CJI
The new roster system of the Supreme Court on Thursday defined the cases that will be heard by the Chief Justice of India (CJI).CJI Dipak Misra introduced a subject-wise roster system in the Supreme Court.The new roster, which will be effective from February 5, said that CJI Misra will hear all Letter Petitions and Public Interest Litigation (PIL) matters, along with matters relating to service, election, arbitration, habeas corpus, criminal, contempt of court, appointments of constitutional functionaries, statutory appointments and commissions of enquiry.This comes after four senior judges of the Supreme Court held a press conference on January 12 and raised their voice against Misra for his allocation and distribution of cases to various judges.They had alleged in their presser that the CJI distributed cases arbitrarily, selectively and randomly.
Trimbakeshwar priest booked for assaulting devotee
A priest in temple town of Trimbakeshwar in the district was booked today for allegedly beating up a Indore resident over a monetary dispute related to a ritual last month, police said. Kaustubh Muley was booked under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the IPC on the complaint lodged by Omkar Patel, a Trimbakeshwar police station official said. According to police, Patel came to the town, known for the ancient 'jyotirlinga' of Lord Shiva, to perform a ritual called "kalsarp pooja" and was put up at Muley's residence. Quoting the complaint, police said Muley had agreed to perform the ritual for Rs 3,000 but later demanded Rs 5,000, which led to a dispute between him and Patel. No arrest is made yet, police said.