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SC sets aside HC order on strictures against judicial officer
The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court by which action was recommended against a judicial officer for granting bail to an accused within four days of rejection of his pre-arrest bail by a higher court. The high court had termed the action of the magistrate as "judicial impropriety" and "gross indiscipline" and recommended the chief justice to take appropriate action on the administrative side. It had set aside the order of magistrate and cancelled the bail plea of an accused, arrested for allegedly giving fake educational degrees to students for money. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said the approach of the high court was "erroneous in law" and set aside the order of single judge of the high court. "Merely, because an application for anticipatory bail preferred by the appellant was rejected, it could not be said that thereafter the magistrate was precluded from even considering the application for grant of regular ...
Reopening of Loya case inconvenient for BJP (Column: Political Circus)
The case relating to the death of B.H. Loya, the judge who was investigating an alleged extra-judicial killing in Gujarat in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah was implicated, is the second legal hurdle which the party is facing.
Accused on the run for 6 years arrested in UP
An accused in several cases of robbery, on the run for over six years, was arrested from a forest area in a village here, police said today. Kamal Hasan, who carried a reward of Rs 10000 on him, was arrested in the forest area of Ichoda village yesterday, Sub Inspector Shiv Kumar, of Ratenpuri police station, said. Hasan was wanted in several cases, including the robbery of Manpura Ashram in which two priests were shot dead in 2012, he said.
Two key suspects in Pakistani minor's rape-murder arrested
Two people have been arrested in connection with the rape and murder case of seven-year-old Zainab in Pakistan, with police terming it an important development in the search of suspect(s) involved in the case.
Five killed in arson attack on Seoul motel
Five people were killed and four others were hospitalised today in an arson attack on a motel in downtown Seoul, police said. A 53-year-old man who said he started the blaze was arrested. Witnesses said a delivery man carried out the attack in a fit of anger after being denied a room at the two-story motel for allegedly being drunk. The man, identified only by his surname Yu, bought 10 litres (around two gallons) of petrol at a nearby service station, poured it on the ground floor and set it ablaze, they said. Neighbours used fire extinguishers in an attempt to tame the blaze but were unable to bring it under control.
Dallas family sentenced to prison over stomping pregnant teen
Three members of a United States (US) family in Dallas, who beat a pregnant teen and stomped on her stomach, until she miscarried, have been sentenced to prison.The Dallas Morning News reports that the now-19-year-old victim was eight months pregnant when she was attacked in 2013.Sharon Jones, 47, was sentenced to 12 years, while her daughter Cecila McDonald, 28, got seven years, and 29-year-old son, Cedric Jones Jr., was sentenced to five years in prison.Each pleaded guilty to felony family violence aggravated assault.Another man was convicted of aggravated assault in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the 2013 assault.The victim, now 19, reported the attack in 2015.The victim's brother, 24-year-old Robert Cayald, faces an aggravated sexual assault charge in the case. He was found incompetent to stand trial last year, and his case is pending.Cayald is accused of raping his 13-year-old sister in August 2012, which resulted in pregnancy.
Girl, who stabbed class 1 student, granted interim bail
The accused girl, who allegedly stabbed a class 1 student of Lucknow's Brightland School, was on Friday released on interim bail.The accused, a student of Class 6, was granted bail till January 30, after being presented before the Juvenile Justice Board.The class 1 student, who is admitted in King George's Medical University (KGMU) trauma centre, was attacked with a kitchen knife by his senior on Tuesday .The matter came to light on Wednesday after the KGMU authorities revealed about it to the media.The police were informed about the incident by the school when the reporters reached the trauma center.Lucknow SSP Deepak Kumar, while talking to media, said that they have sent the hair found on the body of the victim for a DNA test."A kitchen knife was used for the attack. We have sent the hair found on the body of the child for a DNA test.The principal has been arrested", Kumar said.Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also met the injured boy in the hospital on ...
Ex-IBM employee from China gets five years prison for stealing code
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former software engineer for IBM in China was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing proprietary source code from the company, prosecutors announced on Friday.
Judge overseeing AT&T, Time Warner merger trial hears document dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T , owner of DirecTV, is asking for documents from a long list of companies as part of preparation for a trial to determine if they will be allowed to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner , their lawyer Daniel Petrocelli said in a pre-trial hearing on Friday.
US SC to review Trump travel ban
The United States Supreme Court has announced that it would decide the legality of President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from six mostly-Muslim nations.The court will start hearing arguments in April and intends to issue a final ruling in June on an issue that has been repeatedly struck down by lower courts, reports The Independent.The case the court will hear stems from a lawsuit filed by Hawaii, some of its residents and a Muslim group based there. They say the travel ban has no precedent in U.S. history.According to the Hill, the SC concurred to hear two cases from the state of Hawaii and the International Refugee Assistance Project challenging the previous order, which banned nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen for 90-days and excluded all refugees for 120 days.But the court ultimately tossed out the cases after the order expired. The justices said the issue was now moot.Opponents opine as well that Trump is breaching the Constitution by discriminating
Minor commits suicide to escape molestation
A 14-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district committed suicide after a two men tried to rape her while she was going to relieve herself in the open.The miscreants of the village had been molesting the minor girl for the past two years. She had also left her studies to save herself from molestation.However, the accused groped her and tried to rape her when she was going for defecation on Thursday.The police have sent her body for the postmortem and arrested the accused.Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, who visited the grieving family, assured strict action against the accused while warning them to mend their ways.
FBI investigating new person of interest in Vegas shooting:
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking at a new person of interest in connection with the October mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead, the county sheriff said Friday. The gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, killed himself after the rampage, which he carried out from his suite in a hotel on the Strip in the gambling hub. "I know and believe there's only one suspect who killed 58 people and injured hundreds more. All the evidence recovered in this case supports that theory," Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told a press conference. Lombardo said charges were unlikely to be brought against Paddock's girlfriend Marilou Danley, but added: "As to any other people, the FBI has an ongoing case against an individual of federal interest. I will not be able to elaborate on that statement.
UP minister visits village after child killed in encounter
Uttar Pradesh Minister Shrikant Sharma today visited Mohanpur Aduki village in Mathura, where an eight-year-old boy was killed in alleged police firing. On Wednesday, Madhav was killed allegdly during a police encounter with criminals in the village. The villagers allege that the child was killed by police gunshot, but the police say he may have been caught in the crossfire with the criminals. Four police personnel were involved in the encounter. They have been suspended. Six more have been sent to police lines. SSP Swapnil Mamgai has sent the six to police lines for their alleged role in the killing of Madhav, said police PRO Sanjeev Tyagi. Sharma said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was "pained" on Madhav's death. "Guilty would not be spared," he said.
Law and order must for development: AP CM
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said law and order control is much needed for development of the state.He was speaking at the Collectors' conference."The law and order is in control in the state and it should be much strengthened. Law and order control is much needed for development of the state. Any person, of any stature, must be punished if he/she commits any crime. Criminals should be afraid of police. No crime of any scale should be spared. There is no place for criminals in the state," Naidu said.He added that the Andhra Pradesh Police is equipped with elaborate technology."We are ahead in identifying crimes and criminals. We should act tough so that the criminals be punished. Now the department has much technological support like drones and CC cameras. This year crime rate should come down by at least 50 percent," Naidu said.The Chief Minister also said that political murders are not good for society and directed the officials to curb it.
Kotkhai rape and murder: HC rejects bail plea of IGP Zaidi
The Himachal Pradesh High Court today rejected the bail plea of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Z H Zaidi in connection with thecustodial death of an accused in the Kotkhai rape and murder of a minor girl. The court had heard the bail plea on January 12 and reserved the judgement which was announced today. Rejecting the bail plea, Justice Sandeep Sharma observed that it would not be appropriate to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. It further observed that the alleged crime was of serious nature anda detailed investigation was required in this case. Zaidi and seven others were arrested in the custodial death case of Suraj, who was found dead in the Kotkhai police station on July 18 night. The CBI has already filed the charge-sheet against the accused. A 16-year-old girl had gone missing in the Kotkhai area on July 4 and her body was found from the Halaila forests on July 6. The post mortem report confirmed rape and murder and a case was registered, and amid ...
Man sentenced to 7 yrs in jail for rape
A court here today sentenced a man to seven years of imprisonment for raping a woman on the pretext of providing her a job. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Rajesh Yadav along with the sentence, Assistant District Government Counsel (ADGC) Rajiv Kumar said. The complainant, who was living alone after separation from her husband 12 years ago, had accused Yadav of raping her on the pretext of giving her a job, he said. She had said that the man had promised her a better job than that she currently had at a mall here. The victim had lodged the complaint on March 8, 2013, Kumar said.
US court imposes $ 5mn penalty on Dr Reddy's over drug
A federal court in the US today imposed a USD5million civil penalty on the North America subsidiary of India's Dr Reddy Laboratories for distributing prescription drugs in blister packs that were not child resistant, the Department of Justice said. "Dr Reddys failed to ensure that children were protected from potentially harmful prescription drugs," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A Readler of the Justice Department's Civil Division. The court in New Jersey imposed the fine after a complaint that Dr Reddy Laboratories (DRL) failed to comply with the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) and the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). "Child-resistant packaging is a critical safety measure put in place to protect our country's children, said CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle. In addition to the USD 5million civil penalty, the consent decree generally enjoins DRL from distributing household oral prescription drugs in violation of the PPPA and CPSA. The ...
Youth stabbed to death in college campus
A youth was stabbed to death in the premises of a college here today allegedly by a person known to the victim, police said. Neither the accused nor the victim, Vishal Kumar, was a student of the college and it appeared that Kumar had gone to the college accompanying the sister of the assailant. Kumar was attacked with a knife when he was standing in a queue with the girl to submit a form, police said. The attacker was trying to flee after committing the crime but was caught by the students of the college and handed over to the police. A profusely bleeding Kumar was taken to hospital in a car at the directive of college Principal Sushil Kumar Toppo, who also informed the police about the incident. Kumar, however, succumbed to his injuries. The cause of the incident was not yet known, the police said adding that the attacker was arrested. The principal said he was not aware about the reason behind the incident as both the accused as well as the victim were not student of ...
Salve files complaint after threats over 'Padmaavat'
The Delhi Police today registered a case following a complaint by senior lawyer Harish Salve who was allegedly threatened for representing one of the respondents connected to the controversial Bollywood film "Padmaavat" in the Supreme Court. The court had dismissed a petition seeking deletion of certain alleged objectionable scenes from Sanjay Leela Bansali's film, calling it premature. Salve represented one of the respondents in the apex court. He had received a phone call on his office land line and was allegedly threatened for speaking in favour of the film, the police said. The police said that they have registered an FIR and the matter was being probed.
ABVP worker hacked to death in Kerala's Kannur
An Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) worker was hacked to death on Friday near Kuthuparamba in Kerala's Kannur district.Shyam Prasad (24), a resident of Peravoor city in Kannur, was a Peravoor Government ITI student who was killed while he was travelling on a bike.The incident took place earlier in the evening.The police said he the doctors declared him brought dead.An investigation is underway to nab the culprits.