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Courts only hope for disqualified AAP MLAs: legal experts
The courts are now the only hope for the 20 AAP MLAs disqualified for holding offices of profit, with legal experts saying that unless they get a reprieve from the judiciary, bypolls in Delhi are imminent. The AAP MLAs, who have been disqualified as Delhi Assembly legislators for occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries, today withdrew their pleas from the Delhi High Court challenging the Election Commission's recommendation which the President had endorsed. The 20 MLAs told the High Court that they would move fresh petitions as their pleas had become infructuous after President Ram Nath Kovind put a stamp of approval on the EC's recommendation. Legal experts and a former chief election commissioner, on condition of anonymity, said bypolls in Delhi were imminent unless the courts provide relief to the MLAs in the form of a stay, or strike down the notification disqualifying them. "Now that the president has signed the notification, the MLAs stand disqualified. If
JNUSU alleges its VP assaulted by police constable
The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) today alleged that a Delhi Police woman constable assaulted its vice president at a police station here after it staged a protest near Jammu and Kashmir Bhawan against the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Kashmiri girl. The students body alleged that the police lathi-charged the students who were protesting peacefully. The students were taken to Tuglak Road Police Station and a woman constable dragged JNUSU vice president Simone Zoya Khan inside a room and beat her up, it alleged. "A police constable locked the room from outside," the JNUSU said in a statement. Efforts to reach Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi District) for his reaction did not fructify. The JNUSU had announced a protest today near Jammu and Kashmir Bhawan against the rape and murder of an eight-year- old Kashmiri girl. "We were taken from the protest site to Tuglak Road Police Station. Within the station premises, I was dragged inside a room and was punched on ..
Odisha gang rape victim commits suicide
A minor tribal girl, who was allegedly gang raped by a group of security personnel last year, hanged herself at her house in Odisha's Koraput district on Monday.
Over 1.29 lakh arrests in dry Bihar for prohibition violation
More than 1.29 lakh persons have been arrested for violating the liquor prohibition imposed by the Janata Dal-United government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Bihar nearly two years ago, officials said on Monday.
ED files status report in Virbhadhra Singh DA case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a status report in connection with the disproportionate assets (DA) case against former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh.Delhi Patiala House Court today directed the ED to file a supplementary chargesheet in the case by February 1.In the previous hearing, Delhi Patiala House Court on January 2 granted bail to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) agent Anand Chauhan, who was involved in the same case.The court also directed Chauhan to furnish a bail bond of Rs 50,000 with two sureties of the same amount.Chauhan was arrested in July last year in Chandigarh by the ED, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), for not cooperating with the agency.The ED in September, last year, had filed a chargesheet against Chauhan in the money laundering case, also involving Virbhadra Singh and others.He was instrumental in investing Rs five crore in LIC policies in the name of the Singh, including his wife and ...
Bawana fire: Court asks police to produce accused on Jan 24
A Delhi court today asked the police to produce before it on January 24 the arrested owner of the firecracker storage unit in Bawana area here, where 17 people were killed in a massive blaze. The order was passed after the court was informed by the police that enough staff was not available due to preparations and full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day. Metropolitan Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh allowed the application of investigating officer Sandeep Singh seeking that production warrant be issued against accused Manoj Jain, currently lodged in Tihar jail, for January 24. "The Investigating Officer (IO) submits that accused was to be produced today from the judicial custody but because of Republic Day arrangement, sufficient police was not available. "The IO submits that since the full dress rehearsal for Republic Day is scheduled for January 23, it was highly likely that the accused would not be produced tomorrow," the magistrate noted in his order. During the ...
Take interim steps for appointments in tribunals: SC to Govt
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and other stakeholders to sit together and formulate an "interim arrangement" to deal with appointments to be made in various tribunals in the country. The top court, hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Finance Act 2017 and the rules under it to regulate issue like appointment and tenure of members of tribunals, said that though it would deal with this aspect later, the issue of vacancies have to be addressed on an urgent basis as tribunals have to be "manned". A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Attorney General K K Venugopal, representing the Centre, and senior lawyers like Arvind Datar and C A Sundaram, appearing for those opposed to the new Act, to sit together and make an "interim arrangement" to deal with appointments in tribunals in view of the fact that the new law and the Rules are under challenge before it. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y .
Delhi Police files chargesheet against suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist
The Delhi Police on Monday filed a chargesheet in Patiala House Court against Zeeshan Ali, an alleged Al-Qaeda terrorist who was deported from Saudi Arabia.The Court took cognizance of the chargesheet and fixed the next date of hearing on February 2.The 29-year-old, Ali, a native of Jharkhand and a relative of a 2007 Glasgow airport attack suspect, was deported from Saudi Arabia in connection with the case.Ali's name, along with that of 11 others, was disclosed by Syed Anzar Shah and four others -- Mohd Asif, Zafar Masood, Mohd Abdul Rehman and Abdul Sami -- arrested in the case earlier.The Delhi Police's Special Cell had arrested Ali after searching for him for over a year after three alleged AQIS (AlQaeda in the Indian Subcontinent) operatives were arrested in 2015.
Nirbhaya gangrape case: SC to hear convicts plea on Feb 16
The Supreme Court will be next hearing the Nirbhaya gangrape case on February 16, after convicts Vinay and Pawan on Monday sought more time to file their responses before the court.The apex court in May upheld the order of the Delhi High Court, which had sentenced the four convicts - Akshay, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh - to death.On December 16, 2012, six people gangraped a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern in a moving bus in Delhi.The woman succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012.One of the accused, Ram Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself in the prison, while another accused is serving the maximum sentence of three years in a juvenile home.
Supplementary chargesheet filed against Indian Al Qaeda terrorist
Delhi Police on Monday filed supplementary chargesheet against arrested Al Qaeda terrorist Syed Mohammad Zishan Ali accusing him of motivating youth to become members of the banned terror organisation.
Virbhadra case: Court asks ED to file supplementary chargesheet
A Delhi court on Monday asked the ED to file a supplementary chargesheet in a case against LIC agent Anand Chauhan, who is accused of investing former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's "tainted" money in LIC policies.
Virbhadra case: Court asks ED to file suplementary chargesheet (Lead, correcting headline)
A Delhi court on Monday asked the ED to file a supplementary chargesheet in a case against LIC agent Anand Chauhan, who is accused of investing Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's "tainted" money in LIC policies.
Mallya extradition trial's next hearing date remains uncertain
The next submissions hearing in the extradition trial of Vijay Mallya over alleged fraud and money laundering amounting to Rs 9,000 crores remains uncertain as the case was today not discussed in a London court due to differences among lawyers on a mutually convenient date. Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot was listed to hear the case at Westminster Magistrates Court today, with the 62- year-old embattled liquor baron exempt from attending. However, the case was not discussed in the court as the lawyers are yet to agree on a mutually convenient date. The next hearing date is expected within the next few weeks, to be determined internally between the legal counsels and announced at a later date. The case had been left undecided over the issue of admissibility of evidence presented by the Indian authorities at a hearing earlier this month. Judge Arbuthnot is set to rule on the issue once Mallya's defence team completes its argument claiming "absence of a strong prima facie ...
Thai police arrest 2 Israeli men in compatriot's killing
Police in Thailand have arrested two Israeli men suspected of killing a fellow citizen on a Thai resort island after running him down with a car. Police Capt Silchach Kamunee said today the suspects are being held on suspicion of premeditated murder. The two men, Dolez Zuarez and Eyal Bokal, were arrested yesterday at a Bangkok airport, police said. They are accused of slamming their vehicle into a motorcycle driven by the victim, Maor Malul, and then stabbing and killing him. Deputy police chief Chalermkiat Sriworakan said three others were injured in the attack yesterday. The arrests came after Thai media published security video of the attack on Koh Samui island. The video shows an SUV crashing into a motorcycle, knocking off its two riders. The SUV then accelerates in reverse gear, colliding with the motorcycle again. A man then jumps out of the car and chases down the motorcycle driver, stabs him and flees. Pol Maj Gen Apichart Boonsriroj, chief of Surat Thani police .
Virbhadra case: Court asks CBI to file supplementary chargesheet
A Delhi court on Monday asked the ED to file a supplementary chargesheet in a case against LIC agent Anand Chauhan, who is accused of investing Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's "tainted" money in LIC policies.
Dec 16 gangrape: SC asks convict to file review petition soon
The Supreme Court today asked one of the four death row convicts in the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case to soon file his plea seeking review of its verdict upholding death sentence awarded to him, saying the court "cannot wait" for long. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was informed that one of the four convicts, Akshay Kumar Singh, has not yet filed the plea for review of the apex court's May 5 last year verdict. The top court had last year upheld the death penalty to the four convicts - Mukesh (29), Pawan (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), saying the "brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature" of the crime could create a "tsunami of shock" to destroy a civilised society. A 23-year-old paramedic student was gangraped on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012 inside a moving bus in South Delhi by a gang of six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out naked. She succumbed to her injuries on December 29, .
Court tells ED to file charge sheet in PMLA case linked to
A special court today directed Enforcement Directorate to file its supplementary charge sheet by February 1 in a money laundering case linked to former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh. Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann took note of a status report filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding its ongoing probe in the case and said that enough time has already been granted to it. In its report, the agency claimed that it recently recorded the statements of several witnesses and investigated bank transactions. According to sources, the ED has also recorded the statements of 83-year-old Singh and his 62-year-old wife Pratibha Singh in the case. The court, which had earlier granted time to the ED for filing its supplementary charge sheet in the case, had directed it to submit a status report after the agency had on January 18 sought one more month to complete the probe. The ED had earlier filed a charge sheet against Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) ...
Mulling 'Sherin's Law' to prevent parents leaving children
The tragic death of 3-year-old Indian girl Sherin Mathews may lead to a new law in the US state of Texas which would make it a felony to leave a child alone at home, a media report quoted activists as saying. Sherin was found dead in a culvert in Richardson city in suburban Dallas on October 22, over two weeks after she was reported missing by her Indian-American foster father, Wesley Mathews. The proposed 'Sherin's Law' would make it a felony to leave a child at home alone, WFAA television station reported. Richardson Police has said that Wesley had told investigators that he, his wife Sini and their biological daughter went out for dinner on October 6, the night prior to Sherin's disappearance, leaving the toddler alone at home. Wesley first told cops he made Sherin stand next to a tree at 3 am outside their home as punishment for not drinking her milk. After Sherin's body was found, he changed his story to say the girl choked to death while drinking milk. "With Sherin,
German nurse charged with 97 more murders at 2 hospitals
A German nurse serving a life sentence for two murders has been indicted in nearly 100 more killings. News agency dpa reported that prosecutors in Oldenburg said today they have charged Niels Hoegel with 97 counts of murder. The charges relate to the deaths of 35 patients at a hospital in the northwestern German city and 62 more in nearby Delmenhorst. The charges were expected after officials said in November that Hoegel may have killed more than 100 patients over several years. That announcement came after investigators completed examinations on patients who died when he was a nurse. Hoegel was convicted in 2015 of two murders and two attempted murders in Delmenhorst. He worked at the Oldenburg hospital from 1999 to 2002 and in Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005.
Child death in crossfire: Cong demands murder case against
Congress leader Pradeep Mathur has demanded that murder cases be lodged against the police personnel "responsible" for the killing of an 8-year-old boy in the district during an encounter with criminals. Madhav was killed during the exchange of fire in Mohanpur Aduki village on January 17. Villagers alleged that a bullet fired by the police team hit the boy, but the police suspect he was caught in the cross firing by the criminals. An FIR was registered against four "erring" policemen who were involved in the encounter and they were suspended. Mathur, who led a fact-finding team to the village today, demanded that a case of murder be registered against the "erring" police personnel. "Register murder charge under section 302 of the IPC against the erring police personnel, the ones responsible for the death of Madhav," Mathur said. He said his party would be forced to raise the issue in the Legislative Assembly, "since police as well as the government is trying to shield ...