Page 2017 - Law Crime
No need of NIA probe into Kasganj incident: High court
The Allahabad High Court today declined to order an NIA probe into the Kasganj communal clashes. A Lucknow bench also refused to issue any direction to the state government to award Rs 50 lakh compensation to the family of the deceased and grant status of martyr to him. The bench of justices Vikram Nath and Abdul Moin was disposing of a PIL filed by Dileep Kumar Srivastava and others in the matter. Appearing for the petitioners, advocate Hari Shanker Jain questioned the alleged double standards in granting compensation to riot victims of different communities. Opposing the PIL, state lawyer said that the Uttar Pradesh government had already granted compensation to the deceased and that the state police was conducting investigation into the incidents and as such there was no need of probe by the NIA. Chandan Gupta (22) died of gunshot wounds in clashes following stone-pelting by a mob on a motorcycle rally taken out in the western Uttar Pradesh town to celebrate Republic
SIT probe needed Loya's death as 'serious questions unanswered': Congress
The Congress on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe into the "suspicious" death of judge B.H. Loya in December 2014, saying there seemed to be a "cover-up" and "some serious questions were unanswered".
IAF officer taken into custody on charges of espionage
A Group Captain, posted at the IAF's headquarters here, has been taken into custody by the force for alleged involvement in espionage and possible attempt to access sensitive documents, official sources said today. The investigators are also probing whether the officer was a victim of honey trap. The officer was indulging in certain "unwanted activities" through unauthorised electronic devices which is against existing orders, the sources said. Apparently, he was in touch with a woman through social media whose identity has not yet been established. A team of the IAF's central security and investigation took the officer into custody, and currently he is being interrogated, said the sources. The "unwanted" activities by the officer were discovered during routine counter intelligence surveillance, the sources said, adding he attempted to posses sensitive documents. The IAF officially did not comment on the matter. The identity of the officer has been kept secret as ...
Income Tax dept slaps Rs 436.80 cr penalty on NDTV
New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) today said income tax department has levied a penalty of Rs 436.80 crore on the company for assessment year 2009-10. The company today received an order under section 271 (1) (C) of Income Tax Act from the Income Tax Department levying penalty of Rs 436.80 crore for the assessment year 2009-10, NDTV said in BSE filing. The company said it is currently examining the order and legal option available to it. It will take necessary action accordingly. Section 271(1)(c) provides for levying penalty in case an assessee has concealed income particulars or furnished inaccurate details.
Mathur Commission: Rajasthan Lokayukta submits report to Guv
Rajasthan Lokayukta Justice S S Kothari today submitted its 757-page probe report to Governor Kalyan Singh on 1,828 cases that were pending with the Mathur Commission. The Justice N N Mathur Commission was constituted in 2009 to probe cases pertaining to land use conversion, land allotment, corruption and irregularities by public servants during 2004-2008, the lokayukta said in a release. The constitution of the commission was challenged through a PIL in the Rajasthan High Court, it said. The high court had then directed the lokayukta to conduct a fresh probe into the cases pending with the Mathur Commission, the release said. Twenty-eight of the 199 land conversion cases were cancelled, and rules and regulations were not followed in 38 cases, in which action was taken, it said. In land allotment cases, irregularities were found in 36 cases, following which 10 allotments were cancelled and in eight cases penalty was recovered. Rs 20.37 crore was recoveredin 88 cases of ...
SC upholds HC order denying bail to ex-MLA in MCOCA case
The Supreme Court today upheld the decision of the Delhi High Court denying statutory bail to a former MLA who was arrested in December 2016 for offences under the stringent MCOCA. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that there was "no infirmity" in the high court order as the Delhi Police had already filed a plea before the trial court seeking extension of time beyond the statutory period of 90 days for filing the charge sheet against former city MLA Rambeer Shokeen. Shokeen, who was booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for allegedly running a crime syndicate in Delhi and adjoining states along with others, had alleged that he was entitled for grant of statutory bail as the police had sought extension of time for filing the charge sheet after the expiry of 90-day period. "We find no infirmity in the said approach of the high court. Having extended the time till March 8, 2017 and as the charge sheet was already filed on that ..
Haripur molestation: 2-day remand for suspects
A Pakistan court on Wednesday granted the police a two-day physical remand of five alleged molesters of a 15-year-old boy.The five suspects include a policeman and two sons of a local councillor.On Tuesday, the uncle of the 15-year-old boy had lodged an FIR against the policeman and his two accomplices after the victim had narrated the ordeal to the family, the Dawn reported.According to the FIR, the suspects took the boy to a rented room on Dhenda Road in Haripur city and allegedly molested and assaulted him.The suspects threatened the boy to not tell anyone about the incident else the video clips would be uploaded to the social media.The police arrested all the five suspects on Monday and had produced them before the court of Judicial Magistrate Aftab Khan.They will be questioned by the investigation staff over the next two days.According to Haripur District Police Officer (DPO) Syed Khalid Hamdani, the policeman of Elite Force has been suspended.He said that the suspect would be ...
IAF officer held on charges of spying
An Indian Air Force officer, posted at the Air HQs here, has been taken into custody on charge of spying, sources said on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka sets up special courts for Rajapaksa-era graft
Sri Lanka is to set up special courts to investigate charges of corruption amounting to billions of dollars under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, the government said today. The move, designed to accelerate the process of trying such cases, follows criticism over the slow pace of justice under the government elected three years ago. President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in 2015 promising to stamp out corruption and punish members of the former administration accused of stealing vast sums from Sri Lanka's coffers during Rajapaksa's decade in power. "There will be special three-judge high courts set up exclusively to hear bribery and corruption cases which are currently clogging the lower courts," the government said in a statement. Sirisena has said as many as half of all public procurement contracts under the Rajapaksa administration were corrupt and the new government has renegotiated several multi-billion dollar projects. Rajapaksa's chief aide Lalith ...
JJB extends interim bail of girl accused of attacking junior
The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) today extended till February 7 the interim bail of a class 8 girl accused of attacking a class 1 boy of her school with a sharp weapon. The six-year-old was allegedly attacked in the toilet of the Brightland School in Triveni Nagar here by the girl on January 17. She was granted interim bail earlier and the regular bail plea was to be heard yesterday, but the matter was deferred for today. The counsel for the boy today pleaded that the age of the girl should be determined on the basis of medical examination. However, the girl's counsel argued that it should be determined on the basis of school certificates. The JJB directed both the counsels to bring their pleas on record by way of the affidavit and fixed February 7 as the next date for hearing. Taking note of the incident after the picture of the wounded boy went viral on social media and TV channels, District Inspector of Schools (DIoS), Lucknow, Mukesh Kumar Singh had issued a notice ..
Undertrials in jails: Delhi HC unhappy with district judges
The Delhi High Court today termed as "pathetic" the exercise of providing information to it by district judges on undertrials who have been unable to secure release from jail despite grant of bail. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the district judges were directed to collect the data of those entitled to be released from jail and carry out an assessment as to whether their release would pose a risk to society. "This is unfortunate and pathetic. This is how our senior judicial officers work. They were asked to give their report, instead they collected letters and documents from all trial court judges on the issue and sent the same to us as it was," it observed. "Now we will do this exercise. We will go through this letters of all trial court judges," it said. The court directed the Delhi High Court Registry to immediately return the documents to the district judges who have to file their compliance report by March 8 according to
Deliberations to resolve SC crisis continue
Deliberations to resolve the issues that were raised at the January 12 presser by four seniormost Supreme Court judges continued today with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra meeting other judges over lunch. However, Justice J Chelameswar, who had led the four judges in the unprecedented press conference, was not present during the discussions as he was on leave today. Sources said that the apex court judges met over lunch hosted by Justice A K Goel and some discussions took place among them. The outcome of the deliberations was not known. Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had on January 12 raised a litany of problems, including assigning of cases in the apex court, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country's highest court. The CJI and justices Lokur and Joseph had yesterday attended a function at the apex court lawns and were even seen shaking hands with each other. The CJI and several other judges of the top court had been ..
Cong raise more questions in judge Loya's death case
The Congress today raised more questions over the death of judge B H Loya and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the case. The Congress said the SIT should not have officers from the CBI and the NIA and added that if there is no proper probe into the matter, the party will go to "each village of the country". Speaking to reporters here, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal alleged that "democracy is in danger" and judges, lawyers and even media personnel were not safe these days. He also questioned why the Bombay High Court did not lodge an FIR following Loya's death. The Congress also made a presentation levelling allegations, but it did not provide any documentary evidence to substantiate these. Special CBI judge Loya, who was handling the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, died of a heart attack in November 2014 in Nagpur. Later, political parties, including the Congress, alleged that he died in mysterious circumstance and
CM directs suicide be included in term of reference of
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today issued a direction to include the "suicide" of the minor girl from Koraput district in the term and reference of the judicial commission already probing into alleged gang rape of the victim. While asking the Home department to expand the term of reference of the judicial panel, Patnaik said: "The circumstances leading to alleged suicide by the minor girl be added to the existing term of reference for the judicial probe." Earlier, the Home department on December 26, 2017, had issued a notice on the formation of a judicial panel headed by the district judge of Koraput district. The one man commission was mandated to probe into the alleged gang rape of the 14-year-old allegedly by four persons in uniform. The alleged incident took place while she was returning home from Kunduli market on October 10, 2017. Patnaik had ordered judicial probe into the matter after Odisha Police opined that the girl was not raped at all even as the ...
2 killed in firing in Lahore's sessions court
At least two persons - a police official and an under-trial murder suspect - were killed today when an armed man opened fire on them on the premises of the sessions court in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab. Superintendent of Police (city) Ali Raza told PTI that murder suspect Amjad was brought hand-cuffed to the sessions court from the camp jail for hearing when an armed man (later identified as Tauqeer) posing as lawyer (to skip security check) entered the court premises and opened fire on Amjad. "Amjad died on the spot. When the policemen present there rushed to catch him he opened fire on them leaving two of them injured," Raza said. The injured policemen were shifted to a nearby hospital where one of them, Asif, succumbed to his injuries while the condition of the other is stated to be critical. Raza further said Amjad allegedly had killed the father of Tauqeer in 2015. "Apparently, Tauqeer shot dead Amjad to avenge the killing of his father," he said, adding
Woman throws eggs at Odisha CM
A woman, identified as the wife of a BJP worker, on Wednesday hurled eggs at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Balasore.
Gold worth Rs 39 lakh seized at airport
A passenger has been arrested at Mangaluru International Airport here for trying to smuggle gold worth Rs 39 lakh from Dubai, Revenue intelligence officials said today. The passenger, who has been identified as Ahamed Nabeel Gaffoor (21), a resident of Kasaragod in Kerala, was arrested on arrival from Dubai by SpiceJet flight SG-60 atsix pmyesterday, a DRI release here said. Acting on credible intelligence, he was intercepted right at the aircraft door and was escorted to customs arrival area and subjected to thorough checking, it said. It was revealed that he was carrying a mobile-like item in his front trouser pocket. The mobile pouch was found to be heavier than usual and it was sealed from all sides. On interrogation, Gaffoor admitted that he had concealed 11 gold tola bars of foreign origin inside the pouch, the release said. DRI sleuths found seven tola bars of gold of foreign origin (intact) and four tola bars of gold of foreign origin cut into eight pieces (total
Two held after volunteers clash during 'Tiranga' yatra
Three persons were injured after volunteers clashed among themselves during a 'Tiranga' rally being taken out by some Hindu organisations here today, police said. Two persons were arrested following the incident, they added. The rally was taken out by activists of the Hindu Yuva Vahini and Bajrang Dal in the wake of the killing of a youth, Chandan Gupta, in Kasganj last week. Tilhar police station incharge Razi Ahmed said, "Workers of Hindu Yuva Vahini and Bajrang Dal were today taking out a motorcycle rally, when there was a dispute between two of them over money." One of the workers hurled a stone creating commotion while another was beaten up allegedly by fellow volunteers, he said. "In the stone pelting, Brijesh Kumar, Pradyuman and Govind were injured," Ahmed said. Superintendent of police Subhash Chandra Shakya said a case was registered and two persons - Brijesh Kumar and Govind - were arrested.
IAF officer taken into custody on charges of spying
An IAF officer has been taken into custody by the force for alleged involvement in spying, official sources said today. The officer posted here was indulging in certain unwanted activities through unauthorised electronic devices which is against existing orders, they said. The officer was taken into custody a couple of days ago and currently a team of the IAF's central security and investigation is questioning the officer. The "unwanted" activities by the officer were discovered during routine counter intelligence surveillance, the sources said. The IAF officially did not comment on the matter. The identity and rank of the officer has been kept secret as investigation into the case was going on, the sources said. The investigators are also examining whether the officer has passed on any sensitive information to anyone.
Police arrests two persons in connection with rape of girl
Police today arrested two persons in connection with rape of a minor girl in Khurda district, who had allegedly committed suicide over alleged police inaction. The rape victim, a Class 10 student from Suanpadia village, had committed suicide on January 24 over alleged police inaction and not getting justice. Two persons were arrested from near Kunjuri, police said adding that the arrested persons have been identified as Nimai Palei (22), the prime accused in the case, and his brother Kedar Palei. The villagers had staged road blockade by placing the girls body in front of Banapur Police Station on January 25. According to the FIR lodged by the victim's family on January 2, the minor girl was allegedly raped by Nimai Palei of the same village, while she was on her way to attend natures call on December 31 last year. The incident created a statewide uproar as it happened just two days after the suicide of another minor girl who was allegedly gang raped by a group of men in