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SC asks Centre to review security threat of key witness of Nitish Katara murder case
The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Centre to review within a week the threat perception and consider granting adequate security to a person, whose unequivocal testimony in the sensational Nitish Katara murder case had led to the conviction of three accused. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submission of one Ajay Katara that either he be granted "round the clock" security or be relocated to a "safer place" by the security agencies considering the threat to his life. He was the key witness in the murder case of Nitish Katara who was kidnapped and killed by Vikas Yadav, son of controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Pehalwan in 2002. It was Ajay who had testified that he had last seen the victim along with the accused before his murder and this had nailed the case leading to the conviction of the three accused. The convicts are serving varying jail terms in the case. The witness, who has already been provided four ...
Minor deaf, mute rape victim gives birth to stillborn child, case registered
A case of rape was registered against an unidentified person after a 14-year-old deaf and mute girl delivered a stillborn baby in Banswara district of Rajasthan, police said Tuesday. The victim's mother had got her admitted to a hospital on May 5 where doctors informed her that the girl was pregnant. She lodged an FIR with the Kotwali Police Station on Tuesday. "Banswara SP contacted the victim's family after the matter came to light and a case was registered," DGP Kapil Garg told reporters here. The victim's mother is a widow and works as a labourer in Gujarat while her three children, including the victim, stay in Banswara.
Nirav Modi set for fresh bail plea in UK court
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will file a third bail plea Wednesday before a UK court, which has already rejected his bail twice before as he fights his extradition case in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case amounting to up to USD 2 billion. Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot is scheduled to hear the third bail application at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. It remains unconfirmed whether Modi will appear in person or via videolink from Wandsworth prison in south-west London, where the 48-year-old has been lodged since his arrest in March. His barrister, Clare Montgomery, will seek to convince the judge of a change of circumstances in order to seek bail for a third time at the same court. "He has had his two bail applications in the lower court. He can only make a third application if he can persuade the court that there has been a change in circumstances. He is arguing a change of circumstances based on new evidence," said a spokesperson for ..
Mumbai: Man gets 10 yrs in jail for raping deaf-mute minor girl
A court here Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in jail for raping a deaf and mute minor girl, who was found to be one and half months pregnant when the matter came to light. Special judge M H More pronounced the accused guilty under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The 17-year-old girl was taken to hospital in August 2013 after she had fever and started vomiting, according to the prosecution. During treatment, a sonography revealed that she was one and half months pregnant, following which doctors brought the matter to the notice of the Govandi police. In her deposition, the victim's mother told the court that she used talk to her in sign language. When she asked about the sexual assault, the girl gestured towards the house of the accused and later also identified him by pointing her finger in his direction. The accused was the girl's neighbour. The prosecution said the victim's ...
Father lands in jail after hitting son with spade handle
: A man, who allegedly hit his son with the wooden handle of a spade, angered over the boy failing to get 'A plus' in all subjects in the recently held SSLC examination, was arrested Tuesday, police said. The incident took place Monday evening, hours after the results of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination results were declared. Police said a case was registered against the 43-year-old Sabu, a casual labourer hailing from nearby Kilimanoor on the complaint of his wife and son. The mother and son came to the police station and lodged the complaint, saying that he was hit on the leg, police said. Sabu was produced before a local court and remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The boy had scored 'A plus" in 6 of the 10 subjects, while his father was expecting the top score in all subjects, police said.
SC relief to expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa, quashes FIR against her
In a relief to expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR and charge sheet against her for allegedly forging documents in her anticipatory bail petition. The top court also granted protection from any coercive action in two other criminal cases related to alleged sexual harassment of her family help and damage to property. A bench of justices R Banumathi and S Abdul Nazeer said that there is no prima facie evidence to show that the appellants (Pushpa and others) had intended to cause damage or injury or any other acts. "Since the disputed version in the vakalatnama appears to be an inadvertent mistake with no intention to make misrepresentation, in our view, the direction of the High Court to lodge a criminal complaint against the appellants cannot be sustained and the same is liable to be set aside," it said. It said with regard to the facts and circumstances of the present case, no useful purpose would be served by proceeding with
Suppression of inquiry panel report on CJI dented credibility of judicial system: Rakesh Dwivedi
Suppression of the In-House Inquiry Committee report giving clean chit to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on allegations of sexual harassment has dented the "prestige, credibility and integrity" of the judicial system, noted jurist Rakesh Dwivedi said on Tuesday. The senior lawyer, who had earlier advocated "impartial enquiry" into the allegations, made scathing observations on the inquiry proceedings and non-disclosure of the report saying "scrutiny by people is the hall mark of Justice". The CJI Monday got a clean chit from a three-member Inquiry Committee headed by Justice S A Bobde which found "no substance" in the allegations of a former woman employee of the apex court and further ruled that the report was not "liable to be made public". "It has been the trait of Monarchy, Imperialism, Dictatorships and Authoritarian Empires to shut out information and knowledge about what may supposedly impact them adversely so as to avoid scrutiny," Dwivedi told PTI. "Why has our Highest Judiciary .
830 grams gold worth Rs 25 lakh seized at Nagpur airport
Customs officials Tuesday nabbed three persons and seized gold worth Rs 25 lakh from two of them at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here, an official said. The duo had landed at Nagpur from Sharjah by Air Arabia and were planning to go to Mumbai further using a domestic flight, he said. One of the persons, hailing from Thane near Mumbai, had hidden the gold inside his body and revealed the name of the receiver after getting caught, the official said. "The receiver waiting outside the airport was nabbed who gave us further information that a third person was also inside the airport premises carrying gold illegally," he said. He too was held just as he was about to take a flight to Mumbai, the official said, adding that a total of 830 grams of gold was seized from both of them. The Nagpur International Airport receives a flight each from Sharjah and Qatar daily.
Delhi HC seeks Centre's response on plea to rectify inherent lacunae in law
The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking to make various penal provisions, including unnatural sex and kidnapping minors for begging, which entail imprisonment up to life term be tried by a sessions judge and not a magistrate. The plea said the punishment prescribed in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for these heinous offences cannot be awarded by a magistrate as he or she is empowered to award sentence for a maximum period up to three years only. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Anu Malhotra sought responses of the ministries of Home Affairs and Law and Justice on a plea filed by social activist and advocate Amit Sahni. The court listed the matter for further hearing on July 16. The plea said that Schedule-I of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which makes sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 327(voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act), 363A (kidnapping or maiming a .
Women protest outside SC over clean chit to CJI
Several women including lawyers, activists and members of NGOs on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court after an in-house panel of the court cleared Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment charges.
2 labourers dead after entering septic tank
Two labourers died and three others are undergoing treatment after they entered a septic tank at a house in northwest Delhi on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at Prem Nagar area of Rohini in the afternoon. Five labourers fell unconscious after they entered the septic tank of an old house that was under renovation, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) S D Mishra. The five were rushed to the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, where two of them have been declared dead and the rest are undergoing treatment, the DCP said. The deceased have been identified as Deepak (30) and Ganesh (35), residents of Prem Nagar. A case will be registered and action will be taken as per law, the officer said. It is also being ascertained whether the labourers were wearing safety gears, the officer added.
One arrested in Rajasthan gang rape case
Rajasthan Director General of Police Kapil Garg on Tuesday said that one of the five accused in the gang rape in Alwar on April 26 has been arrested.
CJI case: Woman complainant seeks copy of probe report
In a letter to the three judges of the committee--Justices S A Bobde, Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra--, the woman asserted that she has a "right to the report", the reasons for the same as well as copies of the depositions of any witnesses, any other persons or any other evidence considered by the Committee."Besides this, as is being reported by the media, if a copy of the report is being given to the CJI directly or indirectly, I am entitled to a copy thereof in any case. I find it rather strange that the complaint in a case of sexual harassment is not to be provided with a copy of the report which finds her complaint to be without substance and that my complaint has been held by the committee to be this without giving me any reasons for the same," she said.The former court staffer, who had worked at the residential office of the CJI and complained of sexaul harassment against the CJI, said the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) ...
Government can expel any foreigner from India without a show cause: MHA to HC
The central government has "unrestricted right to expel" foreigners, even those who have valid visas, from the country without any show cause notice, the MHA told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. The submission by the Ministry of Home Affairs was made before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani in response to a plea by the husband of a Pakistani woman who has been asked by the government to leave the country in view of adverse security reports against her. According to the woman's husband, she has a long term visa which is valid till 2020. In its affidavit, filed through the central government's standing counsel, Anurag Ahluwalia, the ministry said that once it decides to serve a 'leave India notice' to a foreigner, he or she has no vested right to continue staying here despite a valid visa. "Leave India notice itself is cancellation of further validity of the visa period. There is no statutory obligation on the part of the central government to serve a ...
CJI case: 'Shocked' complainant seeks copy of probe report
A woman who accused Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment on Tuesday asked the apex court's in-house probe committee for a copy of the report giving a clean chit to the CJI on all charges.
Relief for AAP MLA Somnath Bharti as Delhi HC quashes FIR in domestic violence case
In a relief to AAP MLA Somnath Bharti, the Delhi High Court Tuesday quashed an FIR which accused him of domestic violence, after his wife expressed no objection to it. Justice Chander Shekhar allowed Bharti's plea to quash the criminal case after noting that Bharti and his wife Lipika Mitra are living happily together. The court noted that the woman has no objection if the FIR is quashed. Bharti and his wife earlier informed the court that they have settled the matrimonial dispute between them through mediation and that they wanted to live together peacefully along with their children. The court had allowed Mitra to withdraw her plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to him in the domestic violence case in view of the settlement of their marital dispute. Mitra had on June 10, 2015 filed a complaint against him with the Delhi Commission for Women and an FIR was lodged by the police on September 9, 2015 for allegedly subjecting her to domestic violence and trying to kill her. On .
SC permits Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad on depositing Rs 10 cr security
The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, to travel abroad in May and June after depositing Rs 10 crore as security with it. Karti, who is facing probe in the INX Media and the Aircel Maxis cases, moved the top court seeking nod to travel to the US, Germany and Spain for international tennis tournaments organised by 'Totus Tennis Ltd'. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed his plea as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, did not oppose. The bench, which also comprised Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, said the conditions imposed earlier on Karti for permitting him to travel abroad would remain the same and he will have to deposit Rs 10 crore as security with the Secretary General of the apex court. Senior advocate K V Vishwanathan, appearing for Karti, said that Rs 10 crore, which was deposited earlier, was still lying with the apex court's registry. "We do ...
Teenager dies of sunstroke
A 15-year-old boy allegedly died due to sunstroke here Tuesday while playing, police said. The boy, hailing from Pollachi, had come to his grandfather's house at Chettipalayam for vacation. The boy, who was playing in front of the house, suddenly swooned and fell down. His grandfather and neighhbours immediately rushed him to the government hospital, where he was declared brought dead, police said. Investigations are on to ascertain the reason for the death, they added.
HC transfers fraud case on bank to CBI
The Madras High Court has transferred to the CBI a financial fraud case registered against officials of the National Bulk Handling Corporation Private Ltd, an agricultural commodity and collateral management services firm, for cheating Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd with fake documents. The NBHC approached the court's Madurai bench for quashing the case pending before the Virudhunagar District Crime Bench. According to the prosecution, the NBHC and its officials, including directors, conspired together with clients and created bogus documents to commit fraud on the bank, thus causing huge loss to it. The case had been wrongly referred to the state police, though as per RBI guidelines, it should be referred to the CBI,the prosecution said. Counsel for the CBI submitted that similar cases were being investigated by the agency and it had no objection to investigate the case. Justice M Dhandapani ordered the case to be transferred to the CBI from Tamil Nadu police.
Two brothers among three booked for rape in Rajasthan
Three persons, including two brothers, were Tuesday booked for raping a 17-year-old girl in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, police said. The incident took place on Monday when the girl was alone at her home as her mother had gone to attend a wedding, they said. The accused barged into the home and raped the girl, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bayana Chetram Sevda said. The girl's statement would be recorded following a medical examination, he said. A case was registered under relevant section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused and a hunt is on to nab them, the DSP said.